Bank technology

Speakers and attendees at the Mobile Banking and Commerce Summit this week coalesced around a theme of customer-friendly design.

In the latest case of a retailer offering mobile payments, the fast-food giant is working with QR codes and Firethorn Mobile software.

Bethpage Federal Credit Union on Tuesday said personal information from 86,000 of its members' Visa debit card accounts had been accidentally exposed on the Internet by an employee.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) announced Tuesday that it is adding components of its Trade Advisor product to the CitiDirect BE Mobile banking suite.

Financial institutions and technology companies are working hard to bring location-based advertising to life, but research in psychology suggests those same offers may be draining a limited resource: our willpower.

The personal information of certain merchants may have been exposed in addition to the consumer data breach Global Payments reported in March, the processor said June 12.

ISIS, American Express, MasterCard and PayPal want the revolution to start now, but they aren't quite in sync with banks.

Mobile capture reveals potential for corporate mobile, fee income for consumer banking, and even a path to the underbanked.

BBVA Compass on Monday announced its iPad app will soon be updated with access to weekly economic updates and other research.

Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY) said Tuesday that it's launching a commercial banking app for Apple's iPad.

After nearly 10 months of pressure from its largest shareholder, data and technology vendor CoreLogic will implement a series of changes to its board of directors, including the addition of three independent directors and the announced resignation of board chairman D. Van Skilling.

Eighty-two thousand of PNC's more than one million Virtual Wallet account customers participate in a blog that can be accessed only from within an online banking session, providing the bank with valuable and focused feedback.

Banks are missing out on the channel's potential, some top financial execs said at this year's mobile banking summit.

A new app stores loyalty cards, concert tickets and boarding passes on an iPad or iPhone, and redeems them with bar codes displayed on the screen. Could Starbucks be next?

Chexar Networks has agreed to acquire Clear Payments of Nashville, Tenn.

NCR has devised a way for people to use smartphones to set up withdrawals from automated teller machines by using an iPhone or Android app.

Gamer and futurist Jane McGonigal says that by building gaming techniques into mobile banking and commerce, banks could help relieve their customers' financial anxieties and help them reach financial goals.

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Tracey Weber (managing director, internet and mobile, Citi), Prashant Agarwal (vice president of business design at Fjord) and Rob Berini (a director with Deloitte Consulting) describe some of the capabilities of tablets that could be better used by banks in their dealings with customers.

Former head of operations at Fannie Mae to fill a new role at the bank.