Bank technology

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.

In the basement of a New York branch, Wells Fargo dreamed up its new "neighborhood store" that debuted in D.C. on Monday. Reporter Mary Wisniewski takes a peek.

While some call Bitcoin an "existential threat to the state," local governments could soon embrace the digital currency and payment system as a practical alternative to credit and debit cards.

Fundtech has added a customer for its cash management system.

City Bank Texas in Lubbock has chosen Allied Payment Network's mobile bill payment tool.

Cardtronics and Frost Bank are placing six new co-branded automated teller machines in Dallas Love Field.

Artificial intelligence software from Narrative Science could allow banks to automatically generate text for internal documents, such as compliance reports, as well as writing personalized portfolio summaries for end customers.

Avoid closing locations solely based on performance, test drive outreach programs and consider other options, such as amending hours, before shuttering an underperforming location.

Diamond Valley Federal Credit Union in Evansville, Ind., has chosen two Fiserv (FISV) products to improve communication and reporting to its members.

Bank of America (BAC) is rolling out a new interface for its online site that enables companies to set up and manage credit card accounts.

ClosingCorp, which provides closing-cost data and services to mortgage lenders, has released a product designed to offer more accurate pricing for real-estate services.

IMM announced Monday enhancements to its electronic document presentment and electronic signature platform called TotaleAtlas.

Just as parents use prepaid cards to control their teens' spending, employers are increasingly distributing the reloadable plastic cards to workers to use for paying work expenses.

Cyberattacks against banks show no signs of abating. But services and technologies are out there that can help banks stop the bleeding. First in a series of three analytical features on the cyberattacks against banks.

Wells Fargo has rolled out a website to help customers, and eventually non-customers, meet their retirement savings goals.