Bank technology

Cardtronics CEO Steven Rathgaber will retire at the end of the year and will be replaced by Edward West, the ATM operator's current chief operations and financial officer.

Business customers are demanding technology that's as good as what they use in their personal lives.

The Japanese exchange bitFlyer has processed $30 billion in bitcoin trades so far in 2017. Now it has its sights set on American crypto enthusiasts.

The company says the tracking devices are a way to reduce office space and know when shared workstations are free, but "hot-desking" also raises questions about whether employees are being spied on.

Interactive Facebook ads and Twitter chats can complement — and sometimes outdo — traditional marketing and networking in the recruitment of commercial clients, financial institutions say.

Artificial intelligence is helping detect breaches the human eye can’t. But it also gives hackers an edge.

Pivotus, the software business run by the bank’s former CEO, collaborates with financial institutions from Australia to the Netherlands.

In an in-depth Q&A, early bitcoin adopter Erik Voorhees, founder of the crypto exchange ShapeShift, discusses a new acquisition, an experimental investment product and the future of his industry.

The Consumer Financial Data Rights group, representing aggregators and fintechs, says banks still aren’t forking over enough customer data. The group is meeting with bank regulators and trying to get consumers to petition regulators on its behalf.

When Apple or Google releases a new version of its operating system, banks are forced to respond by updating their mobile apps—running just to stay in place. Next month's release from Apple is especially challenging.

The machine is among the more commonly pitched solutions for high-risk merchants that can't normally handle payment cards because banks won’t partner with them. But for dispensaries, they can be a hassle.

The business world has been seeking the benefits of distributed ledgers but worries about security, control, privacy, performance and other issues. Microsoft says its new Coco framework will solve all these and more.

Oracle Corp. is offering a payments application programming interface based on the ISO 20022 standard that will allow banks to more easily collaborate with fintechs and other third parties.

Heather Tuason is now chief product officer of StreetShares, an online lending and investing platform.

West Milton State Bank uses biometrics for employees to log in to workstations, saying it is quicker and more secure than passwords.

Do customers want to log in to mobile banking by snapping a picture of their eye? Bank of America will spend the next six weeks finding out.

At a time when many banks struggle to win over millennials, Ally Bank appears to be bringing them in: more than 60% of new customers are millennials. President Diane Morais explains how the bank is getting the attention of a younger generation. One popular product: debit controls.

Sam Maule is set to head up North America expansion for 11:FS.

A San Francisco startup working with Swift plans to launch a network that would tie self-executing contracts to independent data sources.

It is the latest of several popular apps to close down in recent weeks.