Bank technology

Backbase launched portal software for commercial banking on Tuesday.

Mitek Systems is offering financial institutions a mobile photo account opening feature, using a mobile device's camera to scan and capture any needed documentation. The software also lets the customer immediately fund the account using mobile check capture.

MoneyDesktop on Tuesday launched a long-term goal setting platform that aggregates a person's daily spending habits and suggests a financial road map.

Its purchase of an Alabama software company has given Geneva-based Temenos a leg up in the U.S. core banking market.

Popular Community Bank, the U.S. unit of Banco Popular, is finding it can make many of the cash management services it offers corporate clients available to much smaller shops on mobile devices.

Aiming to increase its member reach, Statewide Federal Credit Union announced Monday the launch of a tablet-based app that allows staff to offer people financial services outside of the branch.

Software created by developers at TechCrunch's Disrupt SF Hackathon shows Glass' potential for digital transactions beyond clothing.

California's legislature has voted to reform a money-transmission law that has come under fire for stymying payments innovation.

Banks can access software applications from 20 different financial technology firms with a new program from Yodlee Interactive that extends its FinApp app store.

The Rhode Island bank earns consistently positive reviews in the app stores. William Herrmann, the bank's head of digital, explains how.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

IBM announced Tuesday that it has acquired Trusteer, an Israeli company that provides organizations with counter-fraud and cybersecurity software.

Disclosures that the National Security Agency can crack codes protecting the online traffic of the world's largest Internet companies will inflict more damage than earlier reports of complicity in government spying.

What's in a domain name, you ask? Michael Frederick, who is putting the web address CheckCashing.com up for bid, is hoping the answer is a lot of money.

Twitter put in place a multi-factor authentication system last month that mixes in-app generated codes and text message confirmations. Banks might benefit from a similar approach.

Alex Alden, formerly of UBS, has joined brokerage firm Sterne Agee to expand the financial technology practice of its investment bank.

Fiserv has introduced a service to help companies predict their customers' behavior.

The social media management software company Hearsay Social announced Thursday that it has doubled its customer base and just got $30 million in Series C funds from existing investors Sequoia Capital and NEA.

A new smartphone app from financial software provider Akcelerant aims to help lenders tap into the market for mobile loan applications.

As they reimagine their branches, banks are also testing ways to modernize their drive-through stations to adjust to a digital era. Ideas include using video tellers and touchscreens.