mFoundry has announced that Zions Bancorporationhas selected its financial services platform for its mobile banking and payments offerings. The mFoundry platform will enable mobile banking and payments services for all of Zions’ retail banking subsidiaries including Amegy Bank of Texas, California Bank & Trust, National Bank of Arizona, Nevada State Bank, The Commerce Bank of Oregon, The Commerce Bank of Washington, Vectra Bank Colorado and Zions First National Bank (Utah and Idaho), as well as Zions Direct (nationwide Web direct banking). READ MORE »

Fiserv held an investor conference earlier today in Boston. A copy of the presentation is available online.

Seattle-based Billing Revolution has announced a “single-click” mobile credit card checkout tool-box designed for Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone application developers, as well as mobile marketing agencies and publishers launching branded applications. According to the company, "the turnkey credit card billing service allows developers to easily add on-the-go purchase capabilities to their existing mobile applications, allowing developers to sell products and services within these applications while introducing new revenue-generating opportunities." READ MORE »

Dynamic Card Solutions reports that it is seeing very strong demand for unembossed "flat" card instant issuance among financial institutions. DCS says it has received orders for approximately 1,300 new FCP 20/20 flat card printers, which is powered by HID Global's High Definition Printing (HDP) technology. READ MORE »

Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, has published a working paper titled "The Litigation of Financial Innovations" that examines the litigation of patents relating to financial products and services which he finds are litigated at a much higher rate than that of patents as a whole.

VIPGift, a provider of corporate and consumer incentive programs and prepaid card solutions, has announced that it has received a majority investment from Summit Partners and Bridgescale Partners. Founded in 2000, VIPGift offers corporate and consumer incentive programs to Fortune 500 companies. READ MORE »

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