More consumers are using online banking bill-payment services to keep better control over their finances and to hold on to their money longer, suggest new research data from Fiserv Inc.

A bank in the United Arab Emirates reportedly soon plans to launch a credit card designed for use exclusively online at Jordan-based Aramex Ltd.’s Shop&Ship service.

High-end spenders who tightened their belts in 2009 are starting to loosen them up, as such consumers likely are behind an overall increase in credit card spending last month, suggests First Data Corp.’s August SpendTrend payment card transaction analysis of all store sales activity that First Data processes.

Bling Nation Ltd. soon will tap in to VeriFone Systems Inc.’s vast reseller network to extend point-of sale acceptance of Bling’s rewards-based contactless BlingTags, the companies announced Sept. 21. The deal also will help extend acceptance of PayPal, traditionally an online payment service, to brick-and-mortar retailers nationally.

EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Employees FCU has begun using DocuSign’s electronic signature solution to accelerate its new member and loan process.

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Addison Avenue FCU said yesterday it has signed with EasCorp FCU’s Vertifi Software LLC CUSO to implement the company’s DeposZip Mobile remote deposit capture service through downloadable software applications for smartphones.

The Apple iPad is being hyped as the future of computing.

Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd. earlier this month rolled out an online-payment service to bolster inbound tourism to the country, an official from the Nairobi-based bank tells PaymentsSource.

China's largest mobile-network operator China Mobile is suspending its project involving an RFID-SIM, a mobile-payment technology based on the 2.4GHz standard for contactless payment, local media in China reported last week.

In what will be a landmark event for the heavily closeted banking sector in Myanmar, a private bank in that country reportedly soon will begin offering online-payment services in partnership with a government ministry.

SafetyPay Inc.’s recent partnership with Banco Nacional de Costa Rica will enable the bank’s customers to shop online more securely worldwide, Miami Beach, Fla.-based SafetyPay notes in a Sept. 15 announcement.

Mobile-payments firm RegaloCard LLC is bringing its card-based funds-transfer service to an additional 4,000 U.S. retail locations through a distribution agreement with iPayStation LLC, the companies announced Sept. 20.

SAN FRANCISCO-Intuit, Inc., and several credit union defendants have asked a federal court here to dismiss a patent infringement suit brought by MShift over its mobile banking technology, saying the company's patent is outmoded and not pertinent to their technology.

SunTrust Banks Inc. says a system designed to make online purchases is also driving up the use of its online bill-pay service.

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.