Bank technology

Technologies like webcasts, email, instant messages and cloud sharing are making it harder to maintain confidentiality and attorney-client privilege in deal negotiations.

Nice Systems (NICE), a maker of contact center software, has agreed to buy Causata, a provider of customer behavior analytics software. Ideally, the two technologies combined could provide a real-time picture of what a customer has been up to the moment he calls a company's call center.

SunGard, a software and technology services company based in Wayne, Pa., has expanded its trust accounting software to help banks process accounts for philanthropic organizations and endowments.

A free Samsung tablet, no monthly fee, a card reader and transaction limits make up an offering the bank hopes will increase wallet share and profitability.

Online and mobile banking adoption continues to grow quickly, a national poll finds.

Wells Fargo (WFC) will issue new credit cards on the American Express network beginning in mid-2014, the two companies announced Wednesday. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Cardtronics said this morning it has continued its acquisitions spree with a deal to acquire Cardpoint Limited, an operator of 7,100 ATMs in the U.K. and Germany for $153 million cash.

As financial services startups debate whether it is better to ask regulators for permission or beg for their forgiveness after acquiring customers, PayPal’s history might offer some lessons.

Would-be payments disruptor Aaron Greenspan says a California money transmission law forced him to choose between killing his startup and going to prison. Other financial services startups may face similar choices.

Are banks destined to become trusted repositories for personal information as some pundits predict or is the notion utter nonsense? That was one hot topic of conversation during a recent Twitter Chat hosted by American Banker on the future of banking. The publication's BankThink editors discuss.

Defense.net left stealth mode Tuesday and announced its initial $9.5 million round of funding.

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has introduced a tool to help manage loan origination.

Brinqa's tech and ops risk modeling software calculates the value of worst-case scenarios, to push investment in solutions.

Republic First Bancorp (FRBK) will allow customers to access funds at Allpoint Network ATMs without paying service fees.

The impact distributed denial of service attacks on banks has had on consumers has been minimal, according to a consumer survey shared exclusively with American Banker on Monday.

Deutsche Bank launched software Monday to help treasury clients better manage their suppliers and receivables.

With banks evolving as mobile app and site developers, they need to pay more attention to performance and handle developing and testing the way the software companies do.

Tech vendor Linedata announced an updated loan origination and risk management platform, Linedata CapitalStream.

CardHub has launched a social networking site for personal finance called WalletHub, which allows users to review financial services companies, compare fees and get personalized financial news.

A Bitcoin conference in New York last week drew a motley crowd. There were the expected wide-eyed believers in the digital currency, earnest entrepreneurs building Bitcoin-related businesses, and somewhat more skeptical venture capitalists — but also traditional banking lawyers and anti-money laundering compliance consultants whose services are in hot demand. Startup executives complained about the difficulty of getting (or keeping) bank accounts and state money transmitter licenses. But the technology shows great promise and demonstrates that it is possible to send money as fast and as cheaply as email, even if banks running on legacy systems cannot.