Payments industry participants are stepping up to help nonprofits and NGOs improve their ability to collect and distribute donations around the world.

Everyone seems to want the success that Square has in the mobile payments marketplace, and Amazon appears to be the next in line to join the device fray.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane Teachers CU has implemented HelpSTAR help desk software to elevate efficiency across multiple departments.

LOS ANGELES -- InAuth, a provider of advanced mobile security software for credit unions and banks, announced this afternoon the introduction of a voice biometrics identification system for mobile banking.

It’s called Ventra and it’s going to allow Chicago commuters to make tap-and-go contactless card payments throughout the city’s transit system next summer.

Because Google Inc. stubbed its public relations toe earlier this year when a security firm “hacker” was able to gain access to the Google Wallet’s secure element in a smartphone and steal or wipe out PINs, it was no surprise the company made the leap to store card data in the cloud.

A mobile application being pilot tested by Bank of America lets consumers use their smartphones as payments devices without requiring retailers to install new hardware.

AUSTIN, Texas – Amplify CU has moved its primary IT infrastructure to Data Foundry’s Texas 1 data center.

Attendance reached a record-breaking 874 at the Western States Acquirers Association 2012 Conference last week in Huntington Beach, Calif., up from the previous record of 722 set last year in Burlingame, Calif.

It may not take long for a mobile phone carrier to start looking and acting like a bank for consumers seeking to use their phones to make payments or borrow money.

Global Payments Inc. is banking on a recent acquisition in the health care market and involvement in the Discover Financial Services and PayPal Inc. partnership to help eventually offset a 26% tumble in first quarter income for fiscal 2013 because of the security breach it endured last March.

Noting that one person speaking out via social media about a better way to bank started Bank Transfer Day, McGraw-Hill FCU is wondering just what more than 150 people doing the same thing can do.

More than 50% of credit unions that don't currently offer mobile banking plan to make it available to members within the next 12 months.

Analysts are concerned a number of "myths" about the mobile channel are hurting credit unions when it comes to making real progress.

Social media is seen by credit unions as a quick and inexpensive marketing channel. But the rush to launch that channel has led many CUs to overlook the legal ramifications that accompany a Twitter feed or a Facebook page.

Mobile devices are beginning to replace the check register as consumers use mobile banking most for quick, simple account transfers and balance checks.

At Freedom CU, adding a mobile platform is lowering the average age of the membership and raising profitability.

Better use of analytics to target delivery of mobile and product offerings, as well as leveraging the unique capabilities of mobile devices, should be included on FI's longer-range plans.

Consumers have quickly come to expect online access to account information from their financial institutions and soon will expect mobile access, meaning credit unions must be prepared.

As more consumers try out Fiserv Inc.'s person-to-person payment service, Popmoney, the tool is evolving to become as much a social tool as a payments one.