Bank technology

First-quarter revenue slipped at Diebold Inc., but executives said the company is booking more orders for intelligent-deposit automated teller machines from regional and community banks.

Cardtronics Inc. swung into the black in the first quarter, driven by strong transaction volume growth.

Banks are ready to spend more on technology, but concerns over compliance expenses could keep some of them from moving forward soon with major upgrades.

Banks are ready to spend more on technology, but concerns over compliance expenses could keep some of them from moving forward soon with major upgrades.

The company wants to transform its retail outlets to let customers handle much of their banking needs on their own, using self-serve processes that have been perfected online.

Visa Inc. notified online merchants this week that they cannot present offers from third parties without asking for their card information a second time.

Profits fell in the first half of Wincor Nixdorf AG's fiscal year even though second-quarter results in the Americas exceeded some analysts' expectations.

Most security experts say encryption is the best way to protect payment card data, according to a report from Thales Group and the Ponemon Institute.

Now that converting paper checks into electronic transactions has gained widespread acceptance, bankers are considering a new payment format that would bypass paper altogether.

The freeze on spending for core-processing upgrades is continuing to thaw with several large and small banks looking at overhauling their technology, according to Fidelity National Information Services Inc. executives.

Blippy.com exposes users' credit card information; scammers target iPad users with new program, not the device itself; McAfee update inadvertently disables users' computers; and more.

Square Inc. has finally shared some of the details about its mobile card acceptance system, but payments executives still feel as if they haven't heard the whole story.

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Toronto-Dominion Bank's mobile banking application has been downloaded more than 100,000 times in the first 10 days since its release.

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. said that even though consumers are willing to use online person-to-person payments, banks have to be proactive in making the service visible.

Diebold Inc. said it would service automated teller machines for Citigroup Inc. in Russia. Citi's Russian unit, ZAO Citibank, agreed to use status monitoring, help desk, currency management, cash handling and other services from Diebold as part of a multiyear agreement.

Fiserv Inc. plans to offer a same-day bill-payment service to banks by the second half of the year through a partnership with the Minneapolis money transfer company MoneyGram International Inc.

SEATTLE — Nacha is pushing forward with a program aimed at making online bill presentment less costly for banks to offer their customers.

Hoping to wring more electronic transactions from the shrinking pool of paper checks, Nacha is rethinking its stance on converting business checks into automated clearing house payments.