Payments/Credit/Debit

The fast-growing pack of Android users can now use a MasterCard app for finding ATMs.

Visa has announced a program that will exempt overseas merchants from card security requirements provided at least 75% of their point of sale terminals are able to read cards with an embedded computer chip to improve fraud protection.

Goldilocks I ain't, but I sympathize with her plight. I've been sampling from several bowls of porridge, so to speak, looking for the one that suits me "just right." The financial institution, that is. I can't say I've found it yet.

Credit unions with credit card programs might see a significant uptick in their credit card balances based on Federal Reserve data from the end of 2010.

First Premier Bancard, the sister card-issuing organization to Sioux Falls, S.D.-based First Premier Bank, is charging an annual percentage rate of 59% on cards aimed at consumers with lower credit scores.

NACS, the Association for Convenience and Petroleum Retailing, has urged its members to write the Federal Reserve in support of the cap on debit card interchange.