Bank technology

First State Bank's site caters to local tastes, including links to tourist attractions and images such as a Manatee with money in its mouth. The redesign will be extended to mobile banking.

Consumer banking executive Laurie Readhead to take #2 technology spot, reporting to Catherine Bessant.

New tools intended to help banks develop applications that work across channels, introduce new products quickly and analyze customer transactions to calculate fees.

41st Parameter has raised $13 million in fresh capital to fuel research, development and further expansion.

John Mack, who stepped down as Morgan Stanley CEO last year, has joined the board of Lending Club, an online lending platform.

USAA's claims that it invented mobile deposit capture are false, Jim DeBello says, and Mitek will fight them. But he would prefer to keep USAA as a customer.

Yahoo is on the cusp of reinventing itself, potentially as an important payments provider that could rival not only PayPal, but Visa and MasterCard.

The industry is like a 1920s Hollywood actor who does not understand the new technology, has not seen it coming and doesn't understand why the change is happening.

Actor Ashton Kutcher has invested in mobile payments provider Dwolla and wants to "build a killer [bleeping] company in Iowa."

Anti-money laundering rules are getting tighter in New Zealand (as well as the U.S.), and suspicious activity is getting harder to spot as mobile banking use increases. Bank of New Zealand has embarked on a new tech initiative to improve its ability to flag trouble and adhere to new regs

Visa announced Wednesday a tool to help issuers spot fraud.

U.S. Bancorp said Wednesday it is testing an iPhone app that uses augmented reality to display branch and ATM locations.

ICICI Bank has agreed to use SmartyPig's GoalSaver social savings product.

Sam Shrauger left his position as PayPal's vice president of global product and experience to head Yahoo's commerce division, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

Intuit has purchased the mobile commerce provider AisleBuyer.

Country Club Bank launched a Facebook page about two years ago — and then deleted it. This time around, it's starting with professional network LinkedIn instead.

Banks should assume that sophisticated malware has infiltrated their networks and is gathering intellectual property and sensitive information.

Deploying 50,000 devices from Wyse Technology.

Look ma, no hands (or mag stripe): Sporting eyewear with a built-in camera, a cashier or flea market vendor could accept a payment card simply by looking at it.

Rumors that the core banking provider is for sale are exaggerated, CEO Hernandez says. Options such as new investors are on the table as the company looks to restructure its balance sheet and expand its business, which includes an Apple-like app store that's proven popular with smaller banks and credit unions.