For a large international operation such as RBS' wholesale banking unit, drawing a mobile roadmap means scaling the knowledge curve posed by fast-developing new devices and technology to find the best match between innovation and client demand.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – Central Corporate CU has contracted with Viewpointe for the company’s Pointe2Pointe image exchange technology with Internet connectivity.

SEATTLE – Verity CU on Tuesday said it has deployed mFoundry’s mBanking mobile system.

T-Mobile USA Inc. is the latest wireless carrier to allow its subscribers to charge purchases of online games, songs and videos to their phone bills.

Digital payments have been the primary enabler of new financial services in Africa, as evidenced by the M-PESA-driven development of an entire financial ecosystem in Kenya. Further south, MTM MobileMoney has developed an electronic commerce payments system that enables debit payments, which should decrease seller discomfort with the credit-based digital commerce that has prevailed in that country.

One of the most significant challenges to widespread adoption of Near Field Communication-enabled mobile payments has been determining how the card brands, issuers, mobile operators and handset manufacturers will divvy up transaction revenues.

To help distribute its Serve digital payment and wallet service, American Express Co. on Aug. 1 announced a deal in which Verizon Wireless will integrate the platform into many of its mobile phones and tablets.

The roster of big banks using Fiserv Inc.’s online personal payments system is growing with the addition of BBVA Compass.

While big U.S. banks look safer than they did last fall, credit-default swap spreads illuminate how the market has been drawing distinctions between the largest institutions.

Business lending has been a lonely source of recent growth for banks, and already it's coming under scrutiny for signs of a bubble in the making.

American Express Co. and Verizon Wireless will integrate Serve, Amex’s digital payment and commerce platform, on many Verizon mobile phones and tablets, the companies announced Aug. 1.

State Bank of India Ltd. on July 28 became the first card issuer in the country to announce plans to convert its entire portfolio of magnetic stripe credit cards to EMV chip-and-PIN formats.

While the media, analysts and other industry observers all devote enormous amounts of time and attention to mobile banking and mobile payment developments, of which there seem to be new several new ones each day, there’s a quieter channel change going on that’s received little attention. That is the growth in online banking.

BURLINGTON, Mass. – EasCorp on Friday said five more credit unions have agreed to use the DeposZip mobile deposits system offered by its Vertifi Software CUSO.

Chief executives from the country's largest banks sent a letter to the White House and Congress Thursday urging them to reach an agreement this week to raise the debt ceiling.

New York mass-transit riders no longer will need a crystal ball to know how far their bus is from their stop under a service from VeriFone Systems Inc. that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to launch in Staten Island later this year and eventually throughout the city.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Workers’ CU’s newest service allows members to open an account using their Web-enabled smart phone.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy FCU plans to offer members a mobile banking app for Android smart phones next month.

PHOENIX – Desert Schools FCU will be the first financial institution to implement a new solution by Finivation Software that is designed to help quickly and cost-effectively verify a person’s identity remotely though voice biometrics.

U.S. consumer bankcard delinquencies hit a record low in June, while charge-off rates also improved again, according to data Moody’s Investors Service released July 28.