Check cashing stores are still the primary source of financial services for underbanked or unbanked consumers. According the the Aite Group, this group of consumers seldom use electronic payments.  Instead, they rely on more traditional payment methods such as cash, checks and money..

Prepaid cards for general use have been marketed with the idea that the cards could be reloaded. But, according to Mercator Advisory Group, many people who have the cards were not aware that the cards were reloadable.  And even if people knew the cards could be reloaded, only 11% of card holders..

Send Bank Deposits with Your Cell PhoneConsulting firm Mercatus surveyed US mobile banking customers on how likely they would be to use Check 21 remote deposit capture through a mobile phone. Not surprisingly, 66% of those age 26-34 and 69% of those 35-44 said they would use the service if it was..

According to report from the Mobile Marketing Association and Luth Research , 17% of adults in the US use mobile banking.  The report predicts that by the end of 2010, this number will increase to 22%, representing a 30% year-over-year rise in mobile banking users.Other findings from the report..

The International Payments Framework is a membership association currently made of around twenty banks and central banks, clearing and settlement mechanisms, associations and software vendors based in Europe, the US, Canada, Brazil and South Africa working with international payments.  The goals..

According to a recent study by research advisory firm Aberdeen Group , companies that rely on paper checks spend more than $11 on average per payment.   Companies that rely on electronic payments such as echecks spend 38% less per payment.  Clearly, electronic checks (echecks) save companies..