Bank technology

Groupon's newly unveiled card reader is more than a me-too device. It's the first step in a far larger payments strategy.

Kabbage plans to use its new capital to forge partnerships with data companies and develop data tools for its customers.

Goldman Sachs is turning to IO, a provider of modular data center technology and services, for data center help across North America, Europe and Asia.

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has developed best practices for developers of mobile payment technology, with a heavy emphasis on shielding data and unauthorized access.

Groupon is the latest of many companies to provide merchants with a card reader that clips to smartphones. But the daily-deals company is not simply selling a me-too device — it is planting the seeds of a bigger payments strategy.

The New York bank is following Wells Fargo into offering emailed receipts.

The number of Near Field Communication announcements in the payments industry seemingly increased quickly last week after it was revealed that Apple's iPhone 5 would not have an NFC chip.

Regions Bank is including its cash-back program in all its new mobile apps.

Software company Oracle is offering its own version of an in-store payment system similar to the ones used in Apple Stores.

Calling the bank an American-Zionist property, cyber attackers threaten to continue until video is "erased."

MasterCard announced this week a software toolkit to help turn any Near Field Communication enabled Android or Blackberry smartphone into a mobile wallet.

The Japanese bank will offer customers a device that generates one-time passwords.

More than 1,100 legal entity identifiers — Social Security numbers of a sort for businesses — have been registered.

The supplier of enterprise data management products for the securities and investment industry, is now offering its software as a managed service.

The investment and risk advisory arm of Allianz Global Investors is strengthening the analytics and data management of its risk systems.

As branch traffic shrinks and the need to improve customer service grows, video-equipped ATMs are catching on. But is a small location with a video connection and non-existent staff a branch?

Tech giant's new platform reveals ambitious attempt to convince big banks to turn to it for virtually all their IT.

Adopting universal terminology will allow financial institutions to quickly identify, understand and share information about threats, plan for different scenarios and build the systems required to effectively defend their interests.

The New York credit card company is appointing Erich Ringewald, the former CTO of Boku, as its vice president of software product management.

Square announced today that it has closed the Series D financing round that included Starbucks Corp., among other investors.