Payments/Credit/Debit

If credit unions want to offer their entrepreneurial members a competitive small business credit card, they should consider one with a cash back and/or gasoline discount reward structure.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Card Services for Credit Unions, the association of credit unions which use the Fidelity National Information Service card platform, has teamed up with Visa USA to ask credit unions to get more deeply involved in financial education.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- Using ATMs which are located in 5,000 7-11 convenience stores nationwide has saved members of credit unions which affiliate with the surcharge-free CO-OP Network almost $50 million in surcharges, according to CO-OP Financial Services, the network's parent CUSO.

MILFORD, Conn. -- The $10 million Milford Federal Credit Union made the local edition of the Connecticut Post when it announced that it had signed up with the Allpoint Network, a nationwide ATM network which is a subsidiary of Cardtronics, the nation's largest independent service organization ATM deployer.

NEW YORK -- American Express announced an in-store gift card promotion this week that will give consumers a $25 free American Express gift card when they purchase two other AMEX gift cards, fill out a rebate form and send it in.

The $330 million Island Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, has sold its credit card portfolio to TNB Card Services, the card portfolio servicing and purchasing arm of credit union owned Town North Bank.