Bank technology

Square, an early and successful contender in mobile payment acceptance, has launched a new system that it says can replace a traditional cash register.

EVP and director of mobile strategies Alejandro Carriles shares details of the bank's new iPhone app and mobile banking plans, including why it's allowing direct registration from a mobile device and why it handles all development in-house.

The carrier mobile payment venture Isis said Monday that it is working with several major payment system providers to allow merchants to accept its system at the point of sale.

Hancock Bank of Gulfport, Miss., was losing the fight against fraud in certain channels. Their odds improved after working with the vendor of their fraud system, ACI.

Barclaycard US is courting customers who are frustrated by hidden bank charges with a credit card that lays bare not only its fees but also its profitability for the issuer.

U.S. bankers and telecom providers seeking to crack the code on how to successfully implement and accelerate mobile payments can take a lesson from their peers in Kenya. This country is at the forefront of a mobile banking revolution that is empowering its citizens and opening up new lines of commerce.

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Speculation as to the motives of large retailers, such as Target and Wal-Mart, who are creating their own mobile wallet system abound. But there's no question the merchants seek better transaction security and control over customer data.

A European coalition of bank regulators says domains such as .bank are prime for phishing and other web crime. Proponents of the new domains, such as BITS, beg to differ.

Complex calculations can be made using Microsoft's Windows Azure servers rather than on an expensive server farm on premises.

Alleged card thieves were captured and a bank robbery suspect threatened to use weapons of mass destruction in the big security stories the week through March 1.

For small merchants who want to accept mobile transactions, Apple makes the go-to machines, the iPad and the iPhone. But Apple has some company: Google is cultivating the same market for its Android devices.

Mobile device management software vendor plans to use RSA's two-factor authentication mechanism in its apps for smartphones.

Bill.com has developed technology that gives businesses a view into future payments and receivables.

Fiserv is merging its two person-to-person payment offerings, Popmoney and ZashPay, and will market the combined offering as Popmoney.

Five Questions with Tracey Weber, head of Internet and mobile banking for North America consumer, Citigroup

MP Bank, one of the few remaining banks in Iceland, struggled to keep up with a wave of new customers and wary regulators after the country's financial crisis.

American Banker research shows bankers' biggest motivation for developing mobile apps is to deepen customer relationships.

Rather than waste recruiters' time with endless rounds of phone tag, Associated Bank now interviews potential front-office workers through an automated call first.

Georgia Bank & Trust has found that an automated approach to software patches brings compliance benefits.