Bank technology

Cardtronics has named consultant David Dove to head a new Enterprise Growth Group.

Banks are scouting for fintech startups to invest in via their venture arms.

The product aims to give chief financial officers and risk managers an enterprise-wide view of two areas of growing concern — credit and liquidity risk.

A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.

A top official in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's enforcement office has left the agency to join an online lender in California.

Banks and credit unions are squaring off on the social media front over a Depression-era law that exempts credit unions from federal income taxes.

Two former bank executives are starting a group that will test new ideas for the financial services industry, which has struggled to cope with its digital transformation.

New strains of mobile malware targeted at Android devices grew 35% in the second quarter.

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo announced Thursday that it's completed its $395 million acquisition of internet and mobile cloud testing and monitoring company Keynote Systems.

According to the American Banker Mobile Banking Intensity Index, consumers continue to download mobile banking apps and use them more each month.

Allowing online fraud to happen is one of the surest ways a bank can lose its customers' loyalty, according to a recent survey.

Recognition by a market-based standards organization such as ISO, in the form of a three-letter code, would set the stage for increasing market depth and liquidity of bitcoin trading – in turn facilitating overall consumer and merchant adoption.

Litchfield National Bank is readying a mobile app designed to educate young children about money. The Illinois community bank is taking a big step beyond its past outreach practices, such as distributing coloring books.

Banks and credit unions will have the chance to test their defense plans against cyber attacks in an annual simulated security exercise offered by the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC).

Mortgage servicing issues continue to be a significant problem despite a renewed focus on the area in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Fintech startups, like many young software companies, are using fun recruiting strategies to attract most-coveted technical talent to their teams and to engage people with their brands.

Policymakers and law enforcement should work with the Bitcoin community to realize the potential benefits of censorship-resistant money—and to develop tools and techniques to address the technology’s potential misuse.

Community First Credit Union in Appleton, Wis., has renewed its relationship with technology provider Fiserv.

Bank of America has passed a mobile banking milestone: more than one million small business customers are using the Charlotte, N.C., bank's mobile banking application.

IDC Financial Insights in Framingham, Mass., has appointed veteran financial services executive Jerry Silva as research director.