North Shore Credit Union recently began using an enhanced platform from HP that is designed to allow for the effortless recall of data from disparate locations while backing up varied virtual environments.

While Randolph-Brooks FCU first began implementing Andera software to streamline online banking methodologies in 2008, it's now building upon the existing platform by offering new resources to members.

SAN JOSE, Calif.-In what amounts to a growing trend, Technology Credit Union has joined the person-to-person payment service arena with SendMoney, an initiative supported by PayPal.

The decision to use a public or private cloud for data storage is often mulled over by credit unions both large and small. Vantage Credit Union weighed the pros and cons and opted for the latter.

Walmart and the other Merchant Customer Exchange members recently announced they would opt for a software-based mobile wallet instead of one based on Near Field Communication hardware. Is this a blow to NFC's future or does the technology have enough supporters to eventually change how people pay?

As the U.S. continues its conversion to EMV chip-card technology, the Durbin amendment's requirement for supporting multiple debit networks is presenting yet another challenge to overcome.

Many companies are trying to repurpose iPads as payment terminals. Leaf, a Cambridge, Mass.-based startup, instead created a commerce-specific tablet for small-business owners.

The U.S. Federal Reserve Board plans to get a better idea of how Americans are making payments — when they don’t use cash.

SmartyPig is hoping people will start saving in the same way they "like" or tweet about a product online — with a click or a tap. The Des Moines company, which provides an online savings account and a prepaid card, has created a Chrome plugin to help with specific savings goals.

Cash trapping is on the rise and in response, the ATM Industry Association has published a manual detailing emerging fraud trends and methods for ATM owners to combat the problem.

The concept of making anonymous online transactions is in the spotlight because of the prominence of the digital currency Bitcoin, but most consumers remain uneasy with the cryptocurrency's instability and risk. An alternative for the privacy-minded might sprout from Tor, or The Onion Router.

NEW ORLEANS – Cabot and NOI Employees CU said it signed with SIGNiX to use the company’s digital signature service for online signatures.

One week after American Express Co. announced that its fourth-quarter earnings fell sharply from a year earlier, the company filled in more details Thursday.

American Express Co., the lender that plans to cut 5,400 jobs this year, said profit at its U.S. card business declined 42 percent in the fourth quarter as the firm set aside more money to cover soured loans.

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is all about money — but increasingly, the question is whether it's about protecting money or making money.

A week after it announced involvement in the first contactless payment program in Germany, French terminal maker Ingenico SA says it plans to do the same thing in Portugal.

PayPal has won repeated partnerships with large merchants for its new point of sale payment system, but it paced itself with consumer adoption — a strategy the eBay unit seeks to change in 2013.

The prepaid card provider SelectCore Ltd. announced the addition of an online bill payment offering.

As technology companies move into the payments industry, a Silicon Valley data company is providing tools intended to help old-school acquirers maintain market share.

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuits ended 2012 behind 2011's total, a trend that began early in the year and held, according to data pulled from U.S. district courts.