MasterCard Inc. has completed its acquisition of DataCash Group PLC.

Developing business applications for mobile banking could help banks solve one of the quandaries of the emerging channel: how to make money in it.

The cyclical recovery in credit card loan performance appears to have punched through seasonal patterns in recent months.

The cyclical recovery in credit card loan performance appears to have punched through seasonal patterns in recent months.

Small businesses are showing more confidence in the economy, according to new survey data Discover Financial Services released Monday.

DALLAS – City CU has signed with Passageways LLC to provide its employee intranet portal.

Mobile is taking Manhattan through the latest expansion of Starbucks Corp.’s payment trial.

Online merchants may send PayPal transactions through First Data Corp. under a new payment service the transaction processor and CardinalCommerce Corp. announced Oct. 25.

Small businesses are showing more confidence in the economy, according to new survey data Discover Financial Services released Oct. 25

Privier Inc. has developed ATM software that enables funds-transfer recipients to withdraw cash from any participating machine.

Indian Railways plans to launch an integrated smart card for the city of Mumbai, according to an official from the Centre for Railway Information Systems, the transit agency’s national information-technology arm.

Charge-off rates on outstanding receivables for the six largest credit card issuers in the United States declined during the third quarter ended Sept. 30 compared with the same period last year, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Driven lower by heavy charge-offs and increased frugality among consumers, inflation-adjusted household debt, including borrowing on credit cards, has fallen about 5.6% from a peak in the fourth quarter of 2008, to a nominal $13.4 trillion in the second quarter this year.

Visa Inc. is making inroads into the world of third-party software development, bolstering its ability to compete in e-commerce payments.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Affinity FCU here is aggregating a hoard of warning signs to detect money laundering in high-risk member accounts-but accurately assigning account risk took awhile.

MARIETTA, Ga.-LGE Community CU is spending less time gathering data and making more informed strategic decisions by using a business intelligence solution.

WICHITA FALLS, Texas-Credit union managers are doing some of their handiwork from iPhone, Android and BlackBerry mobile devices instead of being chained to their desks and laptops.

WABASH, Ind.-Employees at Beacon CU here turned to the Passageways portal for merger help when the $800-million CU joined forces with DeKalb Financial CU in August, said Kathy Houghtalen, Beacon's project manager.

LANSING, Mich.-Even as two credit unions become one during Lake Trust CU's merger here, employees know exactly where to go to get the latest word and to get to know one another: the employee portal.

LAS VEGAS-Credit unions must unite against PayPal by offering alternative payment services that members are willing to pay for-before the online giant makes off with all the profits.