Bank technology

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.

While the banking industry was recovering from a global financial crisis and reacting to the prospects of new regulations, smart entrepreneurs were finding new and better solutions to people's problems.

The restaurant chain Zaxby’s said that a data breach may have compromised its patrons’ card information.

The prepaid card company's recently released mobile bank account, which its customers are now beta testing, comes with a voluntary monthly fee that harks back to Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' release where fans chose how much they wanted to pay for the album.

With card networks pressuring merchants and acquirers to get on board with chip and PIN in as little as a few months, proponents contend speedier methods are needed.

Savings reminders come to SmartyPig and ImpulseSave customers as they shop online.

Swift's Innotribe initiative has announced the start of its yearlong competition for financial services-related innovation.

Indiana community bank STAR Financial is adding new personal financial management tools to its digital banking offerings, and heavily marketing them.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

DDoS mitigation services provider Prolexic provides numbers around the cyberattacks banks experienced in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Like SmartyPig this week, ImpulseSave has a savings tool that consumers can use without leaving their online shopping site.

Cardtronics announced the creation of a chief information security officer position that will be held by its current chief information officer, Jerry Garcia.

San Diego-based BankersLab has a new mobile app for Android devices that tests retail lenders' professional knowledge.