Bank technology

With millions of Alexa and Google Home devices now in use, first-mover banks are rapidly developing services to let customers control their finances using only their voice — even if there are still many kinks to work out.

Describing cybersecurity as the biggest risk facing the financial sector, Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles said regulators should more actively facilitate conversations between banks and national security agencies to boost digital security.

The CFTC's greenlighting of bitcoin futures could open the floodgates for Wall Street, and digital-asset die-hards see a plot to take control.

Dizzying trading in bitcoin fed the bubble argument, but now that Nasdaq is the third Wall Street player to say it is designing a financial instrument around it, banks may be forced to reassess cryptocurrencies.

Virtual assistants at banks in Israel, Canada and Hong Kong are getting smarter thanks to artificial intelligence.

Jayne Opperman is the third new tech hire the bank has made this month.

One estimate says 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs will go unfilled by 2021. Banks are looking to military veterans, universities and even high schools to help fill the gap.

Cordray picking his own interim successor sets off a firestorm; co-head of global banking leaves the U.K. bank after only 18 months.

Borrowing from the startup world and some popular TV shows, Citigroup is encouraging employees to pitch innovative ideas to a panel of senior execs who could give them the green light to start work.

The digital-currency startup, which markets software to banks, appears keen to signal that it wants to play by the rules.

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.