Bank technology

Harland Clarke, the world's biggest check printer, reported that second-quarter losses increased to $22.8 million amid costs related to the billionaire Ronald Perelman taking the company private a year ago.

The feature presents a win-win scenario for banks and their customers as well as an opportunity for mobile-centric financial startups that can serve as the catalyst for widespread adoption.

Fifth Third (FITB) in Cincinnati is selling $85 million worth of shares of Vantiv, its former subsidiary.

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

Thoma Bravo announced Thursday that it's completed the acquisition of Intuit's financial services division in a deal valued at more than $1 billion.

The wave of DDoS attacks on banks that began July 23 is having a less severe impact on their websites. However, new, related fraud threats persist.

Westpac Banking, Australia's second-biggest lender by market value, said a two-day outage of online banking is still affecting some customers as the bank works to restore full service.

Mortgage-technology company Ellie Mae's quarterly profit fell 26%, as higher costs offset rising revenue.

Bill.com announced Thursday that it is launching its own brand of multi-factor authentication as part of its Banking Platform.

Verizon announced Thursday that it's selling a wireless router banks can plug in the back of their automated teller machines.

Banks expect to spend about 2% more on technology in 2014 than they did in 2013.

This week, email security company Agari released its Email TrustIndex that flagged financial services as the most likely target of phishing attacks.

The Pittsburg bank's latest experiment with new branch designs involves a temporary steel building on Atlanta's sidewalks.

We asked contributors and readers to weigh in on the types of products and services tomorrow's banks might offer. Here's what they came up with.

Banks have typically deployed mobile banking as an addendum to online banking, from both a technology and staffing perspective, with consequences to the customer experience.

Westpac announced in July a mobile banking app contest that's open to developers and designers.

With competitive pressure mounting from trendy software companies, banks are trying out new ways to attract the most-sought-after technical talent and modernizing their career websites' interfaces to better showcase their cultures.

Bankers must do a lot of homework when a vendor is sold in order to prepare for the transition and potentially take advantage of the change.

Core banking software provider is benefiting from increased demand for mobile banking and bill payment as well as for the DNA core system it acquired from Open Solutions.

After testing its technology in Salt Lake City and Austin, the consortium of the nation's largest wireless carriers is planning to bring its brand of mobile payments to the masses.