Mary Wisniewski

Australian bank ANZ introduced something unexpected late Friday: ten ATMs converted into "GAYTMs," decorated with rainbows, unicorns and rhinestones. The ATMs also print rainbow-colored receipts.

BBVA agreed on Thursday to buy disrupter Simple for $117 million in a bid to improve the Spanish bank's digital properties.

Scenario-based planning is one of several services SunTrust is making available to mass-affluent and high-net-worth clients. The launch comes at a time when banks see an opportunity to tailor personal financial management services to affluent clients in spite of low general adoption .

The CardLinX Association has released a set of guidelines that are directed at helping the parties involved in merchant-funded offers -- including financial institutions, publishers, advertisers, merchants, merchant acquirers and payment networks -- detect when they are being ripped off.

The younger operating system has inspired only a handful of U.S. bank apps to date.

Capital One has acquired and partnered with a series of technology companies and is now starting to build digital services that hinge on the new tech. One such pilot lets small business owners distribute discounts to nearby shoppers' smartphones for a fee.

U.S. Bank will store the name, address, and card information and present it to the retailer and payment network when a purchase is made.

As consumers increasingly transact through digital channels, the Ohio bank is expanding its newer branch concepts to include so-called smart ATMs in a bid to free staffers from managing a cash drawer.

Bionym, an identity technology startup and one of BTN's top ten fintech companies to watch, will launch its wearable device with a Bitcoin wallet app.

U.S. Bank is readying software for fashion brands and other companies to embed into their mobile apps in a bid to facilitate shopping through more traditional marketing channels like print. The initiative adds a wrinkle to the ways in which banks are working to innovate commerce.

Citigroup announced Monday a feature in pilot that lets customers check deposits, credit card balances and recent transactions on a mobile device without having to log in to the bank's app.

Open Bank Project is looking to partner with banks worldwide in a bid to have them distribute third-party apps to customers. This would give customers more choice in their banking experiences, and let banks offer services to differentiate themselves from the banking herd.

Bank of North Carolina is arming its employees with tablet software that helps them open accounts and aids their cross-selling pitches.

The Minneapolis bank has found a novel way to persuade depositors to try online bill pay -- a service known to discourage customers from moving accounts but that banks nationwide are struggling to get more accountholders to use.

Citibank is upgrading its ATM software in a bid to make the customer experience consistent across all digital touch points and to quicken the time to execute transactions on the channel.

The partnership positions the bank to acquire customers quickly by distributing its new Mobile Money prepaid card and associated mobile app at T-Mobile's physical stores and websites and through aggressive carrier-branded marketing campaigns.

T-Mobile's bid to provide basic checking services to its mobile phone customers is the latest signal that banks are losing the low end of the consumer market.

FIS (FIS), one of the largest fintech providers worldwide, announced Wednesday a new CIO: Ido Gileadi.

Valley National Bancorp. announced Tuesday a five-year restructuring plan in which it will modernize many of its 204 bank branches.

BBVA Compass is testing a new drive-through concept that includes units that stream video so car-bound customers can communicate with tellers. It's the latest example of how banks are rethinking physical and digital channels.