HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Redstone FCU has rolled out their new “Mobile Banking” service, an SMS Text messaging service that will allow members to do things like check their balance and get previous transaction amounts.

AUSTIN, Texas – Amplify FCU has implemented CO-OP Financial Call Center’s Outbound Call Services, which provides sales, marketing and other member outreach..

The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 9 will hear oral arguments in a case that may determine whether card issuers may handle customer disputes through arbitration or potentially more costly class-action lawsuits, industry experts say.

Many payments-industry executives are considering taking new jobs for the opportunity to gain professional growth, according to new survey results from TopGrading Solutions Inc.

After years of efforts by banks to get their commercial clients to ditch paper checks, electronic payments have finally begun to wrest a significant share of the business-to-business market.

SAN FRANCISCO-A new Javelin Strategy & Research report finds that traditional authentication methods used for online banking do not work for mobile banking and new approaches are needed that exploit mobile phone security features.

A new study from Javelin Strategy & Research has found that the banking industry can save nearly $8 billion dollars by converting non-online customers to online banking and bill pay and by convincing current online-banking customers to get the answers to half their customer-service questions online.

Online Resources Corp. is continuing the development of its new strategic plan, which it intends to detail next month.

Google Inc. said its holiday promotion tool can increase merchants' online sales by 209%.

LAKE MARY, Fla. – The computer desktops at CFE FCU last twice as long as those at other credit unions and they're most likely more secure, because the desktops are virtual–CFE is the first credit union in the country to deploy the pint-sized machines by Pano Logic at 300 workstations across the $1.2 billion credit union.

Oxigen Services Pvt. Ltd. has signed a service agreement with Luup International Ltd. to launch mobile-payment services in India, Luup International announced Oct. 29.

U.S. Bancorp has signed on as the largest bank to use an alternative payments system that lets consumers pay for online transactions through their institutions' websites.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone payments system is coming closer to reality.

The average charge-off rate on U.S. consumer credit cards in September fell to an 18-month low after a hiccup in August caused a one-month rate increase, Fitch Ratings reported Nov. 2.

Jack Henry & Associates Inc. and its competitors say there is high interest in offering new consumer technologies such as mobile remote deposit capture and mobile banking in general.

Fitch Ratings said U.S. credit card defaults slid in September to a two-and-a-half-year low, continuing a downward trend as the economy heals, according to Dow Jones.

Often pooled into a one-size-fits-all label, smaller merchants have diverse views and awareness of Payment Card Industry data-security standards, the results of a recent survey suggest.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. – NASA FCU launched its mobile remote deposit app, which allows its members to deposit checks anytime, anywhere, from a wireless mobile handheld device.

LATHRUP VILLAGE, Mich. – A mobile banking service is available to Michigan First CU’s more than 80,000 members, allowing them to check balances, view transaction history, transfer funds and pay bills, anywhere, anytime, from their mobile device.

The outcome of Tuesday’s Election Day results could have meaningful implications for the card industry, including affecting the odds of credit card interchange legislation emerging next year, analysts at New York-based equity firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said in a report released Monday.