Sean Sposito

The mortgage software provider is branching out into other types of consumer loans for the first time.

WattzOn has developed a platform that analyzes users' utility bills to identify savings opportunities. It's pitching it to banks as a way to cross-sell loan products.

Senior bank executives and TowerGroup analysts, as well as our own Sean Sposito, are headed to Boston to hash out ideas for how banks can modernize legacy systems, create useful tablet apps, deal with new regulations and generally, stay alive.

As the brokerage is learning with Joe Ricketts, even a casual connection to a founder or former CEO can carry reputational risks in the social media age.

RBS Citizens Financial Group is adding person-to-person payments for its online banking users and expedited automated clearing house transfers for its mobile banking users.

Cardlytics announced Wednesday that the company, which provides targeted offers to debit-card users, is offering a similar technology designed for credit card portfolios.

The mobile payments venture Isis has already signed some major banking companies to its smartphone-based payment system. Its newly announced merchant roster likewise features big-name participants.

Diebold said it will provide and manage the security of Patriot Bank's new headquarters.

Why stop at just one digital wallet? American Express plans to allow users of its digital wallet, Serve, to link their account to another digital wallet, Isis, a venture of several U.S. carriers.

American Express' approach to prepaid has hardly been by-the-book, but its latest step is to partner with Barnes & Noble on a new reloadable card.

JPMorgan Chase's new prepaid card, Liquid, is being marketed as an alternative to a bank account, but its underlying terms make clear that it's more of a complement to one.

Automated Clearing House payments are cheap, but compared to other payment methods they are slow, and companies are constantly developing adaptations and alternatives to make such payments in real time.

When Square launched its mobile card reader in 2009, VeriFone Systems was on its heels with PayWare Mobile. Now VeriFone is ready to roll out another Square rival, which it calls Sail.

The region including Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska is a hotbed for tech startups. Just ask Ashton Kutcher and Dwolla.

Green Dot says acquisition of geolocation company Loopt won't be felt in its earnings or services until next year — but it's looking to profit from licensing the company's technology.

Western Union plans to offer prepaid card rewards to boost the use of its money transmitter services.

The social network just wants to know everything about the consumer. Payments happen to be the best way for people to show they really "like" a product.

As banks are well aware, many new software engineers would rather work for Google or a hot new start-up than enter the banking industry. To attract talented new workers, banks and technology vendors work closely with universities.

Diebold said Friday that Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union agreed to buy 48 of its Opteva automated teller machines to replace older Diebold ATMs.

SignatureLink announced Tuesday that it entered a deal with Magento to allow its anti-fraud technology to work with Magento's e-commerce system.