Bank technology

Independence Bancshares (IEBS) in Greenville, S.C., has hired two former Verizon executives — Aditya Khurjekar and Humphrey Chen — to broaden its mobile-banking services.

The credit bureau Experian has named new leadership for two major business units within its North American credit services group, along with a handful of other executive appointments in the group.

Chase continued to streamline its mobile app and added reward, prepaid and payment features, earning it Keynote's ranking as the top in its class for the fourth time in a row.

Banking software provider Computer Services Inc. has introduced three new services that attempt to help lenders better safeguard against cyberattacks and data breaches.

System and database administrators' accounts are being compromised at an increasing rate, according to a survey conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group.

To succeed today, financial firms need to encourage female employees to take the right kind of risks, such as trying new innovations to serve clients.

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Sandra Pianalto said the central bank is working to improve the speed and security of the U.S. payments system.

Digital Insight, which sells technology to banks, announced Monday it hired a new chief executive: John O'Malley.

Three years after passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, many bankers are still anxious as they wait for some rules to be written and others to be implemented. Yet a new set of regulatory and legislative challenges looms.

With every action now being scrutinized in real time, banks don't necessarily need guidelines and mandates to know if they are doing right by customers and shareholders, Fifth Third CEO Kevin Kabat says at American Banker's Regulatory Symposium.

A new mobile dashboard offered by Garanti Bank lets consumers decide what widgets appear in their dashboards, including spending management tools.

Financial technology firm FIS has released a suite of analytics applications to help banks improve their marketing, pricing and special offer programs.

A European hacker collective has cracked Apple's new biometric security scheme within days of the release of the iPhone 5s.

In order to prevent cyber attacks and keep the financial system safe, banks have to understand the key threats to the industry. We asked two top banking regulators what they're worried about right now.

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.