Bank technology

The federal agency announced Friday that it was breaking up its complaint database by state and adding money transfer and credit reporting complaints to its already comprehensive look at consumer issues.

A new Facebook app from Citi suggests which concerts people may like based on their profile data.

The threat posed by Google's new Gmail money transmission feature will put the onus on banks to deliver the ultimate person-to-person payments experience, which only they can provide.

Thirty-three percent of Texans say they use mobile banking applications on a smartphone or tablet, up from 20% who said they used such applications in 2011, according to a survey released Thursday by SWACHA.

President Obama has a message for his Chinese counterpart when the two meet next week: China needs to restrain its digital snooping.

"Digital currencies are exciting because of the innovation," but "being a financial institution comes with certain responsibilities," says Fincen Director Jennifer Shasky Calvery in a Q&A.

Denial of service attacks launched to or from phones are among a new breed of security concerns.

Prolexic boasted Thursday that it thwarted the largest distributed-denial-of-service-attack ever recorded (by its own measures).

A new service from Experian sends customers alerts when businesses use their personal information to authenticate transactions.

Public officials talk as if facilitating anonymous financial transactions is in itself somehow nefarious. But there are legitimate reasons to keep online purchases and other activity private.

The U.S. crackdown on Liberty Reserve is stoking fears that the government may effectively cut off digital currencies like Bitcoin as banks sever ties with businesses in this growing field.

The $385 million-asset credit union has begun using FMSI's Teller Management System, the Atlanta-based technology company said Wednesday.

Guy Chiarello, JPMorgan Chase's (JPM) chief information officer, is leaving the company.

The crackdown on Liberty Reserve underscores the importance of regulatory expertise to digital currency startups. No wonder Liberty City Ventures (no relation to the indicted company) retained former Treasury officials as advisors.

Congress is pushing ahead with legislation aimed at requiring financial institutions to share information about cyber threats. Banks are pushing back, however, over fears that they'll get caught between new disclosure requirements and demands that they protect customers' privacy.

The global technology company said Wednesday that Conestoga Bank in Chester Spring, Pa., is adding two NCR's interactive tellers at its Bankwerx branch in Wayne, Pa.

With consumers taking to tablets and smartphones for more of their computing needs, the demand for PCs continues to dip, according to a new report published by IDC.

Norcross was appointed to the Jacksonville, Fla., company's board on Wednesday. He became president of FIS last year, and has held a range of positions in his 25 years with the company.

The Columbia, Mo., lender plans to deploy Ellie Mae's Encompass360, which lets users originate, close and manage mortgage loans, after testing the service for a year, the companies said Wednesday.

A young company called Bionym is testing a wristband that it says will authenticate online and mobile banking customers through a quick electrocardiogram.