TAMPA, Fla. – Suncoast Schools FCU said this morning it replaced 94 of its ATMs with advanced automation Diebold Opteva ATMs featuring rapid processing technology and Agilis 3, Diebold's newest, multi-vendor software solution.

Intuit Inc. has secured another partnership with a telecommunication company to sell its GoPayment software application and card reader.

MADISON, Wis.-The fast pace of technology growth has payments systems at an "inflection point." For credit unions, that means staying informed and working collaboratively if they don't want to get left behind.

MADISON, Wis.-Social media can play a key role in crisis management. But to deploy it effectively a credit union must have a plan, be careful in how the medium is used and must build an online community first.

The global point-of-sale payment terminal market is enjoying a technology boom as manufacturers peering just over the horizon see rampant demand for in-store devices that can accommodate both contactless payments and card transactions authenticated by EMV chip-and-PIN security protocols.

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco FCU is implementing MeridianLink’s loan origination system.

Can "Stop.Think.Connect" become the new "Stop, Drop and Roll"?

PayPal Inc., a pioneer in alternative online payments, is seeking to stake a new claim in the burgeoning and increasingly congested mobile-payments space, and what sets it apart may be an acquisition that occurred three years ago.

LAS VEGAS–Will mobile phones replace plastic payments cards?

The Labor Department reported Friday that the unemployment rate fell to 9% from 9.1% - the first time it has dropped since July. The U.S. economy also added 80,000 jobs in October, the government said.

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).