MALVERN, Penn.-Framework's case-management and permissions features allow SchoolsFirst to control which employees see confidential data, said Eric Snyder, Akcelerant's EVP-business development.

MARION, Ohio — Video overlay may entice people to spend more time at a website, according to Lyle Heller, VP at CU-VO.

MARION, Ohio — Visit the website at Marion Community CU here during any of several holidays, and a friendly employee will pop up on video to greet you.

ESPOO, Finland — After making its "Angry Birds" the dominant game on two mobile platforms, developer Rovio Mobile Ltd. is taking flight in a new line: payments.

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Delinquent borrowers are changing their ways, thanks to a change in collections systems and management at SchoolsFirst FCU here.

RADCLIFF, Ky. — With more than 5,500 "friends," Fort Knox FCU here is the most popular credit union on Facebook.

WESTFIELD, N.Y. — The online lending system at Inner Lakes FCU here sells more than twice as much credit and GAP insurance as the CU's three loan officers combined.

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia CU here watches members as they bank online and immediately shows them offers that match their transaction activity.

A security breach at the Pentagon's official credit union exposed the personal and financial records of thousands of military members and their families to possible identity theft.

The complete virtual branch is no longer "nice-to-have" in 2011; it's a must. That's according to the eight members of the CUNA Technology Council's Executive Committee, who participated in a "Looking Forward" Roundtable hosted by Credit Union Journal.

MasterCard Worldwide has hired an executive who has been integral in French wireless carrier Orange’s rollout of mobile-payment services, according to an online report by NFC Times.

Verifi Inc., which provides risk-management services for card-not-present merchants, has formed a partnership with Demandware Inc. to provide online merchants with fraud-prevention and risk-management services, Verifi announced Jan. 12.

Much like the story of the emperor's new clothes, mobile payments may be a case where the young see one thing and their elders another.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Genisys CU has implemented FamilyMint’s online budgeting tool for kids.

TAMPA, Fla. – GTE FCU said it has signed with EasCorp FCU’s Vertifi Software LLC CUSO to deploy the company’s DeposZip Mobile remote deposit capture software.

U.S. consumers’ average credit scores slipped one point in the past year, and credit card debt fell by 8% to $7,404 during the same period, according to data released Jan. 12 by Credit Karma.

Pitney Bowes Inc., perhaps best known for manufacturing postage-meter machines, has created a free online bill-payment system designed to help consumers not only to receive, view and pay bills, but also to manage other important financial communications.

Consumers in the United Kingdom are using credit cards less to avoid debt, but issuers still have opportunities to increase card use by better conveying the benefits and value credit cards offer, new research suggests.

The universe of bonds backed by credit card loans shrank by about a fifth last year as an era of off-balance-sheet accounting ended and the industry re-engineered its funding base.

LINDEN, N.J. – Integrated Media Management, maker of the popular TotaleAtlas suite of e-document solutions, announced yesterday an integration between its Universal Document Presentment software and the online account opening solutions provided by Performance Systems International.