PHILADELPHIA – Sb1 FCU will integrate VSoft Corp.’s Home/Office Capture solution with S1 Corp.’s PM Systems WebFederal3 Internet Banking platform.

First Data Corp.’s recently announced partnership with a South Korea-based technology company will help strengthen the transaction processor’s ability to support contactless payments in advance of Near Field Communication-enabled mobile payments, according to a First Data executive.

MasterCard Inc. shares have surged this week after it announced a $1 billion stock buyback plan and said it expects profit to rise faster than some analysts have predicted, reports Bloomberg News.

Facebook Inc. wants more people to "like" its virtual currency system as it bids to become a more serious player in payments.

BEL AIR, Md. – HAR-CO FCU will integrate VSoft Corp.’s Home/Office Capture solution with S1 Corp.’s PM Systems WebFederal3 Internet Banking platform.

With interest in mobile payments growing, First Data Corp. and South Korea-based SK C&C Co. Ltd. reportedly plan to collaborate to enable consumers in the United States, Canada and Mexico to use their mobile phones in place of physical wallets to initiate payment.

UMonitor’s financial-institution customers now may offer consumers person-to-person funds-transfer services to make payments via mobile phones or e-mail, the Web-based division of Memphis, Tenn.-based Parsam Technologies LLC reported on Sept. 14.

YAKIMA, Wash. – Yakima Valley CU has signed on to a new Internet Fraud Alert program being offered by Internet Identity in partnership with the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance.

More than three-fourths of bank customers did not pay any debit card overdraft fees over a recent 12-month period, suggest survey data the American Bankers Association released Sept. 15.

Payment processor Global Payments Inc. will sell VeriFone Systems Inc.’s PayWare Mobile service in Canada, VeriFone announced Wednesday.

Mobile operator du, the commercially branded name of the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co., has launched an automated payment service to enable its postpaid customers to pay bills using their mobile phones, the Dubai-based company earlier this month.

A key U.S. banking regulator, concerned about the risk of exposure the government is taking on in the mortgage market, urged more stringent standards for underwriting mortgages.

Facebook Inc. wants more people to "like" its virtual currency system as it bids to become a more serious player in payments.

MINNEAPOLIS — T8 Webware is rolling out a Web-based application that enables community financial institutions to extend personalized debit card development capabilities to their customers and members online, from the convenience of any location.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Dynamic Card Solutions, a provider of instant card issuance, on Tuesday said it has expanded the capabilities of its mobile payments personalization platform, known as CardWizard Perso-to-Go, to support personalization of near-field communication Micro SD cards.

JACKSON, Ark. – Arkansas FCU is among the first credit unions to integrate VSoft Corp.’s Home/Office Capture solution with S1 Corp.’s PM Systems WebFederal3 Internet Banking platform.

TUKWILA, Wash. – BECU has signed on to a new Internet Fraud Alert program being offered by Internet Identity in partnership with the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance.

The Bank of Namibia late last month authorized Mobicash Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd. to offer a new mobile-payment service in the country, according to a Mobicash spokesperson. The service, which is scheduled to launch in October, will enable the institution’s customers to use their mobile phones to pay for goods and person-to-person funds transfers.

State-owned telecommunication operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. on Sept. 13 launched a service that enables customers who have credit cards to pay their telco bills using their mobile phones, according to a spokesperson for the India-based company.

The Federal Trade Commission stopped an operation involving individuals and companies that allegedly deceived consumers into paying for bogus credit cards, and then charged them illegal fees.