Bank technology

The way in which customers navigate e-commerce and online banking sites provides analytics that could ultimately help secure their accounts.

With mobile expected to supplant online as the No. 1 method for paying bills within the next four years, banks are eager to find new ways to improve the mobile experience and keep customers from paying bills through rival services.

The United States Court of Appeals has confirmed BancorpSouth's lack of liability in an online banking fraud case, and even granted that the bank may seek to recover attorneys' fees from the victim.

PNC Financial Services announced Monday a tool for merchants that lets them accept payments on their mobile devices.

A breed of malware targeting mobile devices called Svpeng has made its way from Russia to the U.S. The malware looks for specific mobile banking apps on the phone, then locks the phone and demands money to unlock it.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday announced his support for a proposal in the state legislature to regulate prepaid debit cards used by employers to pay wages.

While banks struggle to get consumers to use Near Field Communication-enabled phones for mobile payments, the video game industry is having blockbuster success with NFC technology.

The restaurant chain P.F. Chang's has confirmed that the data breach it discovered Tuesday involved the theft of credit and debit cards.

A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hearing meant to get feedback on mobile banking technology took a sharp turn Thursday when a majority of the audience offered complaints about payday lenders instead.

Green Dot (GDOT) said Thursday that it has hired a PayPal executive to become general manager of its mobile bank account, known as GoBank.

The world's oldest and largest custody bank is counting its recently launched Continuous Process Improvement strategy to drive its transformation — and bolster its bottom line.

Before banks launch new payment products and services, they should think carefully about their customer demographics, security and regulatory risks and data monetization.

The Bank of England has formally launched CBEST, a new framework designed to help identify areas where the financial sector could be more vulnerable to sophisticated cyberattacks.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Wednesday said it will take a harder look into mobile financial services to see the potential for consumer harm and determine the impact on the underbanked.

FFIEC guidelines issued late last year are slowing technology buying decisions, increasing costs and in some cases, forcing banks to think twice about outsourcing certain IT functions.

Monitise (MONI) has launched Monitise Create, the company's mobile innovation, design and development services arm, in North America.

Financial services technologists discussed the innovations and trends transforming the industry at last week's Digital Banking Summit in Los Angeles. Here are eight tweets that capture the key themes from the three-day fintech confab.

P.F. Chang's China Bistro, a chain of Asian-themed restaurants, said it's investigating whether it was the target of a data breach following a report that stolen customer data had appeared online.

Nigel Morris, a co-founder of Capital One Financial (COF), has joined the board of the parent company of loan marketplace Prosper.

Community banks are testing out a new tool that makes it easier (and far cheaper) for commercial customers to estimate the value of their companies.