Commerce Bank will be the first to sign on with the Syncada open supply chain processing network owned by Visa Inc. and U.S. Bancorp.

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Bellwether Community CU has introduced CheckDeposit24, a service that allows members to deposit checks remotely in less than three minutes from their home or office.

Huntington Bancshares Inc. is rewriting its mobile strategy through the hiring of mobile-banking expert Jeff Dennes from USAA Federal Savings Bank.

A shakeout among debt-relief firms is likely as such companies restructure their operations to conform with new Federal Trade Commission rules that take effect this month, experts say.

Despite some industry pessimism, Transport for London says it hopes to see a cross-border contactless transit and payment card rolled out by 2012 that would support access to transportation services both domestically and overseas.

Mobile payments settled over the automated clearinghouse system officially have entered the mobile-payments space, but not without sparking debate.

A fresh take on the interactive payment card may be the farthest the technology has come in the United States, but the cards' cost may prevent them from reaching beyond niche customer segments.

Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, outlined an agenda Thursday for the newly authorized Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Average credit scores for U.S. consumers fell two points during the third quarter ended Sept. 30, and the decline was much sharper in certain regions in the South, according to data released by Credit Karma this week.

Mobile-payments company mPayy Inc. has added reloadable prepaid debit and payroll cards as an option to fund its accounts, the company announced Oct. 12.

Financial institutions, mobile-phone networks, service providers, payment companies and transaction processors in both developed and emerging markets will be able to offer a wide variety of mobile banking and payments services under a enhanced technology platform Monitise PLC announced Oct. 14.

Mobile access to medical finances is becoming more important for employees — and their banks.

Chartway FCU said yesterday it has implemented the FIS Mobile Banking platform from Fidelity National Information Services.

Chartway FCU said yesterday it has implemented the FIS Mobile Banking platform from Fidelity National Information Services.

Pennsylvania State Employees CU has introduced mobile banking through Firethorn Holdings LLC, a wholly owned unit of Qualcomm Inc.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Chartway FCU said yesterday it has implemented the FIS Mobile Banking platform from Fidelity National Information Services.

HARRISBURG, Penn. – Pennsylvania State Employees CU has introduced mobile banking through Firethorn Holdings LLC, a wholly owned unit of Qualcomm Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Oct. 13 reported third quarter increases in both net income and sales volume for its Card Services unit, aided by continued reductions in charge-offs and delinquencies and by a rise in consumer card use.

U.S. consumers’ average credit scores fell two points during the third quarter ended Sept. 30, while the decline was sharper in certain regions in the South, according to new data Credit Karma released Oct. 13.

Bank card delinquencies fell 26 basis points to 3.62% of all accounts, the lowest mark since the first quarter of 2001 and far below the 15-year average of 3.93%, according to a report released last week by the American Bankers Association.