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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Current, an app debuting Tuesday, updates the joint account for an era of tweens with smartphones.
May 9 -
Frank Sanchez, a former FIS executive, is launching a new cloud-based core banking system aimed at large community banks looking to ditch mainframes.
May 9 -
MIT professor Maria Loumioti has studied loans made strictly using hard data and loans where a loan officer clearly was influenced by personal connections or feelings about a borrower. The results shed light on the value and limitations of "soft" information.
May 9 -
By banding together, banks can negotiate better terms with startups and other tech companies, FIS' chief operating officer says.
May 5 -
Large banks and Nasdaq are applying artificial intelligence to the detection of bad behavior such as fraudulent account openings and market manipulation. The technology may spot misconduct where humans didn’t.
May 3 -
The bank has quit the R3 consortium, whose tech decisions were at odds with its own.
April 28 -
The fintech company Truebill, which already cancels recurring subscriptions at customers’ requests, is now challenging banks’ late fees and overdrafts.
April 27 -
Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation Report finds cybercriminals are focusing their efforts on banks’ web servers and websites.
April 27 -
The global messaging network Swift and its fintech challenger, Ripple, have been vying for bankers’ hearts and minds for more than a year. Whoever prevails, their latest moves could bring needed change to how international banking is done.
April 26 -
U.S. Bank and BMO share how they are ceaselessly tearing apart and revamping mobile, online and other retail channels in search of a "unified customer experience" and efficiency.
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