U.S. consumers have spent $33.8 billion at online merchants this holiday shopping season, representing a 13% increase over e-commerce spending during the same period last year, according to Internet usage analytics firm comScore.

First Data Corp. called 2012 the “year of universal commerce,” meaning commerce happens anywhere, anytime and on any type of device.

VeriFone Systems Inc., the largest maker of credit-card terminals, was sued by Creative Mobile Technologies LLC for more than $250 million over an agreement to place advertisements on screens in New York taxis.

U.S. Bancorp released Saturday a new mobile app designed for its prepaid card customers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced plans to start sharing real-time access to its consumer complaint data with state regulators.

CUNA last week was reassuring users of its website that no sensitive personal information fromcuna.org was accessed or otherwise compromised in a hacking attack that affected at least 30 or more organizations.

Interra CU and Finance Center FCU collaborated on a joint technology project that led to the credit unions being recognized as finalists at PSCU's inaugural "Knockout" for co-creating a smart-receipt tracking system, ReceiptSnap.

Harborstone Credit Union has enhanced its social media marketing platform here by launching Calcubot, a progressive mortgage and automobile loan application Facebook page.

With a ongoing uptick in banking transactions via mobile devices, Sb1 Federal Credit Union realized that its member experience could suffer without an overarching user interface update.

The security firm RSA is warning that international cyber-crooks are working together and planning a major malware attack to steal money from online accounts of consumers at 30 or more major U.S. banks as part of a large-scale orchestrated crimewave campaign.

In an effort to address compliance regulations and threats to member data security, OnPoint Community CU has gotten proactive and developed an in-house Technology Risk Assessment program that it reports has proven to be effective.

Teachers Credit Union here is looking to rollout a teen-friendly money management app called "$ My Way" that it developed in less than two days.

A strategy for effective mobile payments must include collaboration within a credit union among the marketing, business development and in-formation technology departments, according to a new white paper from the CUNA Councils.

For at least one credit union, Christmas came early this year, when Liberty Savings FCU won the $100,000 Extreme Technology Makeover sponsored by Credit Union Journal and Horsetail Technologies.

st months after winning the $100,000 Extreme Network Makeover sponsored by Horsetail Technologies and Credit Union Journal, Liberty Savings FCU is already realizing improvements to its operating system.

The many empty storefronts resulting from the struggling U.S. economy could be repurposed to play a prominent role in the future of mobile payments. If this happens, the practice would follow an example being set by a test in the UK involving online shopping giant Shop Direct.

Now that the Electronic Transactions Association has been administering the Certified Payments Professional credential for a full year, independent sales organizations’ executives and sales agents could start facing more pressure to obtain certification, an acquiring industry veteran says.

WICHITA, Kan. – Central Star CU has chosen Andera to provide it with the company’s oFlows online account opening and loan applications.

ANNISTON, Ala. – Fort McClellan CU has signed with Geezeo to deploy the company’s personal financial management product.

DES MOINES -- Online person-to-person payments service Dwolla has introduced a simple method to send money to others on Twitter, requiring only their username, the dollar amount, and the hashtag #dwolla.