Payments/Credit/Debit

SAN FRANCISCO - If current trends continue, Valentines Day may become the busiest shopping season after Christmas, according to Visa USA, and more Americans than ever buy sweets for their sweethearts using their credit and debit cards online the number one card brand said. The nation's leading card brand reported...

SAN FRANCISCO - A recent Visa USA study finds that adding a card-based element to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) may help boost program interest. In December 2003, Congress created HSAs to allow individuals to pay for current health expenses before federal income taxes and earn federal income tax exempt interest...

BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Significantly more people used their debit cards at ATMs and point of sale terminals driven by Fiserv in 2004 than in the year before, according to the firm which drives Credit Union 24, the Armed Forces Financial Network and the Allpoint network. In terms of debit transactions...

SAN FRANCISCO - Visa USA has announced an advertising program designed to heighten the use of its check card among Hispanic consumers. Visa check card is its debit product with which cardholders use their signatures to validate their transactions. "The Hispanic market represents a $653 billion opportunity for Visa and...

SAN ANTONIO - An executive with MasterCard has predicted that still more changes are afoot in how Americans pay for goods and services, and he urged credit unions to become proactive about facing them. Rick Lyons, a senior vice president with MasterCard, told roughly 90 credit card executives attending TNB...

ST PETERSBURG, Fla. - Three credit unions in California - the $550 million San Mateo Credit Union, headquartered in Redwood City, the $72 million Santa Ana FCU, headquartered in Santa Ana and the $67 million West One FCU, headquartered in Pleasanton - have joined PSCU Financial Services as member owners...