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Billhighway, a payments firm that caters to nonprofits, plans to outfit clients with a device that attaches to a smartphone that can be used to receive payments from donors remotely.

Forrester's new digital sales rakings laud the performance of Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Capital One, and say the new frontier of web sales calls for improvements in merchandising and onboarding.

For community banks, the Dodd-Frank reform law presents a lot more questions than answers. For Washington State's Cashmere Bank, it was time to turn to outside help.

The City of Boston Credit Union is studying data on its members' profitability in the hopes of moving to relationship-based pricing.

Voice recognition and customer analytics are among the technologies helping USAA deepen online relationships.

Crictics say the new FFIEC guidance on cloud computing defines the cloud too broadly and lacks specifics - leading banks to do added compliance for most outsourced services.

Credit unions are giddy about a new NCUA rule that says advanced video terminals can be counted as full-fledged service facilities, providing a new way to compete with banks by attracting members in underserved areas.

As energy cost reduction and sustainability become key strategic elements for banks worldwide, General Manager Dennis McGee outlines an enterprise-wide initiative that uses the cloud to wring out IT efficiencies.

The American Bankers Association and the Financial Services Roundtable are accumulating endorsers for a plan to funnel registration applications for new .bank and .insurance domains. But the groups aren't alone in chasing the new bank-friendly domain.

Compliance software providers are pivoting off this summer's Libor crisis to sell products intended to help banks change controls, communicate policies to staff and ensure adherence to internal rules.

Can corporate policy training feel like an episode of CSI? Cristobal Conde believes it can in a big way. The former SunGard chief arrives at True Office, a firm that uses elements of gaming to help institutions teach corporate employees about how to prevent data breaches, money laundering and other standards and compliance issues that reside inside banks and other businesses.

Being first with mobile check deposit has helped tiny New Dominion Bank attract new customers in Charlotte, N.C. Now that Bank of America has the feature, too, the bank is turning to other products to convert customers.

The firm, which offers personal financial management services for investors, is launching a new 401(k) fee analysis tool as a government mandated 401(k) disclosure deadline approaches.

Fast food retailers like Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's are beginning to offer mobile apps and contactless debit payments. Their models have flaws, but they also pose a new challenge to banks' role as a driver of payments innovation.

A Massachusetts bank finds its customers are not ready for video tellers, so it's turned instead to staffing software to have just the right number of employees on hand in each branch.

Andrews FCU is using video to demonstrate to members how new products and services will result from a new core conversion.

As an IRS deadline approaches, Capgemini, Pegasystems, and DLA Piper see opportunity in helping plug compliance system holes.

Shifting check processing work to CSI's hosted, pay-per-volume plan is expected to reduce costs and the strain on the California bank's small IT staff.

Army Aviation credit union formats its content to fit different devices, such as the web and smartphones.

The Standard Chartered case adds pressure on banks to make sure not only their technology, but also their culture, is designed to prevent the laundering of funds.