Bank technology

An old malware variant has revisited roughly two dozen financial institutions — among them Bank of America, Capital One, U.S. Bancorp and Sovereign Bank — according to in-the-cloud security company Zscaler.

Fiserv announced Thursday that First National Bank of Long Island is using its common origination loan platform.

Panini has promoted Michael Pratt to CEO, replacing John O'Malley, who has left to pursue other interests, the Torino, Italy-based financial technology company announced Sept. 20.

London police arrested eight men in connection to a 1.3 million pound ($2.1 million) computer-aided robbery from a Barclays Plc branch in the capital.

A three-year-old bank that's never had a loan it's originated default, Opus uses stress-testing software to brace for darker times.

Sevier County Bank in Tennessee decided its loyal customers are its best promotion and created an interactive blog about their experiences with the bank, including the story of one woman who goes 20 miles out of her way to keep banking there.

The latest version of customer management software from FICO aims to offer clients faster, more advanced customer analytics.

Swift's innovation offshoot Innotribe announced the winners of its worldwide Startup Challenge Thursday. The top startup award, worth $50,000, went to KlickEx, which has developed a regulated clearing service for central and commercial banks.

Bank card originations increased sharply last quarter, reaching their highest level since the financial crisis as more creditworthy customers took out new cards.

A new survey by SAP suggests consumers worldwide are embracing more complex transactions on their mobile devices.

Infosys is releasing a new version of its Finacle core banking product Wednesday, one that has been broken up into pieces with the goal of letting banks take on the new software at their own pace.

In August 2009, Deutsche Bank established a production studio in Cary, N.C., that has grown into an innovation lab through a partnership with North Carolina State University. This is the first in a series of profiles of banks' innovation labs.

Personal financial management company Geezeo has launched a site to instruct developers on how to use its API.

BB&T, which was sued for patent infringement, says the patent in question is "unpatentable" and should be canceled.

A centuries-old deterrent to counterfeiting, the watermark remains an enduring feature of our paper currency in an ever-digitizing world.

Mortgage document vendor International Document Services and loan origination system provider LendingQB have integrated their technologies.

U.S. Bank is reacting to a world filled with disruptive money movers (think: Venmo and Facebook) and partnering with Western Union to allow customers to make peer to peer payments from the bank's mobile banking app.

As banks reimagine their branches, BTN's Mary Wisniewski spends the day with American Heritage Federal Credit Union's video tellers. The Philadelphia credit union offers an example of what the future teller looks like: offsite and visible to members through a Skype-like experience on personal teller machines.

The business-to-business data company Accuity has launched an application to help banks access counterparty information.

Widespread adoption of same-day settlement will level the competitive playing field for all financial institutions and allow all account holders to benefit from expedited settlement.