Bank technology

The Federal Reserve Board has issued a set of final rules regarding the fees that prepaid card companies can impose for certain prepaid products.

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Wells Fargo & Co. is offering a text-message antifraud service from Visa Inc. that Visa says can also help people manage their finances.

Russia to make it more difficult to register a .ru domain; TJX breach mastermind was also paid for work as an informant; juror removed from case after identity theft suspected; and more.

Lower profitability levels aren't likely to encourage many banks to increase investment in the innovative solutions that are essential to be competitive down the road.

Small merchants have found that using a mobile payments system from Bling Nation is a good good way to boost revenue — and local banks have seen the benefit in increased deposits.

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American Express Co. is promoting use of its cards for everyday purchases through a campaign running in several major U.S. cities as well as Canada, the U.K. and Australia.

The French terminal maker Ingenico SA, aiming to boost revenues after they fell last year, is expanding its managed services operations in North America.

The Louisiana Credit Union League has agreed to offer its members access to the surcharge-free automated teller machine network operated by Co-op Financial Services.

The mobile version of Arkansas.gov allows payments for three categories the state has categorized as "high volume": deposits to inmate trust accounts; payments for probation, parole supervision, and restitution; and property tax payments.

The mobile banking technology provider ClairMail Inc. announced a platform that it says makes it easier to adapt mobile banking systems as a bank's business and technology needs change.

NCR Corp. said Thursday that it has named Robert Fishman its chief financial officer.

Intuit Inc. is doing away with the Digital Insight name for its online banking division.

TRC Interactive Inc. said its fraud detection simulations will be used at State Bank of Texas in Houston and Prevail Credit Union in Seattle.

Verifi Inc. said it is offering its clients fraud detection technology from ThreatMetrix Inc.

Fifth Third Processing Solutions LLC has agreed to offer its merchant clients encryption and tokenization technology from Voltage Security Inc.

MasterCard Inc. has long offered the ATM Hunter tool on its Web site, but interest skyrocketed when it released a version for smart phones.

Chase Paymentech LLC has agreed to offer card-not-present security services from Kount Inc. to all its merchant clients.

Citi, the first major bank to evaluate mobile transfers, has determined that even the people most likely to consider their phones a useful way to send money are still years away from embracing the technology.