Two apps are better than one when launching mobile check-deposit services, at least for now, some banks say.

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.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Fort Worth City CU has added Integrated Media Management’s eDocs TotaleAtlasWeb solution to support members’ ability to securely sign documents away from a physical branch, at their convenience, anywhere 24/7.

Total System Services Inc., or TSYS, has entered into an agreement with Cassis International Pte. Ltd. to provide secure mobile-payment, loyalty and commerce functionality for NFC payments, the companies announced Feb. 7.

Sage Payment Solutions Inc. hopes to capture a new group of retail customers with the launch of a mobile service that provides small and midsize merchants lacking storefronts a low-cost option to accept credit and debit cards, the company announced Feb. 7.

MADISON, Wis.-With the never-ending buzz over what's new in technology, a new paper seeks to help credit unions, which operate with limited IT budgets, to separate the signal from the noise long enough to make smart investments.

DALLAS-An Internet technology consulting firm has filed suit against 33 financial firms, including one credit union, claiming the firms are infringing on its patent for authenticating a website or related services.

FULLERTON, Calif.-How much can you really say with just 140 characters? How about "I've got a college scholarship"?

Consumers are attacking their debt and borrowing less, but the average U.S. borrower with debt from unsecured loans, including credit cards, still owes an average of $10,000 spread among an average of seven creditors, according to data CareOne Services Inc., a national for-profit consumer debt-relief firm, released Feb. 2.

Seeking to cater to its consumers who do not have Apple Inc. iPhones or Google Inc. Android smartphones, TD Bank NA last week launched a mobile-banking application for Research In Motion Inc.’s BlackBerry devices.

Many risk managers across Europe expect an improvement in credit card and auto-loan performance in the next six months, with much less optimism for mortgage and small-business loans, recently released survey data suggest.

Online payments are becoming faster, as person-to-person payment providers forge ties with PIN-debit networks.

Most consumers in the United Kingdom have not changed their payment habits, but some say they will rely less on credit cards even if the economy improves, suggest recent survey data from New York-based Auriemma Consulting Group.

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.

Consumers are attacking their debt and borrowing less, but the average U.S. borrower with debt from unsecured loans, including credit cards, still owes an average of $10,000 spread among an average of seven creditors, according to data CareOne Services Inc., a national for-profit consumer debt-relief firm, released Feb. 2.

Zumogo, ProPay Inc.’s new social-media payment tool for mobile phones, leaves out vital information that ProPay says some competitors leave in.

Electronic Payment Exchange has entered into a long-term, exclusive payment-processing relationship with Private Quarters Inc., the provider of credit and debit card and electronic check-processing services announced Feb. 3

In yet another sign 2011 promises to include an avalanche of Near Field Communication-related announcements, LG Corp. is jumping on the bandwagon. That should shock no one, one analyst contends.

CashEdge Inc. is linking to NYCE Payments Network LLC to allow for real-time person-to-person payments.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – NYCE Payments on Thursday said it will begin offering CashEdge’s Popmoney person-to-person payment solution to its more than 3,000 credit union and bank customers.