John Adams

Banks take big operational risks when business customers automate transactions with remote deposit capture. BB&T has joined a crowded market of vendors selling technology for evaluating compliance in this area.

Trinidad and Tobago's First Citizens Bank has deployed FIS' (FIS) Default Manager, the first deployment of the FIS product in Latin America.

The firm will use part of the $34 million funding round to beef up a predictive algorithm that determines how much money merchants should give consumers to spend at their stores. The theory is they'll spend more.

Vendors are jockeying to be the go-to firm for banks that wish to shed the piles of paper statements and bills still blocking the path to low-cost digital processing.

After two financial institutions merge on paper, the hard work starts in the IT trenches. Mark Duthu, executive vice president for Hancock Holding's trust and asset management group, discusses the complex integration of Whitney Bank.

Hoping to tap into the security vulnerabilities tied to USB devices, security firm Enova has developed a new encryption solution designed to provide consumers and businesses with real-time encryption for any USB mass storage drive.

Mobile remote capture technology can deliver on its promise of landing new business, early results at the Philadelphia-area community bank show.

As fraudsters start to attack mobile banking and other digital channels, prevailing strategies won't cut it. Experts at D&B and IDC Financial Insights weigh in on advice to tackle the new fraud landscape.

A Maryland credit union will produce videos describing its core conversion. Even its tech vendor says that's unusual — but the move is an opportunity to show customers where new products and services come from.

Institutions in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand are dabbling in social media banking, and research suggests other banks would be wise to do the same.

Bankers debate mobile technology and demand.

The HSBC money laundering case demonstrates the difficulties institutions face when it comes to preventing crooks from using them to launder the money used to fund crime. Some are turning to new case management and broader cross department data analysis to avoid being taken to the cleaners.

Firms partner up and pitch banks on software to help U.S. retailers catch up with Europe in payment security by Visa/MasterCard deadlines.

SunTrust is replacing its dual-slot ATMs — old-school machines with separate slots for depositing checks and cash — with modern, single-slot models that will work with mobile devices.

As weather and the economy pummel the agricultural industry, agricultural lenders such as Farm Credit Services of Mid-America are bolstering tech to manage rate and payment risks.

Last fall, the Occupy movement encouraged frustrated customers to flee big banks in favor of credit unions and smaller banks. On the ground, it had mixed results. But large banks shouldn't get cocky. The perception that they are disconnected from their audience persists.

The bank is creating video news and content that can be updated regularly and delivered a la carte to users based on preference.

Regulations such as Basel III have banks all over the world scrambling to obtain better views of their cash flow and financial performance. Kuala Lumpur-based AmBank is using new software to understand potential asset and liquidity risks.

An Australian dispute involving security concerns, and chatter about the hacking of contactless payment trials at the Olympics, continue to plague mobile wallet developers.

SAS took the wraps off a new form of software this week that could give banks a single fraud prevention platform for all of their delivery channels.