Bank technology

Tech startups differ from a bank’s typical commercial clients; many want a trusted financial adviser.

Mike Warriner joins the bank with a focus on setting its digital platform strategy.

The incident will fuel the debate on Wall Street over whether digital coins are secure enough to enter the mainstream of finance.

Some fintechs argue that banks are selectively working with only certain third parties in sharing information and violating the spirit of the CFPB’s data-sharing principles.

PayPal is following its investment in micro-investing app with a direct link, vastly expanding the app's addressable market.

The startup Intrinio lets algorithmic traders and banks pick the types of company and market data they want to use rather than pay a large monthly fee for a broad, terminal-based service.

Brian Behlendorf, leader of the Linux Foundation's effort to establish standards for blockchain, likens the invention of cryptocurrencies to the moon launch and says banks, open-source developers and others are working to make the underlying technology commercially viable.

It’s not about saving money. The current allure of open source development is more about attracting talented developers and creating high-quality software.

Lisa Cochran and Yasaman Hadjibashi bolster tech leadership in Citigroup's global bank operations.

Only a few banks have so far integrated with Amazon’s personal voice assistant service.

TruSight will assess, validate and monitor vendors on behalf of the consortium, which is expected to expand.

Following in the footsteps of Chase, Wells Fargo and others, Fidelity is launching an application programming interface to let third-party apps access customer data — as long as the customers grant permission.

When a coder locked $150 million of digital currency stored in Parity digital wallets last week, many bankers probably saw it as another reason to ignore cryptocurrencies. Instead they should recognize the business opportunity (key custody) that the incident presents.

In mid-2015, several thousand banks registered for dot-bank domains. More than two years later, only a few hundred have converted.

The regional bank’s first-year CEO is doing some expected things, like offering more products through digital channels, and making a few surprising moves, like inviting all credit card customers to switch to lower-rate loans.

The data concierge service will find, obtain, clean, integrate data for financial firms, for a monthly fee.

The heads of some of the largest U.S. banks are calling for a new security-focused mindset among executives, better forms of ID and collective action in the aftermath of the Equifax breach.

Guidance from the CFPB and reduced friction between banks, fintechs and data aggregators are easing bank-fintech partnerships at Wells Fargo, Capital One and others.

The fintech is partnering with Choice Financial in North Dakota to create a Douugh-branded checking account and debit card that will prominently feature an AI-based virtual assistant named Sophie.

Andreas Bubenzer-Paim previously held a technology role at Bank of America.