Bank technology

Banks plan to spend more on blockchain and AI in the coming year, and appear willing to explore new technology partnerships.

Is it a bubble? Is it a fraud? There are many ways to look at the highly volatile bitcoin, few of them banker-friendly.

The famed investment bank is set to become the first major Wall Street bank to make markets in digital currencies such as bitcoin.

Banks' online advice platforms are just the face of a deeper effort to restructure client data and adapt to a digital era.

EU banks will soon start sharing customer account data with all third parties their customers approve. Very few U.S. banks have latched on to this concept. Here’s why.

BankMobile, the digital-only subsidiary of Customers Bank in Wyomissing, Pa., is planning to use software by Upstart to offer its first credit product to graduates and other young consumers with little to no credit history.

The blockchain startup continues to pack its board with mainstream finance experts.

Key efforts for banks include developing AI applications, adding fintech allies and strengthening cyberdefenses.

A Russian cybersecurity software company reported last week that a new group of cybercriminals had stolen $10 million from 16 community banks. But there's no hard evidence that actually happened.

With Wall Street on board, investors look to spend coins on real estate or through bitcoin debit cards.

Some firms are investing in technology to help insurance clients shift to paperless payment processing.

Banks are looking at using the powerful number-crunching technology to make risk calculations, analyze portfolios and protect their systems against sophisticated cyberattacks.

Covault has begun offering a digital identification and virtual safe deposit box service to banks and others. Similar efforts have failed before, but its backers say mobile apps and the cloud have made the service more practical.

Assemble allows Mastercard partners or issuers to provide checking, budgeting and payment features, as well as additional money management.

Can preferential loan terms encourage environmentally friendly practices among corporate borrowers? Barclays, BNP Paribas, and Standard Chartered are working with fintechs — and even Prince Charles — to develop a blockchain to answer that question.

The cryptocurrency proved so popular it triggered two temporary trading halts on CBOE's Global Markets exchange.

In a rare show of public support for a security technology, the banks are leading a $40 million funding round for Menlo Security, provider of browser technology that keeps malware at bay — and they’re using it, too.

For the second week in a row, the CFPB's leadership shakeout dominated readers' attention, while a regional banker discussed efforts to fight hacking and the impact of the tax cuts, and bitcoin's price soared.

Tether's $31 million hack gave bitcoin skeptics plenty to crow about. But experts say bad security is to blame, not digital assets.

HSBC Bank is joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Industrial Liaison Program as part of a broader effort to invest more in technology, data and analytics.