Bank technology

The OCC told financial institutions to report cyber attacks to law enforcement and alert customers to their impact as new assaults targeted PNC and other banks.

The Winston-Salem, N.C., regional bank is weathering its second distributed denial-of-service attack this year after some customers who visited the bank's website were unable to log on.

Chase Bank has agreed to acquire merchant offers company Bloomspot. The deal is expected to close in early 2013.

MoneyDesktop, a PFM startup and credit union service provider, will embed budgeting and spending tools directly into web banking.

We revisit our 10 most popular BankThink posts of 2012, based on audience page views.

Card company Capital One ties donations of phone minutes to downloads of its mobile banking app.

If banks apply a standard of parity, they will wind up in a holding pattern because right now and for the foreseeable future, Internet banking is not keeping pace with mobile platforms.

Personal financial management provider MoneyDesktop has formed an alliance with online banking software vendor CUBUS Solutions.

Hands-on testing of the latest version of PNC's Virtual Wallet reveals some improvements and some lingering performance issues.

Malicious program injects code into browsers to trick people into giving up their online banking credentials.

Aiming to improve customer service, U.S. Bancorp has launched a mobile app for its Convenient Cash reloadable prepaid card customers.

Smartphone capabilities, like instant Internet access, integrated cameras and GPS systems, have given consumers more control over their banking relationship and are forcing financial institutions to adapt.

Aite's number crunching for smartphones and tablets reveals triple-digit growth for banking, research and personal financial management. But placing the right function on the right device does matter.

Banks and credit unions averaged a mere 2,000 followers and tweeted an average of four times a day. More than one in five (21%) were characterized as "Twitter quitters" for abandoning their Twitter accounts.

2012 brought plenty of news that bankers -- and sometimes their regulators — would be happy to forget. Here's a rundown of a year in tarnished reputations and fines.

Wells Fargo is seeing unusual volumes of traffic, but the "vast majority" of its customers are not affected, the bank says.

Massive regulation provides a deep moat protecting large financial institutions against competition from community banks and innovators.

Libertyville Savings Bank and Farmers State Bank both plan to use Jack Henry's Core Director software in an outsourcing arrangement.

White House officials have approached American Express Co. (AXP) Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Chenault about joining President Barack Obama's second-term administration, possibly as Treasury secretary.

People widely use Google when house shopping, but a U.K. researcher says Google's own foray into mortgage comparison shopping, which has struggled in the U.S., faces an uphill battle because of how the search engine's brand is viewed by consumers.