VANCOUVER, Wash. – Columbia CU has installed mFoundry’s SaaS-based mobile banking platform.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Neighbors FCU said yesterday has selected Geezeo to provide a personal financial management solution and integrated marketing platform.

As potential buyers kick the tires of a few big credit card portfolios on the block, the issuers’ private-label card operations for the first time in years could be an advantage, instead of a drag, thanks to changes in the economy and in industry regulations, observers say.

Regions Bank in Birmingham, Ala., is teaming with Fiserv Inc. to use the vendor’s person-to-person payment system ZashPay to enable its customers to transfer funds to family members, friends and other individuals electronically.

In the latest phase of Citi’s efforts to hire leaders from the retail world (including Tracey Weber from Travelocity and Frank Eliason from Comcast), the bank has hired Omar Khan, CTO at Samsung Mobile, to head mobile initiatives on a global basis. Khan is said to have led Samsung’s moves into the Android space.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Empower FCU has implemented VSoft’s suite of item capture solutions, including merchant remote deposit capture and branch back-counter capture.

ANTIGO, Wis. – CoVantage CU has chosen Tyfone to provide its comprehensive suite of mobile wallet services.

WASHINGTON–A federal appeals court on July 8 issued a ruling upholding a lower court decision to dismiss MShift’s claim of patent infringement against Intuit and several credit unions and banks for mobile-banking technology used by hundreds of Intuit’s financial-institution clients.

Who can blame consumers for not equating "mobile payments" with "security?"

A new mobile-payment service enabling fleet drivers to initiate fuel payments through cell phones has been launched in the western region of India.

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court Friday issued a ruling upholding a lower court decision to dismiss MShift’s claim of patent infringement against Intuit and several credit unions and banks for mobile banking technology used by hundreds of Intuit’s financial institution clients.

Many consumers don't know what Near Field Communication is, but the services the technology enables are becoming quite popular. That puts an onus on mobile payments projects that use NFC to move beyond disputes over revenue and other issues.

In an analysis of email-based fraud released in late June, network giant Cisco quantified what newspaper headlines over the past year have made clear: cyberfraud has shifted from mass, generalized attacks to very specific spearphishing hits that harness stolen user information to dupe unwitting consumers (such as bank customers and credit and debit cardholders) into divulging account information.

RIDGELAND, Miss. – Members Exchange CU has implemented accountWORKS 2G for online account opening for both existing and new members.

MADISON, Wis. – Dane County CU said it has selected Geezeo to provide a Personal Financial Management solution platform.

A flatter yield curve during the period likely added to pressure on bank net interest margins, which have been drifting down since a recent high early last year.

Bank of America Corp. lost a bid this week to dismiss several legal challenges filed by financially troubled homeowners in 19 states.

In the first three months of the year, more consumers had trouble paying down their credit cards and other debts, largely because of higher food and gas prices, according to an industry report released Thursday.

The college crowd isn't as hip with credit card issuers these days.

While many consumers may not know what near-field communication is, the services it enables are becoming quite popular, putting an onus on mobile payments projects in regions as varied as North America, Germany and Turkey to move beyond tech and revenue disputes to deliver a workable model for point of sale transactions executed by smartphones.