Bank technology

History tells us that post-crisis reforms should increase confidence, but still allow regulated entities to innovate and prosper, all in support of a stronger economy.

Amid pressure from regulators, Western Sky Financial plans to close for business early next month.

Fiserv released a banking app for iPad and iPad mini, named Mobiliti: Tablet. The app lets consumers access accounts, pay bills and other people, make mobile deposits, and find ATMs and branches, among other tasks.

Umpqua Bank unveiled a flagship store in San Francisco Monday that shows how the Roseburg, Ore., bank aims to use technology to draw people into its physical footprint.

The personal financial management platform has been grooming select early-stage companies for 16 months. Now, it’s providing more services to entrepreneurs through its incubator program.

NCR is expanding its retail technology footprint into four Chinese shopping malls.

Jack Henry & Associates announced Monday that its Board of Directors has approved a 20 cent per share cash regular, quarterly dividend.

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.