In maneuvers that could boost the future outlook of mobile banking and payments, Monitise PLC has received an investment from partner Visa Europe and has strengthened its U.S. operations by acquiring Monitise Americas shares owned by bank technology provider Fidelity National Information Services Inc., or FIS, the London-based mobile payments provider announced Oct. 31.

A glimpse of what some say represents the future of payments has arrived, but thus far only in certain geographic areas. With the Card Case smartphone application from Square Inc., consumers pay simply by saying their names at the point of sale.

LAS VEGAS–Mobile-wallet providers Google Inc. and Isis continue to position their products as more than just payments vehicles to replace plastic cards.

Alfa-Bank has received Russia's first certification for Visa Inc.’s payWave contactless-payment platform for credit and debit cards.

Bank technology provider Fiserv Inc. has positioned itself for a wave of growth in electronic payments.

MasterCard Worldwide will offer special incentives to certain merchants to offset the effects of new Federal Reserve Board rules requiring debit cards to carry at least two card-network brands in contrast to Visa’s plan to offer broad merchant incentives, Ajay Banga, MasterCard chairman and CEO, told analysts Nov. 2.

Technology Credit Union will be the first U.S. financial institution to enable immediate person-to-person payments from its ATMs to almost anyone in the world with a mobile phone or email address using a new payments service from NCR Corp. and PayPal Inc., the San Jose, Calif.-based institution announced Nov. 2.

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Technology CU announced this morning it will be the first financial institution in the country to enable real-time, person-to-person payments from its ATMs to almost anyone in the world with a mobile phone or e-mail address, using a new payments service from NCR and PayPal.

DENVER – Public Service CU has signed with VSoft Corp. to implement the company’s VServe global data center solution.

One month ago today the new debit interchange fees under the Durbin amendment became a reality for banks. This hotly debated and highly controversial new regulation slashed fees banks could charge on debit transactions nearly in half (the current cap is 24 cents, down from an average of 44 cents).

WASHINGTON – Treasury Department FCU has selected Trusteer’s Rapport to meet the new regulatory security guidelines for online banking security and protect its members from malware aimed at stealing funds and personal information.

BALTIMORE – Johns Hopkins FCU has signed a multi-year deal with Connect Financial Software Solutions to implement the company’s consumer suite of Internet Banking, and significant customization services.

Companies pushing mobile-payment technology in the United Kingdom have failed to capture the imagination of consumers, who generally indicate low interest in initiating transactions using their mobile phones, new study data suggest.

Banks are combating fraud with technology on a number of fronts, according to a Novarica study released this week.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Gila Group has introduced a new service offering focused on targeted dialing campaigns.

KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Eastman CU has signed with EasCorp FCU’s Vertifi Software CUSO to implement the company’s DeposZip Mobile for mobile remote deposit capture for its members.

MasterCard Worldwide has signed a letter of intent with Russian cell-phone carrier Mobile TeleSystems to bring PayPass contactless-payment functionality to Russian mobile phones, the card brand announced Oct. 28.

Use of mobile financial services rose sharply during the second quarter compared with the end of last year, according to comScore’s latest mobile banking adoption research.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – CUAOk Services, the CU Association of Oklahoma's service corporation, is partnering with Cachet Financial Solutions to offer the company’s Select Mobile remote deposit capture solutions to Oklahoma credit unions.

Apriva LLC plans to launch a mobile wallet next month that could help independent sales organizations and agents stake their claim on part of the mobile-payments market.