Manchester, N.H.-based Bellwether Community CU has rolled out a new mobile banking service provided by NCR Corp., one of the first credit unions to use the NCR mobile banking solution.

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Bellwether Community CU has rolled out a new mobile banking service provided by NCR Corp., one of the first credit unions to use NCR mobile banking solution. The $330 million credit union, which already uses NCR ATMs and its online banking solution, has deployed NCR’s APTRA Mobile Banking, allowing its members to view accounts, search transactions, pay bills, transfer funds and find an ATM or branch via text, mobile web browser or downloadable application. To make deployment fast and simple, NCR is providing Bellwether with mobile banking as a hosted, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. SaaS is a scalable implementation model, allowing credit union customers to pay for only what they need now, and the ability to add more capabilities and bandwidth when required. It also provides the credit union with easy access to new technology features and software upgrades when they’re ready for them. Bellwether has integrated APTRA Mobile Banking with its existing APTRA Online Banking and APTRA eMarketing solutions. APTRA eMarketing helps financial institutions deliver personalized, relevant marketing messages to customers through their preferred channel. With APTRA eMarketing, Bellwether can promote its new mobile capabilities to customers.

The average charge-off rate on U.S. consumer credit cards inched upward in February, ending a streak of five consecutive months of declines. But the uptick is the result of “seasonal patterns” and is unlikely to affect the general trend of improving card-portfolio health, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

The National Payments Corp. of India later this year will launch a domestic payment card scheme that will compete with China UnionPay, Visa Inc. and MasterCard Worldwide for transaction volume in that country, a spokesperson for the state-owned company tells PaymentsSource.

WESTBURY, N.Y. – Nassau Educators’ FCU has implemented Guardian Analytics’ FraudMAP Version 4 for Retail Banking to protect its online banking channel from the growing threat of fraud.

MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin CU rolled out a new online interactive financial training device called MoneyCoach.

The average charge-off rate on U.S. consumer credit cards inched upward in February, ending a streak of five consecutive months of declines. But the uptick is the result of “seasonal patterns” and is unlikely to affect the general trend of improving card-portfolio health, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

A start-up person-to-person payments network is teaming with a daily-deals service to tie the use of coupons to a customer’s prepaid card.

Diners at Field of Greens and VooDoo BBQ & Grill may receive discount coupons and eventually may pay for purchases through Mobibucks Corp.’s mobile marketing and payment service under a deal Mobibucks announced with the two restaurants March 21.

First Data Corp. is rolling out a mobile-coupon program for merchants called mVoucher that uses 2-D barcodes and text messages, the Atlanta-based processor announced March 22 at the International CTIA Wireless convention in Orlando.

FreeScore LLC now offers an iPhone app that consumers can use to receive their credit scores and calculate mortgage rates.

MoneyGram International has hired Aaron Henry as associate general counsel, global regulatory and chief privacy officer and senior vice president, the company announced March 21.

Vivotech Inc. has launched a new software suite called Vivonfc to manage payment systems that use Near Field Communication chips, the company announced March 21.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.-Look for smaller credit unions to move to faster, cheaper core processing now that Tinker Federal Credit Union here and Symitar have proven an $18,000 server does the job just as well as a $1-million standard option.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.- Not satisfied with the lightning-fast core processing delivered by the credit union's new blade server, Tinker FCU took BladeCenter processing one step further, according to Steve Mooney, VP of information-systems operations.

ANTIGO, Wis.-Some employees at CoVantage CU here apparently love to play Minecraft, the online monsters-meet-construction game.

WESTBURY, N.Y.-When two members from NEFCU here recently logged in to their online accounts from Germany, Texas and Illinois, the CU sat up and took notice-only to discover that the log-ins actually were by criminals who could have committed $65,000 of identity fraud.

WESTBURY, N.Y.-Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery made it possible for NEFCU here to go live with behavior analytics software in less than four weeks-and deployment could have been even faster had the CU been familiar with the format of its online banking reports, said John De leso, CIO.

SCRANTON, Penn.-Credit unions are gathering in small groups across the country to talk about technology game plans, part of a series of free Road Shows sponsored by Wescom Resources Group (WRG).

MECHANICSBURG, Penn.-Credit unions walk away from WRG Road Shows with "real-world" solutions, according to Thomas Ha, VP-IT, at AmeriChoice FCU here.