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Beyond Bitcoin: The Future of Currency

Apr 23
The economist Friedrich Hayek famously advocated competitive issuance of money. Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion says this may soon come to pass, with multiple currencies, public and private, serving as means of exchange and stores of value. Are you ready to pay for purchases in kilowatt hours?

Related article: How Cryptocurrencies Could Upend Banks' Monetary Role

National/Global
Technology

ACI Releases Mobile Banking System

Chris Cumming | Apr 23
ACI Worldwide has released a mobile-banking program for the iPhone and Android smartphones.
Mobile Banker
Technology

CipherCloud Extends Its Information Protection

Sean Sposito | Apr 23
CipherCloud announced Tuesday that it's expanding its cloud information protection platform.
Technology

Dodd-Frank Drives Growth of Compliance Software Budgets, Survey Finds

Chris Cumming | Apr 23
Financial services companies are dedicating a growing portion of their software budget to regulatory compliance, a new survey shows.
Technology

Companies Not Prepared for Data Breaches, Survey Finds

Chris Cumming | Apr 23
Companies know that data breaches can be costly but still struggle to prepare for them, a new survey by Experian and the Ponemon Institute finds.
Risk Management
Technology

Banks Remain the Top Target for Hackers, Report Says

Sean Sposito | Apr 23
Verizon has released its sixth annual Data Breach Investigations Report, and – no surprise – banks are at the top of the list of companies besieged by cyber threats.
Risk Management
Technology

Generations Bank to Deploy Compushare's Cloud Platform

Chris Cumming | Apr 22
Generations Bank in Seneca Falls, N.Y., plans to begin moving its critical banking applications to Compushare's C3 Cloud Computing platform.
Community Banking
Technology

The Case Against Anonymous Payments

Apr 22
Privacy in electronic payments is critical does not entail anonymity, argues Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion. Encryption technologies can protect privacy while allowing authorities to trace stolen digital money in break-the-glass situations, he maintains.

Related article: Why Some Payments Should Remain Anonymous

Risk Management
Technology

Why Banks Should Welcome Nonbanks in Payments

Apr 22
Processing payments is a costly activity for banks, one that nonbank businesses, such as telecommunications operators and retailers may be able to handle more nimbly and efficiently, says Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion. Rather than threats, banks should view these more lightly regulated outsiders as potential partners.

Related article: Mobile Devices Can Help Bank the Underbanked

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The Meaning of Bitcoin

Apr 22
The recent public fascination with the digital currency Bitcoin taps into a latent frustration with the current inadequate banking and payments system, says Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion. While Bitcoin itself may not be the wave of the future, it shows how the next generation of payments technologies will work and bears watching by bankers.

Related Story: The Elephant in the Payments Room

Technology

BBVA's NBA Account Nets 10k Customers in First Two Months

Sean Sposito | Apr 22
Roughly two months after BBVA Compass launched its branchless bank account for basketball fans, the bank has about 10,000 NBA Banking customers, says BBVA's chief marketing officer John Wessman.
Mobile Banker
Retail Delivery

In Mobile Fraud Fight, Convenience Trumps Security

Sean Sposito | Apr 22
Mobile device fraud is climbing with consumer adoption of the technology, according to a joint study released by payments technology company Jumio and Harris Interactive.
Mobile Banker
Technology

U.S. Dataworks to Re-Sell RDM's Remote Deposit Capture Technology

Chris Cumming | Apr 22
RDM Corporation, a provider of remote deposit capture technology, has reached an agreement with U.S. Dataworks such that the latter will now resell its solution.
Technology

Credit Union Deploys NCR's Video Banking Service

Brian Browdie | Apr 22
NCR has added a customer for its video banking service. The global technology company said Monday that Coastal Community Credit Union on Vancouver Island, British Columbia has installed NCR's APTRA Interactive Teller at a recently-opened branch in Duncan, a city on the southern part of the island.
Technology

Customers Willing to Swap Privacy for Security: Survey

Penny Crosman | Apr 22
A global survey Cisco released Monday offers clues to the types of technology consumers want to use to interact with their banks.
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