Payments/Credit/Debit

Card specialist Ondine Irving says most card programs sold to banks wouldn't qualify for list.

Card specialist Ondine Irving says most card programs sold to banks wouldn't qualify for list.

Credit unions across the land are seizing this marketing opportunity, as CUNA officials put it Tuesday, to take advantage of the favorable industry media coverage following the announcement of Bank of Americas $5 monthly debit fee.

Credit unions across the land are seizing this marketing opportunity, as CUNA officials put it Tuesday, to take advantage of the favorable industry media coverage following the announcement of Bank of Americas $5 monthly debit fee.

First Data Corp. says consumers spent more on their credit and debit cards in September 2011 than they did in the same month last year but the firm credited inflated prices for the increase rather than an increase in purchases.

First Data Corp. says consumers spent more on their credit and debit cards in September 2011 than they did in the same month last year but the firm credited inflated prices for the increase rather than an increase in purchases.