John Adams

The FinTech Innovation Lab contest, in which new financial technology companies compete for the attention of big banks like Citigroup, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, is underway. The winners will receive some funding, but the real carrot is the chance to be mentored by bank tech execs and possibly have their new technology piloted by the banks.

Although business customers are loathe to give up checks, at least exceptions can be handled quicker through imaging.

The $430 million Indiana bank uses new mobile technology to battle large banks and lured ten percent of its customers to download a new app in three months.

Small banks like Arkansas' Citizens Bank are taking on core upgrades to reduce costs, consolidate relationships, increase speed to market, and obtain more tools to compete against large banks.

The startup plans to use social media sites as a sign-up venue, forcing it to address public worries over the privacy of sites like Facebook.

The German bank is teaming with Capco to develop a model that can be used to predict the impact of a new technology deployment on the entire IT infrastructure, a solution the tech consulting firm hopes to bring to the competitive predictive analytics market

McAfee's making major inroads in governance, risk and compliance — a major area of focus for financial institutions in the near future.

The firm is developing a predictive IT analytics platform for end-to-end application performance management in the cloud and takes steps to prevent IT outages.

The technology tests the impact of new initiatives, providing a view of potential ROI beforehand.

Its DNAappstore is the first online marketplace to enable collaboration and innovation among financial services firms.

Egnyte's hybrid cloud meets the banking industry's need for data storage flexibility while retaining local control.

ActivePath forges a direct path from an email to financial services products, limiting navigation and providing security.

As it expands its range of services to serve a footprint dominated by troubled banks, City National is charting a recovery and preparing for more complex reporting requirements. That’s where a new tech strategy comes in.

Mark Jamison has been setting up a Digital Innovation Lab at the bank to test new technology for digital payments and other e-banking services.

Giving corporate customers a real-time view of their deposits.

New regulations are burdening mortgage lenders with staggering new data storage requirements. Fairway Independent Mortgage is using storage area networks to help manage the task and keep up with paper reduction strategies and business continuity.

International remittance service will now be available on iPhones, Androids and other handsets, a nod to the importance of mobile to this market.

In a nod to ISIS' preferences, dozens of mobile operators — including huge networks in China — are backing near-field communication standards that make it easier for the operators to grab revenue share and offer similar technology around the world.

JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo have both updated mobile services for treasury management, as corporate mobile plans across banking start to shift into high gear.

Banks have been having a hard time getting small businesses to embrace remote deposit capture. RCB Bank in Oklahoma is taking the pitch on the road.