Bank technology

The North Carolina payments technology company, which gives its customers access to 30 different payment gateways, will allow its users to begin accepting payments from Dwolla this week.

Issuers should develop strategies to make their account the primary one in a consumer's existing wallet and on new payment tools offered by companies like PayPal or Square.

Fiserv has hired Ginger Schmeltzer, formerly SunTrust's senior vice president of digital channel management, to be its senior vice president of emerging payments and digital payment solutions, a newly created position.

Existing customers are generally praising Square's new flat monthly fee for processing card transactions, but Square's challenge will be winning over business owners who are on the fence about its services.

Compliance software providers are pivoting off this summer's Libor crisis to sell products intended to help banks change controls, communicate policies to staff and ensure adherence to internal rules.

Ventura County Credit will use the company's per-closed-loan pricing model.

In building its homegrown app for small businesses, the Chicago unit of the San Juan bank focused on letting business owners control who can do what on a mobile device.

Buyer of Merrill Lynch's non-U.S. wealth management operations suffered a loss of customer data that has been passed on to authorities.

The rumor mill is catching fire as Apple nears its next product launch. Changes to the iPhone, iPad and other systems could affect initiatives at many payments companies.

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JPMorgan Chase (JPM) has outbid its competitors to snag about a third of the ATMs, the most of any financial institution, located at the busiest airport in New England.

Can corporate policy training feel like an episode of CSI? Cristobal Conde believes it can in a big way. The former SunGard chief arrives at True Office, a firm that uses elements of gaming to help institutions teach corporate employees about how to prevent data breaches, money laundering and other standards and compliance issues that reside inside banks and other businesses.

Bitcoin lets users send money nearly instantaneously, at almost no cost, and (if desired) anonymously. Getting funds in and out of the system is the hard part. That may soon change.

The app provides direct mobile enrollment, so customers aren't required to open an online banking account first.

Kaspersky Lab's latest security and anti-virus products include Safe Money, a feature that protects e-commerce transactions.

The branchless bank is giving its beta-testers a new way to keep track of their spending habits.

Being first with mobile check deposit has helped tiny New Dominion Bank attract new customers in Charlotte, N.C. Now that Bank of America has the feature, too, the bank is turning to other products to convert customers.

Credit union is purchasing additional services from the company, which is part of First Data.

JPMorgan Chase and the Living Social website teamed up to honor 12 small businesses, including a garment maker for the medical industry.

Mobile check deposit for businesses is in development at Popular Community Bank.