U.S. consumer spending growth slowed in March after a strong February, even as personal income growth picked up pace, government data showed Monday.

Consumers’ ability to pay for a restaurant or bar tab with a smartphone went from small scale to mainstream with TGI Friday’s Inc.’s decision to use Tabbedout’s mobile-payment application.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – CO-OP Financial Services announced a test pilot this morning with Diebold to provide greater personalized service and convenience to credit union members via two-way video member service on CO-OP’s network using Diebold ATMs.

GOSHEN, Ind. – Interra CU has signed with Vertifi, a wholly owned CUSO of EasCorp FCU, to implement the company’s DeposZip Mobile remote deposit capture solution.

Two European telecommunication companies are awaiting a regulatory ruling on a joint venture they created to develop a mobile-payment “ecosystem” in Europe.

When deploying new digital-banking applications, timing can be just as important as function and content.

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Chirpify, a payments firm that uses Twitter and whose clients include hip hop label Rhymesayers, aims to make paying others as simple as Tweeting.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Affinity FCU, New Jersey’s biggest credit union, said this morning it signed with Open Solutions Inc. to convert its core processing to OSI’s DNA.

Self-Help Credit Union of Durham, N.C., has signed with EasCorp Federal Credit Union’s Vertifi to offer the credit union service organization’s DeposZip mobile remote deposit capture service.

Institutions in American Banker's compensation report paid their CEOs a total of $500 million in 2011. This interactive table shows pay and performance data for each company.

Brisk growth in executive pay meant that total CEO compensation measured 2.1% of total employee compensation at banking companies with less than $20 billion of assets in American Banker's pay survey. That is a far higher level than at larger competitors, and another burden for community banks struggling with the costs of new regulations. This interactive table compares pay for bosses with pay for the rank and file.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The state Senate last week approved a bill that would require credit unions and banks to post security cameras at night deposit boxes.

DURHAM, N.C. – Self-Help CU has signed with EasCorp FCU’s Vertifi to offer the CUSO’s DeposZip mobile remote deposit capture solution.

Vendors providing merchants and processors with advanced encryption for card-data security now have a better idea of what standards the payments industry expects those systems to meet.

BALTIMORE – Horsetail Technologies and Credit Union Journal have partnered to make an extraordinary offer that will result in one credit union receiving a $100,000 Extreme Network Makeover.

CLOQUET, Minn. – Northwoods CU has introduced mobile remote deposit capture by Cachet Financial Solutions, in conjunction with MnIPC.

Digital security provider Gemalto N.V. anticipates its new partnership with three companies in Mexico will provide more opportunities throughout Latin America to help provide mobile financial services.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – CO-OP Financial Services announced this morning the introduction of CO-OP Bill Pay, the company’s first online bill payment product.

This article has been updated from its original version.