Bank technology

BNP Paribas announced Hello bank! will be rolled out this summer to four European markets.

With the ever-increasing regulation burden, community banks with small staffs struggle to keep up with new and changing rules. Some have deployed software to streamline their compliance to-do lists. Bank of the Sierra in Porterville, Calif., is one of them.

Wave Systems (WAVX) has developed a system for online authentication that relies on verifying a user's device ID.

BTN reporter Sean Sposito is at the FinovateSpring startup showcase in San Francisco this week. Here are several companies that piqued his interest.

A partnership between SAP and CSC could disrupt the U.S. core banking market at a point when many banks are looking to modernize their systems.

BitPay, which processes payments for merchants in the virtual currency Bitcoin, has attracted some investors with a pedigree in pioneering alternative ways to send and receive money (PayPal).

The Treasury Department has moved to rein in Mt. Gox, the world’s largest exchange for the all-digital currency Bitcoin. The move raises the specter that the government is intent on eliminating anonymous Bitcoin transactions, which could dramatically reduce the currency’s allure to many users.

At least two startups who demoed at Finovate this week are trying to step in between banks and commercial borrowers in the same way peer to peer lenders already have — with crowdfunding.

Analyze data to tailor offers and draft sales pitches that customers, particularly those visiting branches, will have a hard time refusing.

nCino, which sells cloud-based bank operating software, scored a new client in Square 1 Bank of Durham, N.C.

A move by the U.S. government to rein in the unregulated use of Bitcoin involved the seizure of a Japanese company's account at Wells Fargo (WFC).

A temporary worker for PHH Corp. potentially gained access to employees' personal information, including Social Security numbers and dates of birth, according to a letter from the company's chief executive.

Community banks often promise to move quicker on loan applications than big, bureaucratic banks. But online lenders are starting to make small banks look slow by approving small-business loans in a day or less.

JPMorgan Chase has yet again won a ranking of mobile banking apps. In this one, Keynote's semiannual mobile banking scorecard, Chase came in first for the third time in a row. Wells Fargo came in second and Bank of America third.

NCR (NCR) has logged an order for automated teller machines from Dollar Bank in Pittsburgh.

Two tech providers — CSC and SAP — are tightening ties to help banks modernize their information technology infrastructure.

Authentication and other bank securities technologies are a major focus at Finovate's Spring conference, reflecting the industry's strong demand for improved safeguards. Technology Reporter Sean Sposito reports from San Francisco.

Two Standard Chartered customers aim to earn a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for making mobile banking transactions at a high altitude.

In a sign of the times, information security and authentication vendors dominate a fintech conference.

Green Dot’s aptly named mobile consumer checking account, GoBank, is leaving beta this summer and launching to a general audience over the upcoming Fourth of July.