Bank technology

Hackers are attacking mobile banking apps more heavily. Here's what to do to fight back.

The robo-signing scandal highlights the need for solid technology to manage third party document compliance.

Open source development offers a chance to bring efficiencies to tech projects, but managing these projects has its pitfalls.

Fiserv's Daniel Steere says it takes a strong mobile banking strategy, alerts and real time information to win over 18 to 32 years olds.

Navy Federal Credit Union's Meghan Gound discusses the CU's new digital banking design.

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American Express plans to begin issuing secure chip cards in the U.S. this year, and it has released a timeline for merchants to follow in accepting those cards. Like every other network's roadmap, Amex sticks closely to the plan Visa announced last August.

As Washington starts to look at the rapidly emerging sphere, some in the industry are calling for regulators to level the playing field, while others are warning that regulation may stifle innovation.

Conestoga, a Philadelphia-area bank, is hoping higher-end video setups will facilitate more complex transactions and consultations.

Wyatt, who ran enterprise software at Motorola, will lead the Internet, mobile and ATM tech teams.

Smartleaf software will let the bank offer third-party research to customers.

Xoreax software "grid-enables" Microsoft Windows applications.

British company provides a mobile phone app and reader that works with most devices.

The PayPal Prepaid MasterCard will be sold at 5,500 7-Eleven stores by the end of the year.

Presidio Bank in San Francisco will offer IronKey Trusted Access to help protect its customers from identity theft, online account takeover and payments fraud.

The U.S. Bancorp subsidiary intends to use the software to secure customer data en route to and from merchants.

CEO Bill Barhydt shares recent moves and future plans for the low-cost international payment system, which lets people send money through text messages.

Latest version of Flexcube software includes expanded support for sales and self-service in the online, mobile, ATM and branch channels.

Though ZooZ is now the exclusive payment option for merchants using the mobile commerce platform provider MobiCart, this week’s agreement linking the two tech companies is, paradoxically, about providing access to as many payment options as possible.

The bank hopes to find the right formula to attract the best customers and to deepen relationships with ones it already has.