Payments/Credit/Debit

MasterCard International has announced the arrival of a new advertising campaign that features football star Peyton Manning.

Triton, an ATM manufacturer that began making primarily cash dispensing machines and which has since sought to branch out to serve credit unions and community banks, was one of the manufacturers hit hard when Hurricane Katrina came ashore in late August 2005.

A survey conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, a research arm of the Consumer Reports magazine, has found that cardholders surveyed ranked credit unions as among the best credit card issuers.

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Ted Stearns, the owner of Tradeline Solutions, a company that facilitates the addition of "authorized users" to strong credit lines as a means of helping consumers boost their credit scores for a fee, is quite open about what his company is seeking to do. "I found out early on as...

A survey conducted by Visa USA has documented how important a debit card can be in helping consumers get a handle on how they spend their money on smaller consumer items and services.

Alliance One, the national selective-surcharge ATM group managed by Corporate One Federal Credit Union, is now providing surcharge-free access to Pennsylvania residents who receive state-issued benefits and payments via debit cards.

The $1.7 billion Coastal Federal Credit Union, the second largest credit union in North Carolina, has joined Allpoint Network, the ATM network that is a subsidiary of Cardtronics has announced.