Bank technology

Google (GOOG) has acquired the prepaid card processor TxVia, the companies said Monday.

American Express says it hired a new technology executive for the team that handles its digital wallet, Serve.

Celebrity-endorsed prepaid cards have become formidable rivals to banks, and it's not just because of their star power. Behind every big celeb is a seasoned banker.

Global Payments was considered PCI-compliant until hackers stole 1.5 million account numbers from it. So were two other breached processors. Banks may have to assume no third party is secure.

Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) is launching three smartphone applications for college campus cards.

The individual responsible for "enterprise growth" at American Express was recently quoted in this newspaper, saying about mobile that the "data is more valuable than the payment transaction." We're told this preference for data contradicts Amex "tradition." No, it contradicts Amex experience.

Intuit's GoPayment is joining Square as a means to quickly collect campaign cash while following rigorous disclosure rules for political donations.

A survey of 1,527 mobile banking consumers uncovers a need for technical support and a strong interest in paying people by phone.

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) has elected Frank Martire, who has been its chief executive since 2009, to the chairman's seat.

Hackers stole up to 1.5 million credit card customers' numbers from Global Payments, in the latest illustration of payments systems' vulnerabilities.

"We're not precluded from signing up new merchants" after being removed from Visa's list of compliant firms, says Global Payments' CEO Paul Garcia. Visa's decision was prompted by news that up to 1.5 million accounts were exposed in a recent data breach of the processor.

Visa has taken a rare step and dropped payments processor Global Payments from its list of approved service providers after the company reported that as many as 1.5 million credit card accounts may have been compromised by hackers.

Global Payments Inc. (GPN), the credit-card processor that reported a significant security breach Friday, said that hackers stole account numbers and other key information from up to 1.5 million accounts in North America.

Wells Fargo's Scott Dillon discusses the five steps banks can take to bring more efficiences to the data center.

Harris and Sybase 365 surveys suggest that widespread acceptance of mobile payments is at least two years away.

Rather than burden loan officers with upselling their mortgage borrowers, First Interstate Bank provides software that does most of the work for them.

America First Credit Union's using visualization software and iPads to sift through large amounts of data to spot business opportunities.

A look at how Energy Federal Credit Union found a low-cost way to monitor network traffic for suspicious activities.

Solar roofs, hybrid cars and server reductions are among the projects that won First Green Bank, Huntington, Citi and U.S. Bank our nod this year.

Among the bankers and industry executives with whom we've spoken lately, the prevailing attitude toward the frenzy of mobile payment announcements from the likes of PayPal, Isis, Visa, MasterCard, Google, Dwolla, and others runs the gamut from apathy to complacency.