When Judge W. Douglas Baird ordered collection agency Mark One Financial LLC to stop contacting Melanie Beacham and her family and friends on Facebook, it quickly raised questions about the role courts will play in governing the use of social networks by collectors.

Socialwise Inc. is furthering its promotion of its BillMyParents alternative payment system through its partnership with skateboarding star Rob Dyrdek.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – CO-OP Financial Services launched a new service this morning that will enable credit unions to remotely control the marketing and operational content of their ATMs.

RICHMOND-On the face of it, Call FCU and Mountain America FCU don't have much in common. They sit on opposite sides of the country and are separated by more than $2.5 billion in assets and a difference of about 320,000 members.

FAIRFAX, Va.-While a great many credit unions have established some sort of social media presence, few-if any-have found a way to effectively monetize it, much less even measure ROI.

BROOKFIELD, Wis.-According to a study from Fiserv, 15 of the nation's top banks and CUs are taking a "wait-and-see" attitude regarding mobile payments, indicating that the market will need to develop more before investments are made to support such platforms.

PORTLAND, Ore.-Numerous credit unions across the country have begun offering mobile access, nearly all of which extend service to members using an iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android device, and in some cases, other web-enabled smart phones, including ...

MILFORD, Conn.-As mobile devices gradually eclipse desktops when it comes to members connecting with their financial data, experts agree that new and different kinds of security threats will arise. But they disagree on where those threats originate.

AUSTIN, Texas.-Credit unions looking to launch a mobile banking platform need to keep some numbers in mind: 12 to 24, and 2016.

AUSTIN, Texas-Mobile banking in 2011 is much like the state of the Internet in 1995: There are wide ranging and plentiful predictions about this "wave of the future" and its implications on business, but what it will look like in five or 10 years is much less certain.

SAN FRANCISCO-App stores could transform online banking for consumers, according to new research from Javelin Strategy.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-A new mobile banking research study commissioned by FIS has found that 50% of all smartphone owners used mobile banking within the last 30 days and that 76% of mobile banking users were satisfied with their experience-a 16 percentage point gain in satisfaction from 2010.

ONTARIO, Calif.-Aiming to give more CUs the ability to offer mobile banking, Financial Service Centers Cooperative (FSCC) has released a mobile text banking platform to members of all CU Service Centers affiliated credit unions.

PayPal Inc. could lose a substantial amount of transaction revenue if pending caps on debit interchange are applied to the alternative payments company, an analyst with FBR Capital Markets said in a research note Thursday.

As U.S. Bancorp upgrades its mobile banking offerings, it is also stepping up its use of mobile data business intelligence to target sales and personalize customer service.

Social networking on the Internet is all the rage. Consumers today think nothing about posting personal information online for all to see.

The steady decline in credit card charge-offs that continued through the first quarter helped make issuers’ earnings look good, but that trend cannot continue forever, Fitch Ratings Inc. warned in a May 6 special report.

Debt buyer Portfolio Recovery Associates (PRA) last week reported record net income, cash collections and revenue in the first quarter ended March 31.

First, a bit of recent history: The Great Recession lasted 18 months until June 2009, the longest economic downturn since World War II.

Visa Inc. plans revisit its incentive agreements with issuing banks after the Federal Reserve Board finalizes its capped rate for debit card interchange this summer, executives for the card brand told analysts May 5 during a conference call to discuss fiscal second-quarter earnings.