Bank technology

Real-time payments would undoubtedly benefit some consumers and companies, but same-day payments can address many current needs. To that end, Nacha is working on a phased-in approach to implementing multiple same-day settlement windows.

JPMorgan Chase's third-quarter results were published more than three hours ahead of schedule because of a mistake by Shareholder.com, the investor-communications company owned by Nasdaq.

A risk-based approach to anti-money-laundering rules would allow regulators to be sure mobile transactions are being screened for suspicious activity without hindering the technology's potential to do social good.

Sears Holdings Corp.'s Kmart discount chain said it will provide customers with free credit monitoring as it investigates a computer-hacker breach detected last week.

Sears' Kmart discount chain, the latest victim of hacker attacks on retailers, said it detected a security breach this week and is investigating the incident with law enforcement officials.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said the biggest U.S. bank will probably double its $250 million annual computer-security budget within the next five years.

The major instant messaging and chat room providers, including Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Markit and Perzo, all support compliance tools that are supposed to flag suspicious messages. Yet so much fell through the cracks.

International Dairy Queen, the ice cream chain owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said customer data were compromised by hackers.

People and processes are just as essential as technology as banks strive to save on costs in newer store models, say branch-makeover specialists.

Insurers flush with capital are rushing to grab part of an expanding cyber coverage market that's been spurred on by high-profile hackings at JPMorgan Chase and Home Depot.

Fortress Risk Management, a Connecticut-based financial security software firm, announced a five-year deal this morning to provide Canandaigua National Bank and Trust with its DisputeManager software and other services to react to financial crimes.

The hackers who raided the data banks of JPMorgan Chase & Co. used computers now linked to possible attacks on at least 13 more financial companies, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

Seeking to innovate — or, at least, appear innovative — banks across the country and around the globe are sponsoring incubators, accelerators and hackathons that nurture young tech companies and gifted programmers.

Citigroup, E*Trade Financial, Automatic Data Processing and Regions Financial were attacked by the same hackers that breached JPMorgan Chase, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Despite the many advantages of the public cloud, big banks remain leery of putting data there.

MBIA, the municipal bond insurance giant, suffered a major customer data breach that exposed customer data of an asset-management subsidiary that Bank of New York Mellon has agreed to buy.

There's almost no good way of tell a bank customer that her personal data's been stolen. But some banks do a particularly bad job of communicating during a security incident.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. customers say they're not going anywhere — at least for now.

Regulators unveiled plans Monday to broaden the use of "Legal Entity Identifiers" and launch a pilot program designed to get more information on bilateral repurchase agreements.