CHAMBERSBURG, Penn. – Members 1st FCU said it now offers free mobile banking applications for Android, Blackberry and iPhone devices.

DENVER – ENT FCU said yesterday it signed with EasCorp FCU’s Vertifi Software LLC CUSO to deploy the company’s DeposZip Mobile remote deposit capture software.

Mobile-banking applications are plentiful and easily available, but new research suggests consumer awareness of them is low despite the buzz surrounding the service.

A limited numbers of Bangkok commuters this spring will begin testing the use of a single, contactless smart card to access the city’s two train networks, an official at the Bangkok Mass Transit System Co. Ltd. tells PaymentsSource.

As payments executives debate which approach to mobile payments will win out, Bank of America Corp. is showing greater commitment to a system based on Visa Inc.’s specifications.

In a management shuffle announced Jan. 11, Obopay Inc. promoted its president to chief executive, and its previous CEO assumed the role of executive chairman.

The reluctance of the U.S. payments market to adopt the EMV chip and PIN payments standards has been under a lot of pressure, given the security-threatening isolation this avoidance may bring about. As a result, EMV-type chips are percolating domestically, such as VeriFone and Gemalto’s planned push of services.

Mobile payments startup Square Inc. has raised $27.5 million in venture capital, a spokesperson confirmed Jan. 11.

China Banking Corp. has launched in the Philippines a mobile version of its online-banking service customers may use to inquire about account balances, transfer funds and pay bills, the Manila-based bank announced Jan. 6.

China’s second-largest mobile-network operator China Unicom has begun offering a contactless mobile-payment service in Beijing.

Banks’ “all-in-one-place” marketing for online bill-payment services is helping them gain more customers who pay their credit card debts through their online-banking sites instead of through their issuers, new research findings suggest.

Banks’ “all-in-one-place” marketing for online bill-payment services is helping them gain more customers who pay their credit card debts through their online-banking sites instead of through their issuers, new research findings suggest.

Bigger merchants are breaking free of the confines of the cash register with mobile technology originally designed for mom-and-pop stores.

SAN ANTONIO – Security Service FCU has installed Kiva Group’s Respect 7 unified teller solution across all of its service centers.

TAMPA, Fla. – Grow Financial FCU said yesterday it is expanding its relationship with Wolters Kluwer Financial Services by joining the company’s AppOne platform.

Qatar National Bank Ltd. has upgraded its eazypay mobile-payment platform to include merchant transactions, the Doha-based bank announced Dec. 29.

Intuit Inc. is offering its GoPayment mobile-payment service with free card readers and no monthly service fees to small merchants who sign up by mid-February, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company announced Jan. 10.

Coalfire Systems, a qualified security assessor for PCI issues, has deemed Heartland Payment Systems Inc.’s E3 magnetic stripe card reader wedge as valid to minimize certain payment security compliance requirements for point-of-sale system developers, the processor announced Jan. 10.

Liquor-store chain Beverages and More! has installed VeriFone Systems Inc.’s VeriShield Protect encryption product, the terminal maker announced Jan. 10.

American Express Co. has appointed Toby Eduardo Redshaw executive vice president and chief information officer, replacing Stephen Squeri, who was promoted. Redshaw previously was global chief information officer for Aviva PLC.