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What U.S. Banks Can Learn from Credit Union Australia's Core Upgrade

CUA's challenges, and its ultimate success, could prove to be instructive for U.S. banks that have been holding off on replacing core systems due to the expense and disruption related to such a large project.

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Former Wells Fargo Executive Joins Liquidnet

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Capital Group Says Heartbleed May Have Exposed Fund Clients

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MasterCard to Buy Loyalty Provider Pinpoint

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Lending Club Acquires Specialty Lender Springstone

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JPMorgan Seeks Inspiration from Uber in Plotting Mobile Future

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Vermont Targets TV Stations, Search Engines in Online Lending Crackdown

The state is asking Google, Comcast and other companies to stop running ads for companies that can't lend legally to its residents. Bankers are also being urged to be on the alert for illegal loans to their customers.

Regulation & Reform

Consumer Finance

Web Attacks, ATM Skimming Top Banks' Security Threat List: Report

The Target card data breach dominated headlines last year, but it was just one of hundreds of hacking incidents to hit banks and expose the personal information of their customers, according to Verizon's latest Data Breach Investigations Report.

Risk Management

Experian Breach Exposes Broad Problems at Credit Bureaus: Brian Krebs

The influential blogger says it's time for a national debate on the role Experian and other credit agencies play in protecting and consumers' identity and privacy.
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Inside M&T's $200M Effort to Fix Tech, Compliance Issues

The Buffalo, N.Y., bank's chief operating officer and chief financial officer discuss how M&T is spending tens of millions of dollars toward upgrading compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and high-tech retail services. Its deal to buy Hudson City hangs in the balance.

Consumer Finance

Mergers & Acquisitions

Vincent Siciliano, CEO of New Resource Bank

Community Banks Carve Out Niche with Environmental Focus

Some banks have built their entire strategy around being ecofriendly while others dabble in this area. Regardless, being environmentally conscious can help bring in new business.

Consumer Finance

Community Banking

JD Sherry, vice president of technology and solutions at Trend Micro

Heartbleed Bug Lurks Beyond Websites

Most banks' websites are believed to be free of the much-publicized security flaw, but network devices, servers, mainframes and mobile apps could still be at risk.

Risk Management

Banks Add Mobile Money Management to Attract Millennials

Banks are aiming to add personal financial management features, including goal-based savings vaults and cash flow forecasting, to standard banking apps like mobile check depositing. Their goal: Turn Gen-Y into a loyal client base.
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Retail Delivery

Wal-Mart Launches Money Transfer Service

Wal-Mart's new "Walmart-2-Walmart" transfer service will enable consumers to send money to each other by using the retail chain's store network.

Community Banking

Consumer Finance

Westpac Aims to be First to Unlock Mobile Apps with Fingerprints

The cutting-edge bank — it already offers smart watch apps — is testing the technology on its employees' mobile devices and, if all goes well, it plans to roll it out to its customers by late summer.
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David Tente, the executive director of ATMIA

Are ATMs the Right Channel for Serving the Underbanked?

The ATM Industry Association is examining ways the machines can be used to better reach lower-income consumers. Sending money to someone, paying bills, and loading a portion of a check onto a prepaid card are among the types of transactions the group is envisioning can take place through ATMs.
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Lynn A. David

Banks Can Offer Free Checking — It's Called E-Checking
Jon Eberly

Why Mobile Payments Have Yet to Take Off
Gregg LeStage

Bankers, Insource Your Innovators
Jeanine Skowronski

Bankers, Beware of T-Mobile

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Disruptors

Amex Finds Isis Partnership Serves It Well

American Express' Serve prepaid account has its roots as a digital wallet, but the card issuer is finding many of its enrollments are coming through a very non-digital process: in-person activations at mobile phone stores. read more »

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5 Ways Financial Service Companies Are Using Customer Photos

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A picture is worth a thousand words - even in financial services. In the wake of the success banks have had offering mobile check deposit, banks and startups are finding reasons to allow people to submit other types of images through mobile apps. Here are five companies that are encouraging customers to snap that receipt, financial narrative or bill. The art helps customers do banking tasks quicker; the companies get their claws into more customer data. (Image: Thinkstock)

The Most Influential Women in Payments

What does it take to lead in the still-mostly-male world of payments? This year's 20 Most Influential Women in Payments share stories about how they got to the top, their vision for the future of payments (hint: it's mainly mobile), and advice to other women working their way up the ladder.

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