Roughly half of adults in major global markets are interested in mobile payments because of the ease and simplicity they offer, but significant doubts persist about mobile-payment security, according to a study of consumers in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Germany and Malaysia released in early October.

The recent spate of credit card portfolio sales is helping boost more than just the buyers and seller. The behind-the-scenes players are seeing potential opportunities, too.

Genome projects map the relationship between human DNA and musical preferences, so why not that of consumers and their cards?

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Virginia Beach Schools FCU has signed with Geezeo to deploy the company’s Referral Engine solution.

Accepting card payments with a mobile phone is becoming as American as baseball and apple pie now that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is selling the Square Inc. reader that turns any smartphone into a card-acceptance device.

The recent arrests in New York related to what some have called the biggest counterfeit credit card scheme in U.S. history prompted some observers to suggest that recent actions in the U.S. to adopt chip card technology could put an end to such crimes.

Performance reports from Oct. 17 seemed to confirm the new equilibrium in the credit card universe.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – United Solutions Co., A CUSO owned by five area credit unions and one former credit union, has agreed to license the card customization technology owned by Serverside Group, becoming the first of more than a dozen credit union and bank defendants to settle a patent infringement suit brought in June by the London-based owner of credit card customization patents.

Experian PLC published a report Monday that showed business insolvencies across the United Kingdom rose in September as the country continues to be affected by economic troubles and the euro zone crisis.

The Commercial Collection Agency Association (CCAA) of the Commercial Law League of America reported Monday that members saw a year-over-year decline of 21% in the volume of accounts placed for collection, according to Annette Waggoner, executive director at CCAA.

SAN ANTONIO – Security Service FCU has signed with VSoft Corp. to implement the company’s back counter capture and ATM remote deposit capture solutions to decrease response times and thus improve employee and member experiences.

Eliminating the need for Near Field Communication hardware or computer chips, French electronic transactions provider Tagattitude is using digital sounds at the point of sale to accommodate mobile payments without storing card data in smartphones, the company announced Oct. 19.

Google Wallet is riding on an active trend to connect retailer loyalty programs to mobile-payment systems.

USAA always has been an early adopter of new digital banking technology, partly because of its customer base of military personal, who often are dispatched to locations around the world on short notice.

PayPal Inc.’s brand recognition with consumers is helping parent EBay Inc.’s payment unit to position its mobile offerings as the most secure product in the marketplace, eBay’s CEO noted during a conference call to discuss the company’s third quarter earnings.

PORTLAND, Ore. – CU Business Group, a member business lending CUSO owned by eight corporate credit unions, has signed with BankServ to market the company’s mobile remote deposit, mobile banking, remote deposit capture and a variety of payment solutions to credit unions to its business members.

NASHUA, N.H. – Triangle CU members who download one of Triangle’s mobile device services will be entered to win a $10,000 grand prize or one of five $1,000 prizes.

PHILADELPHIA – American Heritage FCU has signed with Online Resources Corp. to convert its online banking system to the company’s Architect solution.

Google Inc. is entering the transit space through a partnership with the New Jersey Transit Agency, which will enable Google Wallet users to purchase tickets at select vending machines and ticket windows and pay fares on seven bus routes.

Data released this week by S&P Indices and Experian showed the only decrease in credit line default rates in September occurred in auto loans, which dipped to 1.29% from August's 1.31%.