Sean Sposito

Building on an earlier partnership, Isis and American Express are integrating their software and allowing Isis mobile wallet users to access their Isis accounts with Amex's Serve prepaid cards.

Both the carrier joint venture and the financial services company said when Isis launches later this year American Express' Serve will work in concert with the telecom group's tap and go payments technology.

Launched in April 2010, Think Computer Corp.'s FaceCash application signed up 25 Bay Area merchants and 500 consumers to use its novel technology, which combined mobile bar code scanning and photo identification. Then regulators put it out of business.

A report from the Ponemon Institute finds the average cost of a data breach is $9.4 million.

As financial services startups debate whether it is better to ask regulators for permission or beg for their forgiveness after acquiring customers, PayPal’s history might offer some lessons.

Would-be payments disruptor Aaron Greenspan says a California money transmission law forced him to choose between killing his startup and going to prison. Other financial services startups may face similar choices.

Defense.net left stealth mode Tuesday and announced its initial $9.5 million round of funding.

Deutsche Bank launched software Monday to help treasury clients better manage their suppliers and receivables.

Tech vendor Linedata announced an updated loan origination and risk management platform, Linedata CapitalStream.

Thoma Bravo announced Thursday that it's completed the acquisition of Intuit's financial services division in a deal valued at more than $1 billion.

Bill.com announced Thursday that it is launching its own brand of multi-factor authentication as part of its Banking Platform.

Verizon announced Thursday that it's selling a wireless router banks can plug in the back of their automated teller machines.

This week, email security company Agari released its Email TrustIndex that flagged financial services as the most likely target of phishing attacks.

After testing its technology in Salt Lake City and Austin, the consortium of the nation's largest wireless carriers is planning to bring its brand of mobile payments to the masses.

Isis, the carrier-run mobile payments venture, plans to take its system nationwide this year. The initiative, which was formed by AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA, has been testing its contactless payment technology in Salt Lake City and Austin since October.

Paying more for security and risk management "is really the new normal," says company president Gary Norcross.

Regions Bank was the victim of cyber attackers that shuttered the bank's website and interrupted its customers' debit cards.

ID Analytics announced this week that it has updated the identity fraud software it offers banks, which is called ID Score.

A hacktivist group that calls itself the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters is threatening a new wave DDoS attacks on banks, but security experts believe their tactics to be more nuisance than menace.

Mortgage technology company FNC announced Tuesday a browser-based platform that can shepherd banks and investors through the buying and selling of home loans.