LIVE OAK, Texas – Randolph Brooks FCU is following closely on the heels of the first credit union iPhone app for mobile deposits with a beta deployment of a so-called agnostic version of the smartphone deposit technology that will be adaptable for Android, Blackberry, Samsung and all Apple devices.

A bitter fight is brewing in Florida over whether banks should be allowed to bypass court hearings in foreclosures.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Dynamic Card Solutions, a provider of instant card issuance and PIN selection solutions for credit unions, banks and retailers that issue magnetic stripe, EMV and contactless cards, on Tuesday said Team One Credit Union has implemented DCS' instant issue software and hardware.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. – CO-OP Financial Services yesterday said it has added to its My Deposit: Branch suite of imaging products with a web-based application.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Truliant FCU yesterday said it has signed with Open Solutions to install the company’s DNA core processing system.

LAUREL, Md. – Tower FCU has launched Integrated Media Management’s TotaleAtlas browser-based document presentment and signature capture solution.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – South Carolina FCU said it has implemented Bluepoint Solutions’ image-based item processing and enterprise content management software technology.

Visa Inc.’s announced hiring today of Bill Gajda, a top global wireless carrier trade association executive, to lead its mobile-payments initiatives could help the network brand cut through some of industry-sector obstacles blocking mobile-payment development, observers say. Gajda is chief commercial officer at the GSM Association, an international telecommunication organization that develops worldwide wireless standards for mobile communications, and after joining Visa he will continue as president of the GSM Foundation.

Hana Card Co. and South Korea-based telecommunication operator SK Telecom Co. plan to launch a mobile credit card payment service in March under a new joint venture, an official from the credit card company tells PaymentsSource.

A record number of Americans were in danger of losing their homes in the fourth quarter, even as new delinquencies declined, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.

KANSAS CITY, MO.-Mazuma Credit Union is allowing members to tell the credit union what they want from the CU's website.

ASTON, Penn. – Sun East FCU has agreed to become the first Pennsylvania credit union to offer its members mobile banking through CO-OP Mobile.

SAN FRANCISCO – MShift filed suit in federal court here Friday claiming Digital Insight is infringing on its patent for the company’s pioneering mobile banking technology that Digital Insight is providing to hundreds of credit unions and banks.

Bank of America Corp. said this week that late payments on credit card loans fell to 7.35% in January, the lowest in a year.

U.S. banks may be dropping their resistance to one of the world's fastest-growing payment card security formats, despite the prospect of increased costs.

LATHRUP VILLAGE, Mich. – Michigan First CU rolled out a business banking website this week and said MichiganFirstBusiness.com was specifically designed with small businesses in mind.

Visa Inc. and Travelex Central Services Ltd. last week announced the launch of the Visa Money Transfer service in Australia.

A Buffalo, N.Y. man who told investors he was a debt collector pleaded guilty Wednesday to bilking Citizens Bank of Buffalo, N.Y. and 17 investors in a fraud that cost the victims an estimated $440,000.

The Ulzheimer Group LLC and WebRecon LLC announced today a strategic partnership to provide credit expert witnesses with information on newly filed credit-related lawsuits using WebRecon's consumer litigant database.

In the race to recovery, several regional banking companies are distancing themselves from the pack.