Bank technology

Spending forecasts suggest mobile is a top priority for banks in 2013.

Cyber criminals are leveraging human weaknesses in attacks on U.S. companies, and the rise of mobile computing only provides more access points, Kevin Mandia told a Senate committee.

Bank of America Corp. has enhanced its iOS app to improve accessibility for people who are blind or visually impaired.

Backbase announced Tuesday that it's created a new portal to help banks to better manage and optimize their online platforms.

The bank's online and mobile banking suffered Monday night, showing customers zero balances in their checking accounts.

Nomura Research Institute (NRI) is expanding its business in Europe with a new office.

The California business bank focuses on the technology sector, applying lessons learned from the dot-com bust of the 1990s.

Consumer bankers are reluctant to start charging customers new fees for existing products. But Capital One's Jonathan Witter pointed to the flexibility banks offers in pricing business-banking products as an example of how they could generate more fee revenue on the consumer side.

FirstMerit (FMER) of Akron, Ohio, has unveiled a website that formats itself automatically to fit mobile devices.

Communication Federal Credit Union is deploying Tyfone’s mobile banking software. Tyfone’s suite enables mobile banking via mobile app, mobile web or SMS.

Misys announced Monday the launch of an upgraded version of its corporate portal.

As banks modernize their branches and provide more self-service options such as tablets and video-equipped kiosks, they have to guard against losing the human touch, says Wells Fargo EVP Jonathan Velline.

First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA) in Raleigh, N.C., is preparing to spend millions of dollars to improve its information technology platform.

Digital money like Bitcoin opens up possibilities for banking without central planners or a lender of last resort, where interest rates and reserve requirements are driven purely by the market.

Frost Bank announced Wednesday a new iOS app that lets its customers login to their accounts with a four-digit code rather than a user name and password.

Hackers are launching increasingly sophisticated attacks on financial institutions. For bankers, there are still effective counter-measures to put in place and ways to keep the bad guys at bay.

How Town & Country Bank deployed mobile remote deposit capture to expand services to its rural business and retail customers.

Software company Caisse Financial signed a new customer for core banking, business intelligence and front-end channels.

President Obama gathered chief executives from energy, finance and technology companies to emphasize the threat posed by criminal and state-sponsored hackers, which the administration regards as one of the nation's main security challenges.

Nymbol Technology announced Wednesday a suite of processing software.