Bank technology

The next generation of consumers may forgo outdated tools like a computer mouse — a move that could have critical implications for bankers.

James Goodnight is a big-time executive who knows "big data" and all the buzzwords that preceded it — and, he says, so do bankers.

Intel instruments and FieldView software to give data center managers a realistic view of power usage across data centers to plan capacity and reconfigure server rooms to cut costs.

Columbus, Ga. Bank to upgrade 200 ATMs.

Reading Co-Operative Bank in Massachusetts is deploying a new core processing system by COCC to enable employees to deliver paperless, "high touch" services.

Discover Financial Services is the latest card network to announce a conversion plan for the secure EMV chip-card standard in the U.S.

VocaLink has agreed to offer its clients products from Clairmail.

A new product from vendor Norse is designed to choke off online card fraud before it becomes a transaction — and before competing services from the card networks can kick in.

LifeLock is betting that its acquisition of ID Analytics, which closed Wednesday, will help it better market its services to retail banks.

SAN FRANCISCO — An executive at eBay Inc.'s PayPal business who had served as finance chief at the company's former Internet calling unit Skype was struck and killed by a train in Silicon Valley on Friday.

Software designed to help banks with tools and technology to manage overdraft compliance, reporting, communication and risk management.

IronKey's technology will be mandatory for Guaranty Federal Bancshares' cash management customers, optional for its other business banking customers.

Discover Financial Services will have its credit cards issued outside of the United States for the first time, thanks to a new deal in Ecuador.

The Payment Systems Task Force will advocate for banks in the public debate about emerging mobile payments.

More than a year after prepaid company Netspend Holdings Inc. said it had signed a deal with Bancorp Inc., the retail bank said it had begun dolling out the cards.

Until the mid 1980s, most fraud went undiagnosed or misreported. The debate today seems to be whether the increasing digital landscape ends up increasing or decreasing fraud overall.

Mistakes happen when increasing business demands drive decisions that exceed what bank core systems can do. Unfortunately, those demands keep coming.

PayPal is reportedly planning to launch a mobile card reader that could help its nascent point of sale payment system reach small merchants.

First Data's system is designed to be more transparent than rival services. It verifies discounts when the purchase is made, not after the fact.

SunTrust Banks Inc. plans to unveil remote-deposit capture technology by this fall, as part of its efforts to upgrade the systems its checking customers use, an executive told American Banker on Monday.