MECHANICSBURG, Penn. – Members 1st FCU said it is rolling out a service that will offer customized websites for small businesses through Newtek Business Services.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – South Carolina FCU said it has selected Bluepoint Solutions’ ImagePoint Capture and Hub modules to electronically capture and aggregate check images.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Ent FCU has launched its first free iPhone application, an Ent Service Center and ATM Location Finder, on iTunes.

First Data Corp. plans to use technology embedded into a digital memory card as the next step in evolving the payment processor’s contactless-payment technology.

In Japan, Toyama Chihou Tetsudou Inc. on March 14 began issuing a contactless card called Ecomyca that transit riders may use to access all Toyama tram and rail lines. Mutual interoperability also simultaneously began between Ecomyca and Passca, another contactless card issued in 2006 by competitor Toyama Light Rail Co. Ltd., Toyama Chihou Tetsudou says.

Visa Inc. soon plans to introduce an online shopping platform providing consumers with one location to manage and store their e-commerce activity. The product, called Rightcliq, will enable consumers to shop online using stored card information, the card brand says.

LATHRUP VILLAGE, Mich.-Taking a page from Burger King's playbook, Michigan First CU is letting members have it their way, allowing members to choose their exact mix of bills when they withdraw money from MFCU ATMs.

Barclaycard reportedly plans to deploy mobile phones enabled with Near Field Communication payment technology in conjunction with France-based mobile-network operator Orange during the second half of this year. The report did not specify where the phone would be available, and both companies operate in multiple countries.

Mumbai passengers on the western line of the Indian city’s suburban railway network now may use the Mumbai Go contactless smart card for fare payments. The agency officially made the service available at midnight March 10, completing the implementation of smart card acceptance across the city’s public transport facilities, an official from the railway operator tells PaymentsSource.

U.S. consumer credit card debt inched higher again for data released in February, but the average credit score remained the same as the previous month at 669, according to a March 10 report from Credit Karma Inc., a San Francisco-based company whose Web site tracks credit scores.

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray is warning consumers that financial scams are on the rise in the state.

A mobile payments business model Citigroup Inc. tested in India has proven a hit among all the key players, even wireless carriers.

Visa Inc. is looking outside the U.S. for growth and hopes to derive more than half of its revenues from international markets within the next five years, executives from the card company today told investors gathered in San Francisco for its annual Investor Day presentation.

Tio Networks, which today announced the planned launch of a mobile bill-payment platform, estimates it will generate 20% of its revenue from the service by 2011, according to the Burnaby, British Columbia-based expedited bill-payment processor.

Target Corp. has begun delivering coupons to customers' mobile phones.

China Mobile plans to purchase a 20% stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank for 39.8 billion yuan (US$5.7 billion or 4.2 billion euros) as part of its plans to develop a mobile-payment system in the country, China Mobile announced on March 10.

As one of the first resellers of VeriFone Holdings Inc.’s PayWare Mobile service, Merchant 360 Inc. says some mobile merchants like that the service includes a card reader that enables them to get card-present transaction rates.

One of the world’s largest trials of Near Field Communication payments, which Citigroup Inc. and MasterCard Worldwide launched last year in India, provided a glimpse into the challenges of incorporating merchant-sponsored product discounts and coupons within mobile payments.

As one of the first resellers of VeriFone Holdings Inc.’s PayWare Mobile service, Merchant 360 Inc. says some mobile merchants like that the service includes a card reader that enables them to get card-present transaction rates.

As one of the first resellers of VeriFone Holdings Inc.’s PayWare Mobile service, Merchant 360 Inc. says some mobile merchants like that the service includes a card reader that enables them to get card-present transaction rates.