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.

Logix Federal Credit Union, known until recently as Lockheed Federal Credit Union, staged a Facebook contest that is open to the public and invites people to help name the credit union's new robot mascot.

Financial institutions and other employers are turning to social media services to recruit job talent.

CommunityAmerica Credit Union has launched a new mobile app to teach children about saving money.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Fidelity National Information Systems announced the introduction this morning of global real-time payments network for domestic and international money movement for both retail and commercial trade.

Acquirers stared into the face of the “enemy” here Thursday, and he didn’t really seem that scary.

The days are just about gone when independent sales organizations and sales agents can sign up merchants for transaction services simply by offering a price a few basis points lower than the completion.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Community First CU of Florida announced the launch of mobile deposits through its mobile banking platform.

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Dubuque Teachers CU has rolled out Dwolla, the online, mobile, social and location-based payments application.

Mobile wallets promise simpler payments, but the road to get there has been bumpy and, quite often, bizarre.

Teaming up with PayPal is consistent with other Discover Financial Services agreements that stress the card brand’s payments strategy of being “the most flexible partner for a number of other players,” Discover Chairman and CEO David Nelms says.

Capital One will cut 217 collection jobs in Oregon, the second time this year it has announced large-scale layoffs at the former HSBC call center. It's expected the jobs will be shifted to other sites.

The telecommunications companies behind the Isis mobile wallet joint venture have had Salt Lake City in their sights as a testing ground for the past year. But recent delays in the Isis rollout have opened the door for direct competitor Google Wallet to continue to gain as much momentum as possible with its mobile pay system.

The date for U.S. merchants to start benefiting from preparing early for EMV smart card technology at the point of sale lurks next week. Unfortunately, the future of payments technology won’t come into clearer focus for merchants that quickly.

Recent bitcoin thefts may appear to be a security threat that could potentially invalidate the cryptocurrency, but proponents argue that it’s the stability of the digital exchanges where the thefts have occurred that are more at risk.

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University FCU rolled out iPhone and Android apps for its mobile banking platform this week.