Payments/Credit/Debit

The $86 million Delta County Credit Union, headquartered in Escanaba, Michigan, recently learned how much rewards can boost a credit card program.

The average outstanding credit card balance was $4,951 during the second quarter, a drop of 13.4%, according to a report issued by the credit reporting company TransUnion.

Maine credit unions are finding "Surf Dude," a cartoon character used to promote surcharge-free ATMs a valued friend this summer in raising CU awareness.

The $1.8 billion CommunityAmerica Credit Union has chosen PSCU Financial Services to process its credit card, signature debit card, PIN debit card and ATM transactions, the payments CUSO has announced.

A market research firm in London has reported that one third of Western European ATM markets shrank last year, a trend which some ATM analysts privately worry could happen in the U.S. as well.

A day after new regulations from the new CARD act went into effect, credit unions are getting media support on getting exemption from Federal Reserve interchange rate rules.