Bank technology

For years, banks have been seeking to turn a profit on mobile apps. In the latest twist, Regions Bank is rolling out programs that charge fees based on convenience.

Many developed countries, free from the U.S. impulse to see every product as something to track, do not share its inclination to frown on financial privacy.

The chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase has spent months fending off critics of his leadership skills. Now he's dispensing advice about those skills on LinkedIn.

Bank of Botetourt in Buchanan, Va., has chosen Fiserv's account-processing system to use along with the vendor's online banking, bill payment, mobile banking and remote deposit capture offerings, Fiserv said.

Online bank ING Direct Canada introduced mobile RDC for a wide range of mobile devices Monday, the first deployment of mobile RDC by a Canadian bank.

Social channels may encourage complaints, but it is in banks’ best interests to publicly demonstrate they are fixing the problem.

Swift's offshoot Innotribe held a startup competition Thursday. Winners' products centered on mobile fraud, crowdfunding and P2P mobile payments.

Mountain America Credit Union is placing a mobile and internet banking specialist in each of its 76 branches.

The technology giant announced Friday that it's adding two-factor authentication to its Azure cloud computing platform.

Banks that have made the leap to Microsoft's cloud-based office productivity software, Office 365, will want to check out the company's Office 365 app in the iTunes Store, which made its debut Thursday.

SecureKey, a Canadian online authentication company, says MasterPass users will now be able to make more secure transactions with devices that come pre-installed with its bridge.net software and authentication service.

Bankers and tech vendors have given up on the reliability of passwords and other conventional forms of authentication. Now some are turning to hardware as a more secure option. American Banker editors discuss the advantages, and limits, of such options.

Associated Bank plans to use analytics so it can make more appropriate sales pitches and help business clients better manage their affairs.

An international ring of cyber thieves are being charged in a roughly $15 million attempt to game the digital networks of more than a dozen banks, federal agencies and financial services companies, including Citibank, PayPal, JPMorgan Chase, USAA and even the Department of Defense.

For banks that have small, stressed compliance departments, Computer Services, Inc. is offering an advice service.

Regulators can use the power of Big Data mining and pattern-matching algorithms to seek out triggers of contagion across an interconnected financial system.

In addition to addressing the risks that caused the last crisis, the Financial Stability Oversight Council should be comparing notes about cyber threats with the national security agencies.

Regulators are focusing attention on ensuring community banks have proper security systems in place in the wake of a string of cyberattacks on megabanks.

The New York based company said Wednesday it had secured the funding from a group of investors led by Venrock and Institutional Venture Partners.

During congressional testimony, an FBI official said since 2002 the number of computer intrusion cases the agency has investigated has risen by 84 percent.