Bank technology

PayPal's point of sale mobile payment system combines over half a decade of initiatives — and a few notable setbacks along the way.

The firm, which offers personal financial management services for investors, is launching a new 401(k) fee analysis tool as a government mandated 401(k) disclosure deadline approaches.

PayPal will have its payments accepted throughout Discover's network, in a deal that increases the threat to traditional payments giants Visa and MasterCard.

Observers call the digital payment giant's agreement with the card network a "good marriage."

Dunkin' Donuts likes to brag that its coffee beats Starbucks in a national taste test. Now it aims to beat its rival in mobile payments as well.

Fast food retailers like Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's are beginning to offer mobile apps and contactless debit payments. Their models have flaws, but they also pose a new challenge to banks' role as a driver of payments innovation.

Merger will allow the trading software vendor to broaden its range of business intelligence offerings.

Business apps have all the same features provided to consumers in existing mobile apps.

First Midwest Bank in Itasca, Ill., has expanded its ATM network by joining the Allpoint Network.

M&T Bank (MTB) has opened a new energy-efficient branch in Newburgh, N.Y., as part of a $10 million investment initiative in the Hudson Valley area.

First Financial Bank is working with NCR to upgrade and replace more than 135 ATMs across its three-state footprint.

A Massachusetts bank finds its customers are not ready for video tellers, so it's turned instead to staffing software to have just the right number of employees on hand in each branch.

Technologies like automated underwriting held great promise to manage risk while easing the pain of the mortgage experience for borrowers. But a lack of discipline ushered in an environment where simple rules decide who obtains credit.

Fifth Third Bank is launching a chip-embedded commercial card that will allow the bank's business customers to make payments overseas.

Meta Financial Group (CASH) in Storm Lake, Iowa, will raise $34.2 million through the private placement of stock to a group of investors and will use the funds to recapitalize its bank and support growth.

A blog about a sister's death and the insurance company's unwillingness to pay made big waves via Tumblr and cast a spotlight on social media sites beyond Facebook and Twitter.

PNC, the Pittsburgh-based bank, already has 118 buildings certified as energy-efficient.

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As an IRS deadline approaches, Capgemini, Pegasystems, and DLA Piper see opportunity in helping plug compliance system holes.

Trulia Inc., an Internet startup focused on residential real estate, filed to raise $75 million in an initial public offering, aiming to capitalize on an improving U.S. housing market.