Bank technology

Company says it has made 230 upgrades to Encompass360, many of them for compliance reasons.

Diebold staff to monitor security camera footage for 2,400 sites.

BBVA Compass is using technology to create a "kinder, gentler" debt collection system that also happens to be far more efficient and cost-effective.

Apple Inc., maker of the iPad and iPhone, agreed to acquire AuthenTec Inc. for about $350 million, gaining fingerprint-authentication technology.

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Contrary to the reports of at least two online news sites, the point-of-sale terminal vendor Vivotech ays it's not shutting down.

PayPal is analyzing the journey the consumer travels through the process of researching and purchasing something, across computers, physical stores and mobile devices. Walt Doyle, general manager of the PayPal Media Network, describes this "purchase pretzel" and where geolocation and card-linked offers fit in.

Shares of Green Dot, the prepaid card company, lost more than half their value Friday after the CEO revealed that its exclusive partnerships with major retailers could soon end.

Firms partner up and pitch banks on software to help U.S. retailers catch up with Europe in payment security by Visa/MasterCard deadlines.

The banking giant is initially launching the eagerly anticipated feature for Apple's iPad.

CEO Josh Reich shares details on the online bank's next project, but critics aren't impressed.

EMC seeks to protect global companies that hackers target by monitoring the app stores of Apple, Google and others.

SunTrust is replacing its dual-slot ATMs — old-school machines with separate slots for depositing checks and cash — with modern, single-slot models that will work with mobile devices.

A BankThink post on the snail’s pace of payments sparks a discussion of how red tape stops financial institutions from leveraging social media. Have banks hit a social media stalemate?

U.S. Bank has bought a type of corporate credit card network for truckers from prepaid company TransCard.

Doug Bergeron, CEO of VeriFone, scoffs at the idea that rival Square is of similar valuation. But industry observers see Square's impact on payments only growing.

Silver Tail's behavioral analysis technology investigates unusual behavior to find fraud.

The Treasury Department on Tuesday said that employees of Google (GOOG) and Facebook (FB) would help it select the best ideas for new mobile applications.

Michael Carvin went to buy a home a couple of years ago and wound up creating software (and a company around it) that helps people understand how much house they can afford.

The new tool, Equifax says, monitors identities across dozens of industries and thousands of banks.