Cineplex Entertainment, which supports 132 theaters in Canada serving more than 70 million visitors each year, is giving consumers the option to pay for tickets from their PayPal account, the Toronto-based company announced Feb. 11.

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The Chicago credit bureau TransUnion LLC has introduced two scores designed to help debt collectors target consumers who are most likely to make payments.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Technology CU has signed with Bluepoint Solutions to implement the company’s QwikDeposit ToGo as its mobile remote deposit capture platform.

PayPal Inc. is pushing to expand use of mobile-wallet services as it stakes out its turf in the mobile-payments market, executives said Feb. 10 during a presentation at parent eBay Inc.’s analyst and investors day.

U.S. consumers’ average credit score last month dropped two points to 667 from a year earlier, as average credit card debt fell by 9% to $7,200 during the same period, according to data Credit Karma released Feb. 10.

ATLANTA – Georgia’s Own CU has installed Code Green’s web, mobile web, and mobile app editions of its branch and ATM locator solution, BranchMap.

For the fourth consecutive quarter, TransUnion’s Credit Risk Index declined, indicating consumers were less of a credit risk in 2010 compared with the previous year, the Chicago-based credit bureau reports.

The ability to initiate payments with mobile phones has captured the imagination of many groups, including consumers, merchants, payment card brands and wireless carriers.

Visa Inc. is paying $190 million in cash to buy PlaySpan Inc., a private company that provides e-commerce services to developers of online games and smartphone applications, the card brand and network announced Feb. 9.

Commuters in the National Capital Region of New Delhi in India no longer will have to wait in queues for their subway tickets when the city’s Metro operator completes its rollout of a smart card-based system for handling fares.

Many banks have reported financial improvements, but their technology spending is still at a trickle.

Lakshmi Vilas Bank Pvt. bank has become the 10th bank in India to launch the Internet Mobile Payment Service in India, a spokesperson for the Karur-based bank tells PaymentsSource.

ONTARIO, Calif. – CUDL, a provider of indirect auto loan services for credit unions, introduced a new dealer portal website yesterday at the annual National Auto Dealers Association Convention and Expo.

As the mobile-payments ecosystem continues to take shape, Total System Services Inc., or TSYS, is dipping its toe into the pool for the first time through a partnership with a Singapore-based trusted service manager for financial institutions, retailers, transit operators and mobile-service providers.

Telefónica O2 UK Ltd. is adding its name to a growing list of wireless carriers planning to launch Near Field Communication initiatives to enable consumers to use their smartphones to initiate payment at the point of sale.

U.S. credit cardholders boosted their overall borrowing in December for the first time in more than two years, according to a Feb. 7 Federal Reserve G.19 report. But card issuers should not break out the champagne just yet, analysts say.

U.S. credit cardholders boosted their overall borrowing in December for the first time in more than two years, according to a Feb. 7 Federal Reserve G.19 report. But card issuers should not break out the champagne just yet, analysts say.

French bank Crédit Agricole SA has selected Gemalto NV to support its deployment of Near Field Communication mobile-payment services in Nice, the France-based technology provider announced Feb. 8.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the financial-services watchdog agency Congress mandated last year as part of the Dodd-Frank Act, on Feb. 3 launched its website, laying the groundwork for soliciting consumer complaints about credit cards and other financial-services products.