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Texas bank has added a peso-to-dollar currency converter for its tip calculator, a branch locator and bank-produced YouTube videos.

Sometimes the tail wags the dog. That seems to be the case with the payments Goliath MasterCard, which has started taking mobile payments cues from relative pipsqueaks, like PaidPiper, a six-month-old San Francisco outfit with all of 10 employees.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

Consumers are buying more financial services online than over any other channel, according to a survey released this week by Forrester.

NCR will now be selling and supporting Cisco's Unified Computing System and data center solutions.

United Community Banks is increasing response rates for sales and marketing pitches by using an algorithm based on pooled, anonymized customer data from a group of banks.

JPMorgan Chase is working with Microsoft on a mobile wallet app; Microsoft is also working with Isis.

Mobile banking has the buzz, but bank branches have plenty of room to flourish—in part by acting as digital "infomediaries," according to a new poll.

Bank accused of failing to use multi-factor authentication has agreed to pay back the loss of an escrow company that was a victim of hacking.

Citigroup branch has now received LEED certification on 200 facilities.

Microsoft's new tablet computer Surface could pose a formidable challenge to Apple's iPad, but for bankers it presents the prospect of gaining a useful new tool in the struggle to integrate handheld PCs into their operations.

Both companies' loan origination systems will be maintained and supported post-merger, executives say.

Using document imaging to support the ability to handle imports and exports on a mobile device.

As Facebook moves away from virtual currency to a payment system that supports real money, a new survey shows that consumers have interest in bringing their banking business to the social media giant.

A survey conducted by Cisco finds high interest in branch banking and in banks playing a role as "infomediaries" of consumers' digital lives.

Facebook is seeking to strengthen the nonadvertising side of its business by enabling users around the world to make payments on the social site in local currency and letting application developers charge on a subscription basis.

A week after opening its first full-service branch in the United Kingdom, Silicon Valley Bank in Santa Clara, Calif., has committed to lend as much as $100 million to Irish companies over the next five years.

Deal intended to help Zipmark's electronic check app work at 75,000 online merchants.

Americans are dying a death of a thousand cuts when it comes to spending, says Phil Fremont-Smith, CEO of ImpulseSave.