John Adams

Like most financial executives, My Community Federal Credit Union's Susie Masten and Lezlie Veach are excited about new innovation in personal financial management (PFM), such as offering the budgeting tools on mobile devices.

Good Technology has developed mobile security technology that provides risk-based access to buildings, servers and transactions.

MoneyDesktop, a PFM startup and credit union service provider, will embed budgeting and spending tools directly into web banking.

Aite's number crunching for smartphones and tablets reveals triple-digit growth for banking, research and personal financial management. But placing the right function on the right device does matter.

People widely use Google when house shopping, but a U.K. researcher says Google's own foray into mortgage comparison shopping, which has struggled in the U.S., faces an uphill battle because of how the search engine's brand is viewed by consumers.

Mobile banking is off to a fast start at American Savings Bank in Honolulu. Next, the bank plans to deploy mobile customer relationship management.

HSBC will undertake a review and correction of policies that could cost nearly $1 billion. It's already increased spending on anti-money-laundering technology 900%.

Capital Access Network's new online engine leverages a large historical database to measure credit worthiness, joining Kabbage, Amazon and others in a crowded market.

Monitise also hopes a new round of investment will help build out its mobile money strategy.

Bank of America's efforts to increase mobile usage include the use of QR codes for quick app downloads.

As banks dig deeper into mobile commerce, they’ll likely bump into industries like telecom and device manufacturing, where the development cycles and patent fights come much faster.

Payoff.com and Encore partner to match collection, advice and research into improving consumer debt payments.

Tech chief Ken Nagel tells Bank Technology News about the bank's new mobile banking apps and "smart" ATMs.

Agriculture and other remote businesses face unique cybercrime threats. Rabobank and ThreatMetrix discuss approaches to protection.

As banks dig deeper into mobile commerce, they're likely to bump into businesses like telecom and gear-making where development cycles and patent fights are fast and furious.

Adyen's excitedly touting its new chip card mobile payments reader. Its potential competitors in the U.S. have responded with a shrug.

The acquisition will add more than 1,500 mortgage risk specialists to service provider MphasiS and help the company provide more intense mortgage risk analysis.

The search giant brings in $100 million in revenue every 24 hours in its AdWords search and web display advertising business. Financial services is the top category.

The recession is over for bank tech jobs, but challenges remain. There will be lots of opportunities for people with skills in emerging areas such as cloud computing, social networking and "big data."

Which technology companies will break new ground in financial services in the coming year? Purveyors of analytics, responsive design, and services for the underbanked were among those from which our editorial team expects big things in 2013.