Bank technology

U.S Bank’s commercial Visa card customers can now use their smartphones to make corporate payments via Apple Pay, Android Pay or Samsung Pay.

Canadian banks hope to create an environment where consumers have more control over who is able to view their personal data.

The tech giant said it is enabling third-party developers to create financial services apps in the cloud.

In a Q&A, CommonBond CEO David Klein discusses how an OCC charter might benefit customers by lowering the cost to run a student loan refinancing business.

It is easy for banks to get caught up in what appears innovative but ends up being for show.

BloqLabs, created by the startup Bloq, wants to help developers get their projects in front of enterprise clients.

The use of artificial intelligence in capital markets is predicted to displace people all over the Street. At the same time, a few new jobs will be created.

The ICO fundraising model has already yielded more than $230 million for startups.

U.S. Bank has gone from monitoring Yelp to working with the technology firm ReviewTrackers to monitor customer comments on 23 sites.

Societe Generale is working with Microsoft and Amazon.com to become one of the first large European banks to adopt cloud computing for the bulk of its operations.

The venture capital firms of Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, along with the fund backed by Google’s chairman, have invested in a firm that helps banks secure their cloud technology.

The bank’s clients now have a simpler alternative for logging in to treasury management and other commercial accounts, part an effort by bankers to offer business customers more convenient high-tech services that are still secure.

ICBA Bancard is partnering with the payments provider linked2pay to more easily deploy Automated Clearing House and other transaction types through a cloud-based platform.

If the Federal Reserve and other central banks began issuing their own digital currencies, they could benefit consumers, boost the economy and fight financial crime. But not without risks to cybersecurity, individual privacy — and possibly bank profits.

Companies that fail to understand blockchain and distributed ledger technologies risk making expensive missteps.

With a hand from Geezeo, Jack Henry is rolling out a product that will guide consumers in managing their finances and is said to give banks better insights.

Several startups have announced new funding rounds in the last month. They plan to use the cash to improve their products and ramp up sales.

Banks that are customers of one or both vendors may look to leverage the situation to get better terms for certain products. But would small clients get enough attention from the global player the merger would create?

The private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners will acquire D+H in a deal valued at $3.57 billion.

The fintech firm will use the $5.5 million in funding to expand its operations and improve its products.