Bank technology

The bank is pitching digital identity products to businesses as a way to improve user experience and guard against fraud.

Cambridge Blockchain, one of many startups applying blockchain technology to customer privacy and data collection issues, is teaming up with LuxTrust to launch a new identity platform.

Brendan Dickinson of Canaan Partners says PFM startups have deep relationships with customers, unlike online lenders, but the revenue model isn't as strong.

The glitch primarily affects payment services, including bill pay and QuickPay, the company’s peer-to-peer service.

Stellar, which started as a splinter group from Ripple, has formed a for-profit company called Lightyear.io to help financial institutions integrate its software.

Self Lender and Wela, two fintech startups, are making their marks on the savings app space by providing incentives to users to manage their money wisely.

The roughly $2 million investment comes as banks keep joining (and in some cases, leaving) various distributed ledger projects as they try to pick the winners in a young field.

Banks have warmed up to digital wealth management tools but will need to use their human advisers, too, to beat fintechs.

Through the bank’s new API, small-business customers can feed their bank data into Xero’s cloud accounting technology.

A tech JV between Live Oak and First Data aims to do for small-business deposits what the bank previously did for lending.

Fifth Third, Huntington Bancshares and KeyCorp are among the companies backing an effort to bring startups to the Buckeye State.

In the way that Gap and Victoria's Secret are ubiquitous in the malls dotting the suburban landscape, it is unlikely fintech partners will be exclusive to one bank.

Current, an app debuting Tuesday, updates the joint account for an era of tweens with smartphones.

Frank Sanchez, a former FIS executive, is launching a new cloud-based core banking system aimed at large community banks looking to ditch mainframes.

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.

The Bokis wallet's new app is scheduled for broad release this summer. It's a rare success for collaborative wallets, as others have failed, such as the U.S.'s Softcard and CurrentC, the U.K.’s Weve, Canada’s suretap and Singapore’s SmartWallet.

By banding together, banks can negotiate better terms with startups and other tech companies, FIS' chief operating officer says.

Wells Fargo is piloting features that could help customers boost savings or plan for a trip.

First Financial in Ohio says financial health tools for its clients’ employees will build more lasting commercial banking relationships.

Part of Jamie Moldafsky's job at Wells these days it taking an earful on social media, but the immediate feedback offers important lessons about the bank's products and efforts to rehab its image.