Bank technology

The board of ATM manufacturing company Diebold has let Thomas Swidarski go as a consequence of the company's poor financial performance.

Thomas W. Swidarski, Diebold's chief executive and president, has stepped down.

A Finger Lakes community bank, Generations Bank in Seneca Falls, N.Y., announced Thursday a new mobile app.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission are weighing new restrictions on how debt collectors may use social media websites like those run by Facebook and Twitter to contact potential debtors.

A new service from Go Daddy will provide a website complete with digital shopping cart and online payment acceptance supported by First Data.

Digital security firm Radware found that distributed denial of service attacks against banks rose 170% in 2012.

In research conducted by Experian, 91% of bankers suspect some of their institution’s customer data is wrong.

Bridge Community Bank is using a digital identity that combines user information with the person's fingerprints and headshots.

Banks including Wells Fargo and KeyBank are helping online customers predict their short-term cash flows, in an effort to increase satisfaction.

After years of dabbling with electronic signatures, banks are starting to accept them in branches, wealth management departments and elsewhere.

PNC Financial (PNC) is teaming with one of the nation's top business schools to foster innovation in the financial industry.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council proposed Tuesday social media guidance for financial services players.

Naftali Bennett, co-founder of security firm Cyota, heads the Jewish Home Party slate in Israel's parliamentary elections.

Mobile commerce is becoming more diverse and reliant on proximity payments, requiring banks to dust off their merchant strategies, a Forrester study concludes.

The San Francisco startup creates software that connects banks and lenders to consumers, helping people gain credit to pay bills.

New research from Javelin Strategy & Research highlights banking-related trends among Generation Y.

Mobile apps and personal financial management sites that attempt to analyze consumers' spending habits pose plenty of risks, one data analytics expert says.

The Des Moines, Iowa, alternative payments company Dwolla has begun working with its state's government to collect property taxes and issue tax refunds, among other transactions.

Bank of America will continue to use Fiserv's electronic bill pay and presentment service through 2022.

A new hosted version of Fundtech's Global CASHplus is targeted at small and mid-sized banks looking to offer treasury management.