CHICAGO-Credit unions limiting social media strategies to Twitter and Facebook are also limiting their potential, says Brent Dixon, young adult advisor for the Filene Research Institute.

HARRISBURG, Penn.-Pennsylvania State Employees CU is now offering its free FICO score service via mobile banking channels.

Emerging mobile wallets may pose a bigger risk to banks than many realize. Among consumers interested in mobile wallets, 80% would consider PayPal as their primary bank if it offered banking services, and 60% would consider Google, according to survey data from Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group.

SAN ANTONIO – Security Service FCU announced this morning it signed with Tyfone for mobile banking services, including core integrated mobile banking, layered mobile security, iCashe mobile wallet and ultimately, in-store payments within the next few quarters.

Sales of homes that were in some stage of foreclosure or bank owned accounted for 26% of all residential sales during the first quarter ended March 31 - up from 22% of all sales in the fourth quarter and up from 25% of all sales in the year-ago period, according to RealtyTrac's U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report. RealtyTrac is an online marketplace for foreclosure properties.

HONOLULU – Aloha Pacific FCU has signed with TRC Interactive to implement the company’s First Line of Defense – Fraud Detection and Loss Prevention Challenge, an online exercise designed to keep staff focused on the latest frauds.

The CEO of ZooZ admits that he wasn't thinking of the prominent Zeus malware, which targets bank accounts, when he named his payments company. But he was absolutely thinking of security.

United Bank & Trust of Ann Arbor, Mich., has expanded its use of PhoneFactor to its business customers to help prevent fraudulent wire or automated clearing house transfers.

Small payments companies can't compete with the marketing budgets of PayPal and Google, so many have started selling their products to other startups.

Who exactly are the micromerchants Square Inc. and its rivals are going after?

Apple isn't the only game in town. Neither is Google. To allow mobile payments across all smartphone types, companies such as ZooZ encourage developers to use HTML5, the latest version of the HTML markup language.

ISHPEMING, Mich. – Ishpeming Community FCU has signed with Complete Data Products to implement the company’s CDP Websign e-signature solution.

YPSILANTI, Mich. – Community Driven CU has converted its core processing to CU*Answers’ CU*Base system.

Analysts anticipate stable earnings in the year ahead for large-cap banks, despite fears over Europe that have cut into share prices. Analysts have also penciled in strong earnings growth for 2013 and 2014, though they've trimmed expectations for companies like JPMorgan, B of A and Citi.

HARRISBURG, Penn. – Pennsylvania State Employees CU and Vertifi Software today launched two new mobile banking applications for the tablet devices the Kindle Fire and the Android.

Speculating about the role Apple Inc. ultimately will seek to play in payments has become a significant spectator sport for industry analysts.

How long can a good thing last? Write-offs of credit card loans already have plunged below levels issuers consider sustainable. Continued improvement in delinquencies points to a further dip in loss rates in the months ahead.

So what does PayPal Inc. do for an encore?

Of the independent sales organizations and agents ready to commit to mobile payments, many are facing information overload and don’t know where to begin. The mobile market is still in its infancy, and everyone from technology companies to processors are flooding it with innovation and ideas that may or may not take hold.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Redstone FCU announced this morning its Right Choice Money Services for the underserved unit has signed with Western Union to offer the company’s global money transfer and online money transfer services through branches in Alabama.