The McDonald's at 6 Water St. in New York City has been shut down for more than two months, as it was one of the first buildings struck by surges of sea water from Hurricane Sandy. The ATM inside, if it still exists, has been inaccessible ever since. But the machine has shown up for weeks afterwards on some ATM locator smartphone apps, which did not notice the machine's absence in the immediate aftermath of the storm.

Have you ever caught yourself paying a $3 ATM fee to avoid driving across town to your own bank's ATM? Add up the value of your time, gasoline costs, the need to complete a necessary task and it's easy to justify that $3.

Payments and social media have had a rocky relationship. Many companies that have tried to blend the two have failed or been forced to change their business model. Gumroad Inc., a startup founded by a 20-year-old veteran of Pinterest, says it gets it right.

Churches often frown on worshippers bringing mobile phones into services. But they may have a different view if those churchgoers use their phones to make donations to the church.

Experian has taken a quarterly report of consumer credit data, one that used to be printed and came to hundreds of pages of text and charts, and turned it into a web-based searchable database.

Walt Disney Co. plans to use “MagicBands,” wristbands with built-in contactless payment technology, at its Disney World theme park in the next few months.

It's going to be a big year for mobile payments. Now that several mobile wallets are in consumers' hands, the companies behind them are refining their products. What do Apple, Isis, Google, PayPal and others have in mind for the near future?

Google's initial launch of its mobile wallet at a special event in New York last year was a flashy affair meant to showcase every feature and every partnership. Its approach this year is much more low-key, as is that of its rival Apple.

In a Q&A with PaymentsSource, CEO Philip Beck explains how technology can help manage the complexity of international payments and the value proposition it brings to merchant acquirers.

RIDLEY PARK, Penn. – Boeing Helicopters CU has signed with Andera to implement the company’s oFlows paperless platform for online account opening.

NCR Corp. announced this morning it has acquired uGenius, the pioneer in video teller machines being used in as many as a dozen credit unions.

Starbucks Corp. now sells Square Inc.'s mobile card reader in its stores, the mobile-payments company announced Jan. 3.

Experian has taken a quarterly report of consumer credit data, one that used to be printed and came to hundreds of pages of text and charts, and turned it into a web-based searchable database.

If things are truly bigger in Texas, then mPowa CEO Dan Wagner figures it's a good place for merchants to be able to accept credit card payments via mobile devices in those wide, open spaces.

As more credit unions use video tellers to reach a wider audience, NCR Corp. purchased uGenius Technology Inc., a provider of video banking software, to improve sales of such systems to larger banks as well.

Bremer Bank, which is based in St. Paul, Minn., will use Fiserv's Mobiliti system for mobile banking and payments.

Consumers continued to pay off their credit cards at historically high rates in the third quarter, with the delinquency rate hitting an 18-year low, according to the American Bankers Association.

Many banks have kept hybrid credit and debit cards in testing mode for lengthy periods, suggesting that single cards offering dual payment options are yet to live up to their initial promise—and may never do so. The one exception: Fifth Third Bank, which says its hybrid Duo card has been a success.

Bass & Associates, a collections and bankruptcy law firm, has been named among the Training Top 125 by Training magazine, for excellence in employer-sponsored training and development programs.

NCR Corp. purchased the Sandy, Utah-based video banking software maker uGenius Technology Inc.