Bank technology

Cybercriminals and hackers are increasingly targeting people, and not just technology, in an attempt to breach financial institutions.

Capital One Financial in McLean, Va., has added Amazon's former chief information security officer to its board of directors.

Regulators’ focus on having banks and credit unions offer payday loan alternatives to underserved consumers overlooks the success of Web-based companies in filling credit gaps.

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The FBI's fight with Apple over access to a locked iPhone could undermine software security for financial institutions and their technology vendors and make it harder for banks to do business internationally or use cloud computing.

Community banks can't win on size, but their values give them an upper hand in competing against cookie-cutter megabank branches.

Moven, one of the most talked-about startups of the fintech boom, is looking to spread financial education to the self-employed.

Green Dot reported a larger fourth-quarter loss on higher employee compensation costs and said it will book an extra $11 million in expenses to roll out a new card product.

Commercial bank clients are increasingly looking to replace physical corporate cards with virtual ones to streamline bookkeeping and limit risk. The adoption of such solutions is a good sign for mobile payments overall.