ROCKVILLE, Md. – National Institutes of Health FCU has become one of the first lenders to implement Mortgagebot’s new consumer lending module to its PowerSite integrated point-of-sale solution.

Intuit is offering thousands of dollars in prizes for businesses that upload video testimonials about using its GoPayment mobile card reader. It also released a survey that suggests merchants forgo $7,000 a year due to lost sales if they do not accept cards.

There is still more talk than action around mobile payment systems that use near field communication chips, leaving plenty of opportunity for so-called bridge technologies.

OMAHA – Centris FCU announced this morning it is rolling out eight Nexxo Financial Corp. kiosks that will offer a menu of services to low-income consumers, including check cashing, money orders, pre-paid card loading, bill payment, money orders, and cash withdrawal--the first financial institution to launch the new service.

LAS VEGAS – One Nevada CU has introduced mobile remote deposit capture, which allows members to take a photo of a check and deposit it using an Apple iPhone or iPad or Google Android mobile device.

TAMPA, Fla. – Grow Financial FCU said it has installed Dell enterprise technology to enable its members to make smart, timely financial decisions.

MasterCard today made the first move to begin talking with rivals and customers about how exactly the U.S. will adopt the EMV chip-card standard.

Yahoo said it is selling up to half its stake in Alibaba Group back to the company. Yahoo's relationship with Alibaba grew rocky last year when Alibaba transferred away ownership of its Alipay payments unit.

Credit unions must adjust soon to the impact of mobile payments, which can disrupt their revenue from traditional payment systems like credit and debit cards.

Tyfone said Monday that it received two U.S. patents covering technology that can be used for mobile payments.

More consumers are saying yes to new credit lines as lenders slightly loosen loan standards they cinched tight in the wake of the recession. But the market is unlikely to see a return to runaway credit card debt.

SEATTLE – Prevail CU has chosen TRC Interactive to provide its employees with online instruction through its CreditUnionTrainingOnline.

FORTH WORTH, Texas – American Airlines FCU said this afternoon it has completed the installation of new image-enabled ATMs at 15 of its branches.

Small merchants often have only the foggiest notion of what constitutes a secure electronic payment, so a security vendor specializing in Payment Card Industry data-security standards compliance is providing a primer on the subject.

Heartland Payment Systems Inc. is on the verge of opening up payment options for many college-campus concessions previously limited to cash or campus card acceptance.

Isis’ May 15 announcement of an expanded list of merchants who will participate in the soft launch this summer in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas, should clarify to the industry that the telco-led mobile-commerce platform inevitably will roll out nationally, an Isis executive tells PaymentsSource.

More consumers are saying yes to new credit lines as lenders slightly loosen loan standards they cinched tight in the wake of the recession. But the market is unlikely to see a return to runaway credit card debt.

SHARON, Mass. – Sharon CU has installed mobile banking from Intuit Financial Services.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – FAA CU is an early adopter of the newly released CUBUS Online Banking platform and has started testing the product internally.

RBS Citizens Financial Group is adding person-to-person payments for its online-banking users and expedited automated clearinghouse funds transfers for its mobile-banking users.