Bank technology

Financial institutions should, among other things, implement an information governance program, perform periodic privacy audits and learn how data is managed in the cloud.

Agriculture and other remote businesses face unique cybercrime threats. Rabobank and ThreatMetrix discuss approaches to protection.

Software that manages internal controls is geared toward financial services.

In an industry where everyone seems to have an opinion, these financial services veterans have learned to leverage Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media to their advantage.

Optimal Payments has entered into a processing agreement with Vantiv allowing Optimal to offer its global merchants an online payments service in the U.S. market.

How do investors want to interact with their financial advisers? According to research sponsored by Cisco, those under 55 want to use video.

Bank is offering mobile deposit companies that have more than $10 million in revenue and employees in the field who need to accept checks.

In the latest intersection of social media and financial services, "The End of Money" author David Wolman is selling digital copies of his book on Twitter for four days.

Cyrus Amir-Mokri, the assistant secretary for financial institutions, said the industry's technological advances should be accompanied by an awareness of the risk of systems breakdowns.

Banks can get consumers to adopt online banking services by keeping websites simple, communicating a positive message and providing an interactive experience that meets immediate needs.

By partnering with LevelUp, First Trade Union Bank will debut a mobile payment app to customers in 2013.

U.S. Bank (USB) has committed to becoming the first large U.S. bank to offer mobile bill payment in the manner of mobile check deposit — letting users pay a bill by simply taking a picture of it.

The Stamford, Conn. financial services consultancy said it is acquiring Javelin for its work in mobile and multichannel banking, payments, security and fraud, among other expertise.

As banks dig deeper into mobile commerce, they're likely to bump into businesses like telecom and gear-making where development cycles and patent fights are fast and furious.

When industries and business environments evolve, the best and brightest people and organizations in that industry will as well.

New app snaps customer's photo and performs instant age regression.

Banno's financial decisionmaking software will work with ProfitStars' bill payment and mobile deposit tools.

U.S. Bank has partnered with Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group to offer a new rewards card.

Coastal Bank & Trust in Jacksonville, N.C., has signed on to use nCino's nCommercial software to improve its commercial lending process.

Bankers had long paid Equifax and the credit-services unit of Computer Sciences for the same credit reports. Now that they are poised to merge, banks could push for lower fees, experts say.