Think Finance wanted to give underbanked consumers access to credit when they needed it and help them avoid a bad cycle of debt.

Chase, the consumer and commercial banking arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co., officially has rolled out a mobile-banking application for phones using Google Inc.’s Android operating system, the bank announced Dec. 2.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Mission FCU has signed with Fiserv to implement the company’s Portico account processing solution and several other services.

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia CU has installed Code Green's new, interactive RateCast "loan calculation slider" to its website.

Singapore’s telecommunication regulator, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, has issued a “call for collaboration” seeking participation in the deployment of an interoperable Near Field Communication payments infrastructure in the country.

Starbucks Corp. has begun a national rollout of the mobile-payment system it began testing more than a year ago, the company announced Dec. 1.

FICO announced on Wednesday the results of its quarterly survey of bank risk professionals indicate a credit gap that has hindered U.S. consumer spending is likely to continue well into 2011. Also, lenders are unlikely to meet the credit demands of small businesses in the near term.

PITTSBURGH, Penn. – Omega FCU has selected Fiserv’s Portico account processing platform for their more than 16,000 members.

Petroleum retailers in New Zealand reportedly are considering a proposal to accept contactless credit cards for the fuel payment.

Transactis Inc. recently secured $7 million in financing from New York-based venture capital firm StarVest Partners that will enable it to focus on growing its electronic billing and loyalty programs, the electronic-billing technology company announced Nov. 30.

U.S. consumers’ credit scores dipped slightly during the recession and the total number of credit card accounts per household declined, but average credit scores remain well within the prime range, according to new data from Experian PLC.

The majority of companies are using outdated methods to reach customers and fail to take individual preferences into account, according to a survey of retail banking industry and customer communication trends released today.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – 3Rivers FCU has installed the MeridianLink XpressAccounts automated account opening system.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis received a $1.13 million grant from the Federal Trade Commission to examine the accuracy of information kept by the major U.S. credit reporting agencies.

Consumer confidence rose in November to its highest mark in five months, a sign that people are hopeful about improving labor market conditions, according to a report released today by The Conference Board, an industry group.

Taiyuan Xinbao Parking Meter System Co. Ltd. plans to extend the deployment of contactless smart card technology from Legic Identsystems Ltd. to its parking-meter operations in China, the Germany-based technology provider announced earlier this month.

GERMANTOWN, Md. – Montgomery County Employees FCU has rolled out FinanceWorks, a financial management tool for members powered by Intuit’s Quicken.

Discover Financial Services’ Nov. 29 announcement that it is distributing credit cards and stickers supporting its Zip contactless-payment technology to its customers, on the heels of a similar announcement last week from Bank of America Corp., suggests the emergence of two key marketplace opportunities that tap-and-pay technology could exploit, analysts say.

Discover Financial Services has begun to distribute credit cards and stickers that support its Zip contactless-payment service, the company announced Nov. 29.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – CO-OP Financial Services announced this morning it has teamed with mFoundry to offer mobile deposits, allowing members to “snap and deposit” checks from anywhere using their mobile phones.