Mary Wisniewski is deputy editor of BankThink. She also writes on a variety of subjects as part of American Banker's bank tech team. Previously, she was a blogger and editor at Bank Innovation. She also served as a fashion editor for National Jeweler, where she reported on fashion shows and jewelry news. Her work has also appeared in Billboard, Cracked and a number of business media outlets. Mary grew up in the Michigan suburbs and now lives in L.A. with a maltipoo, two record players and an espresso machine. Mary is endlessly curious and follows anything that grabs her. Current interests include fintech, literature, travel, good conversation, Cat Stevens and Gidget.
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Geolocation can play to community banks' strengths as supporters of local businesses. But small institutions typically lack the resources to create and test this technology and their core platform providers have yet to offer such services.
January 6 -
When you are a company that started out 125 years ago as National Cash Register, you've had to reinvent yourself a few times.
December 31 -
The cash register company turned ATM maker purchased online and mobile banking provider Digital Insight to better compete in digital banking and to let banks offer customers seamless interactions between channels.
December 30 -
Faster lending, mobile app enhancements and seamless channel hopping are all priorities top bank tech executives have for the new year.
December 26 -
Toronto-Dominion Bank's second video smash hit is the latest example of how marketing is evolving to suit digital audiences' tastes. The key to the video's success is an emphasis on customers and community, not the TD brand.
December 23 -
Small banks and credit unions are looking to a lab hosted by NCR's Digital Insight to try out new tech like biometrics and beacons in an effort to keep up with their larger competitors.
December 17 -
Small banks and credit unions are looking to a lab hosted by NCR's Digital Insight to try out new tech like biometrics and beacons in an effort to keep up with their larger competitors.
December 17 -
BBVA's purchase this week of Madiva Soluciones will help it solve customer analytics problems. But more importantly, it brings the bank a stable of experienced data scientists.
December 12 -
Tangerine, Simple, American Express and Discover are some of the financial institutions that use Apple's Touch ID fingerprint-authentication technology to let consumers replace passwords or to add security.
December 11 -
A Canadian startup, Koho, is poised to begin testing a mobile financial product that helps customers manage spending think card controls that prevent late-night withdrawals to fund one round of tequila too many.
December 5 -
The biggest bank in the country now lets opted-in mobile Android and Apple customers view their balances without entering their user names and passwords.
December 4 -
The Oregon bank continues to draw consumers in unexpected ways. Its traveling digital art show, called Exhibit: Growth," underscores how financial institutions are rethinking the ways they advertise their services.
December 3 -
A new partnership between Toronto-Dominion Bank and tech firm Moven underscores how banks are beginning to embrace the idea of personal financial management services for their mobile apps.
December 1 -
CheBanca! goes further than most financial institutions to foster fintech entrepreneurs. It's not only sponsoring competitions for money and mentorship, but also working to give the young companies international exposure.
November 25 -
Layout, compensation and training can make or break high-tech, high-concept branches, said bankers at BAI's Retail Delivery conference.
November 14 -
A Brooklyn, N.Y., startup wants to eliminate fees long hated by ATM customers and replace the lost income with revenue from ads that play on teller-machine screens. Yet questions have been raised about whether that is easier said than done.
November 11 -
A proposal to improve the way online banking information is shared with data aggregators has sparked a debate over a decades-old practice.
November 7 -
While "double-dipping" fraud is reportedly rare, vendors want to stay ahead of a problem and help bankers feel comfortable raising deposit limits and expanding the user base for mobile deposit.
November 4 -
The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center is calling attention to the security risks and potential fixes to a common practice: consumers handing over online banking credentials to financial advice sites.
October 31 -
The transformation of brick-and-mortar offices into high-tech sales centers has become an urgent matter as consumers increasingly transact through digital alternatives, yet branches still generate more sales than any other channel.
October 30
