Bank technology

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.

Analytics firm SAS has taken on two new clients in the Russian banking sector: Home Credit Bank, a private retail bank, and UniCredit, which is using SAS's data-management system for its Russian banking operations.

When international criminals lifted $45 million from two Middle Eastern banks using stolen prepaid card data , Green Dot's chief executive Steve Streit says he wasn't surprised.

The Google operating system's share of the smartphone market rose to 74% in the first quarter, Gartner reports. However, bankers continue to cater to multiple platforms.

The new Kernel marketing service tailors online ads to bank customers.

IBM is helping the century-old Central Bank of India mine new insights from the information that flows through its enterprise.

Lender Processing Services (LPS) has agreed to pay $14 million to settle claims the company deceived investors about its business practices.

M&T Bank (MTB) in Buffalo, N.Y. has released two new products that small businesses can use to manage their cash flow.

Prepaid cards have been at the heart of several data breaches in recent years because their traits can make them easier for fraudsters to exploit.

Analytics firms Numerix and Quartet FS are joining forces to provide data visualization and analysis for risk management.

EyeVerify, a maker of identity management software for mobile banking, is rolling out its service to the financial industry.