Has "Tap and Go" come and gone?

PayPal Inc. may face its most crucial test this year as it seeks to broaden its reach.

Citigroup Inc. announced Thursday that it has integrated credit card account information into its downloadable Citi Mobile application for the Apple Inc. iPhone.

TORRANCE, Calif. – Torrance Community CU said it successfully accepted its first mobile phone deposit over an iPhone.

Consumers are eager to use contactless stickers for routine payments as a bridge before Near Field Communication-equipped mobile handsets are available on a mass scale, suggest the results of a recently completed Discover Financial Services pilot.

Mobile-payments company Apriva announced this week the launch of the AprivaPay and AprivaPay Professional mobile-payment services. The move means Apriva resellers, including ISOs, banks and merchant acquirers, now can resell Apriva’s integrated mobile-payment product.

SAN FRANCISCO – Patelco CU said it has signed with Guardian Analytics to install the company’s FraudMAP to defend against even the most sophisticated fraud attacks without impacting its members' online experience and without overburdening its security staff.

The continuing evolution of mobile technology has prompted a fledging mobile-payments company to develop a system that enables consumers to send free text message-based funds transfers to Central America.

Mobile-payments company Apriva announced today the launch of the AprivaPay and AprivaPay Professional mobile-payment services. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Apriva operates its own network that connects mobile-payment terminals to processors.

Citibank customers in Thailand can now use their cell phones to access their bank accounts with Citi Mobile, Citi announced earlier this month. The company says it is the first foreign bank to offer mobile banking in Thailand.

SourceMedia Inc., publisher of PaymentsSource, today announced the appointment of Douglas J. Manoni as chief executive officer. He replaces James M. Malkin, who has left the company.

SourceMedia Inc., publisher of PaymentsSource, today announced the appointment of Douglas J. Manoni as chief executive officer. He replaces James M. Malkin, who has left the company.

Lowell Group, the UK’s largest debt-buying company, according to Collections & Credit Risk research, named Paul Thomas, formerly with Capital One Bank, to become the company’s head of External Recoveries.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Five credit unions have signed to offer Aimbridge Indirect Lending’s new online car buying service to its members, called WhereMembersBuy.com.

CHAMBERSBURG, Penn. – Members 1st FCU said it has signed with BoardVantage to distribute board materials, enhance the efficiency of the corporate secretary's office and streamline its board process.

RICHMOND, Va.-The good, old-fashioned suggestion box is making a comeback at Virginia CU here as part of a process improvement program that has reduced the need for six full-time employees in one year, or the net equivalent of more than $250,000.

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas-A survey conducted during Cypress Software Systems' recent Annual Users' Conference found the company's clientele of credit unions, community banks and other financial institutions expect technology to positively impact productivity and compliance assistance in 2010.

TUKWILA, Wash.-It's payback time as two of the nation's largest credit unions launch mobile person-to-person (P2P) payments platforms to reclaim some of the thunder stolen by the likes of PayPal.

VIENNA, Va.-Members are less concerned about products and services and more interested in easy and free access to the credit union.

AUSTIN, Texas-Seems that too many members are closing their checking accounts at Amplify Credit Union here. But ACU believes that a member feedback platform-which includes surveys, spontaneous comments and loyalty scores-will help keep accounts open and members on board.