Bank technology

Telling customers online banking is down is never easy. Explaining that online banking is down due to a cyberattack is even harder. Below are seven ways financial services companies are informing customers about DDoS attacks on digital platforms:

Legislative efforts to strengthen the nation's cyber defenses are shifting to the U.S. Senate after passage of a controversial bill by the House of Representatives.

Computers, as fast that they may be, fail to provide depositors with the same quality service as the NCR 2000.

Gavin Michael has been named head of digital for the New York bank's consumer and community division.

The San Francisco company that built software to help consumers reach their financial goals is now seeking banks willing to adopt its platform. This is the sixth and final profile of up-and-coming fintech startups.

PFM software company Pageonce has eight million customers already of its PFM software. Fifth in a series of six profiles of up-and-coming fintech startups.

Silicon Alley software company BillGuard is crowdsourcing fraudulent credit card charges and attempting to sell special consumer protection to banks.

As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a controversial bill that aims to bolster the nation's defenses against cyber threats.

Former head of the Bank of America/MIT/Harvard Center for Future Banking has strong words about banks’ slowness to protect their customers and innovate.

PNC Thursday became the first U.S. bank to join the Bank Infrastructure Architecture Network, a standards group that promotes the use of services-oriented architecture in banks.

As Google started releasing its wearable computing product Google Glass to developers, it had a message for banks and other would-be commercial users: You will be prohibited from distracting users with ads.

Prolexic Technologies says it's seen more distributed-denial-of-service attacks in the first three months of this year than it ever has in the past.

Ensenta, a developer of software for the financial industry, has received a patent for software designed to deter fraud in connection with check deposits.

Where Bank of America goes in mobile banking, others follow (if they haven't already). David Godsman, online and mobile solutions executive, shares the bank's plans for upcoming mobile app updates.

Swift, the international payment messaging group, has joined with the International Chamber of Commerce to help companies finance international trade transactions.

Old National Bancorp (ONB) in Evansville, Ind., has renewed its contract with Neural Technologies, a provider of risk management software.

Bitcoin and similar rogue digital money exploit the public appetite for an alternative to traditional banking. To stave off this threat, central banks should embrace secure, well-regulated digitization of fiat currencies.

The banking industry backs a controversial cybersecurity bill, saying it would give them timely information needed to fend off cyberattacksm, while civil liberties groups charge the bill lacks safeguards to protect people's privacy.

The Silicon Valley startup, which recently raised $15 million in seed funding, is creating the infrastructure behind a complicated standard created by an association supported by PayPal and Lenovo, among others. This is the third in our series of profiles of six up-and-coming fintech startups.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday is expected to pass controversial legislation that aims to deter cyberattacks.