ELKHARDT, Ind. – INOVA FCU has installed Mortgagebot’s PowerSite, an integrated, point-of-sale multi-channel online lending solution.

Eastern Europe gets a bad rap when it comes to payment card data security, but the region does not experience considerably more hacking-attack incidents than do other parts of the world. But it is a main source of such incidents, an industry analyst contends.

New credit card account originations will increase in 2012, but both issuers and cardholders will be cautious, according to a forecast Moody’s Investors Service released Dec. 16.

As banks reinvest in technology to serve the small business segment, vendors are stepping up their offerings to meet the demand.

With no governing body regulating the payments industry in the United States, card data security for online service merchants can be an iffy proposition.

LATHAM, N.Y.-Duck Pirates, the only Android, iPhone and iPad game created by a credit union, has been downloaded about 38,000 times since it was introduced by Sunmark FCU here in May.

ST. LOUIS – Anheuser-Busch Employees’ CU has signed with TRC Interactive to implement the company’s First Line of Defense-Fraud Detection and Loss Prevention Challenge, an online interactive exercise that helps credit union staff focused on the latest frauds.

DES MOINES -- Online payments service Dwolla released a new feature called Instant that gives users access to cash instantly, avoiding the two- to three-day waiting period for transfer of funds.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Member Service Solutions LLC plans to launch the first affordable credit union mobile app solution for the new Kindle Fire electronic tablet.

Verizon Wireless’s decision to prevent Google from providing its Wallet mobile payment app on the new Galaxy Nexus smart phone, has not gone unnoticed in Washington.

In the evolution of Near Field Communication-based mobile payment technology, 2011 was a big leap forward for NFC handset distribution. But experts are stopping short of calling it an unqualified watershed year in NFC development.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Genisys CU has installed 11 new Diebold Deposit Automation ATMs, allowing members and non-members the ability of depositing checks and cash without using an envelope.

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. – United Nations FCU has selected TRC Interactive to provide its staff with web-based training via its TellerSolutionsOnline.

Banks have been much maligned for nickel-and-diming their customers, but in another area–cardholder fraud protections–they are being praised as consumer champions.

Persuading consumers and merchants to shun the traditional way to pay and accept payment for goods and services using plastic remains Dwolla Corp.’s chief goal. But the company also is working to plug some holes in its service.

Mobile wallets have turned into vital payment tools for consumers in many African nations thanks to M-Pesa. Hoping to take advantage of this trend, Western Union Co. is expanding its mobile funds-transfer service to Tanzania to accommodate users who also subscribe to Vodacom’s M-Pesa mobile wallet.

Mobile wallets have turned into vital payment tools for consumers in many African nations thanks to M-Pesa. Hoping to take advantage of this trend, Western Union Co. is expanding its mobile funds-transfer service to Tanzania to accommodate users who also subscribe to Vodacom’s M-Pesa mobile wallet.

Someday, such a thing as an alternative payment no longer may exist.

A year ago, banks expressed an interest in mobile banking and payments during discussions with Fiserv Inc. This year, those that have not already made a real play to support the technology appear ready to do so, Fiserv says.

Fewer U.S. homes entered the foreclosure process in November, reflecting a seasonal slowdown in overall activity by lenders and mortgage servicers.