Bank technology

Data and analytics tools can help banks and credit unions detect financial patterns that may indicate that human trafficking is occurring.

Data and analytics tools can help banks detect financial patterns that may indicate that human trafficking is occurring.

As online lenders and their vendors step up monitoring, patterns of fraud are emerging.

MySpend, the app created by TD Bank and Moven, is a hit in Canada. The companies have signed an agreement to extend exclusivity to the U.S.

Banks are undergoing a digital transformation at the same time that hacker culture has taken off, escalating the security risks. Here is one strategy for protecting data where many banks need to improve.

Google Play and CFSI aim to improve use of financial health apps through a storefront organized by consumers' needs and by publishing a guide for app developers.

Bankers spoke candidly about the ups and downs that partnering with a young tech firm entails at American Banker’s Retail Banking 2017 conference in Miami last week.

Bank3 started as a $12 million-asset institution with a single branch, no online banking and a core system that was obsolete. Now it's much more.

A faster network is letting the regional bank bring new technology into its branches and share data with fintech partners via APIs.

At a time when customers are rapidly switching to digital banking, scores of branches are closing. But many institutions — mindful that brick-and-mortar locations remain a critical sales channel — are also experimenting with physical layouts that are focused on technology and generally smaller than traditional branches. In some cases, they have even done away with employees. Here is a look at some of the designs that banks have built as they seek to fuse the physical with the digital.

Accenture has agreed to acquire First Annapolis Consulting in an effort to add payments expertise in several international markets.

NBT Bancorp has spent the last few years introducing digital banking features intended to reach a broad audience.

Brave, founded by JavaScript creator and former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, intends to issue a cryptocurrency to fund the development of a new way to buy and view digital ads.

Coinbase has received approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services to offer trading of the digital currency ether, along with other products.

Live Oak Bank, known for streamlining the lending process, has turned its attention to fixing its patchwork approach to cybersecurity.

Retail-focused Provident Bank has added an on/off switch that allows customers to suspend their debit cards. A few big banks rolled out similar features last year.

The German bank said the new space will help its 7,000 bankers in New York connect with startups.

Experian and Finicity have released a product that aims to speed up decisions on mortgage applications, using financial data aggregation technology.

David Cotney, former Massachusetts banking commissioner, will guide compliance for the New Jersey bank, a critical partner for many fintech startups.

Customers of National Capital Bank in Washington wanted mobile banking with remote deposit capture, but the community bank first had to find a new CEO.