Raiffeisen Bank in Vienna is moving into contactless payments though an initiative it plans to roll out in April called CardMobile.

Trustwave wants to establish barriers at the “front door”–software-applications customers use to enter and move around a merchant or bank website–that many cyberhackers enter to attack payment systems and retrieve personal or card data.

Yet another emerging payment scheme sees an opportunity to claw at the soft underbelly of legacy point-of-sale payment systems, following in the footsteps of PayPal Inc., which is testing its traditionally online payment service inside Home Depot and Office Depot stores.

Collection industry executives will emphasize developing compliance controls and improving the customer experience in the next year, according to a survey conducted by Firstsource Solutions.

HOUSTON – PULSE Network and Obopay said this morning they will enable real-time money transfer capabilities for PULSE credit union and bank participants.

A U.S. district court has issued a contempt ruling against promoters of a credit repair, debt relief and food stamp operation who violated a 2010 settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – AmeriCU Credit Union has implemented IBM’s new online security software, the QRadar Security Intelligence Platform.

Credit unions and community banks served by The Members Group now have access to a fraud-prevention tool that adds flexibility for them and a more hassle-free experience for their cardholders.

The corporate marriage between a pair of credit union tech cooperatives, Co-op Financial Services and eCom, is complete, and Co-op Financial has turned its attention to combining eCom's substantial digital bill-payments engine with Co-op 's existing online and mobile banking platforms.

Researchers are discovering that users have pre-existing relationships with tablet computers that are much less formal than smartphones and personal computers yet involve use of tablet apps that are rich in information and context. For banks, that requires tablet banking design that has more animation and includes more data and research and touts a user experience that's more visually enjoyable than other channels.

Equifax uncovered roughly $400 million worth of mortgage fraud in Canada in 2011, a number industry experts believe represents only a fraction of the amount occurring in the country's real-estate market.

PHILADELPHIA – VINtek announced it was awarded a U.S. patent to cover specific technologies and processes involved in presenting auto purchase documents, fulfilling direct auto loan closings and perfecting lender liens remotely.

WILMINGTON, Del. – A federal judge has agreed to separate patent infringement claims against a group of technology vendors and credit unions regarding a patent for card customization technology and send them to different courts, creating three different venues for British patent holder Serverside Group to pursue its claims.

A payment startup declaring plans to become the next PayPal Inc. probably is a bit of a stretch. But what about being “the anti-PayPal”?

Facebook Inc. is becoming a payments contender a lot faster than it has led observers to believe.

Americans across the country continue to slash away at their credit card debt, but a return to card borrowing may be around the corner.

To calm consumer fears about having card-account numbers stolen wirelessly, the University of Pittsburgh has developed a way to switch contactless cards off automatically when they are not in use.

OREGON CITY, Ore. – Clackamas FCU has signed with TRC Interactive to use the company’s CreditUnionTrainingOnline for employee training.

HARRISONBURG, Va. – Park View FCU said it has contracted with Connect Financial Software Solutions for its consumer suite of Internet and Mobile Banking.

OREGON CITY, Ore. – Clackamas FCU has signed with TRC Interactive to use the company’s CreditUnionTrainingOnline for employee training.