Penny Crosman is Executive Editor, Technology at American Banker and its publisher, Arizent. Prior to taking on this role, she was Editor in Chief of Bank Technology News. She has held senior editorial roles at Bank Systems & Technology, Wall Street & Technology, Intelligent Enterprise, Network Magazine and Imaging Magazine.
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Venture capitalist Spiros Margaris offers a level-headed perspective on the hotly debated cryptocurrency alternative to traditional methods for funding young companies.
January 15 -
Fast growth in use of the bank's instance of the person-to-person payments product indicates it could one day rival Venmo.
January 12 -
Bankers could see higher costs as cloud computing vendors struggle to protect their systems from the latest hacking vulnerabilities.
January 12 -
U.S. Bank, Bank of America and other firms are looking toward the day when the ultimate virtual assistant arrives, one capable of being personalized and working on any device.
January 11 -
First it was coffee and car service, and now it could be cashier’s checks and debit cards. Matt Krogstad left his bank job to build tech that lets bank customers order products at the press of a button and pick them up at a branch or get delivery.
January 10 -
The widespread nature of the threat (most computer chips are vulnerable) and the reality that banks are always juicy targets mean bank officials must take a series of protective actions as soon as possible.
January 8 -
Customers saw transactions recorded multiple times and experienced drained accounts and long hold times. It’s a warning to all financial institutions as they head further into mobile-only banking — glitches are more visible and painful and need to be addressed faster than ever.
January 4 -
The people-helping-people model proffered by LendingClub and others quickly foundered, but several startups aim to bring it back with the help of distributed ledger technology.
January 4 -
Startups that have developed the technology for real estate finance are starting to conduct a broader array of transactions, including property sales.
January 3 -
Startups that have developed the technology for real estate finance are starting to conduct a broader array of transactions, including property sales.
January 2
