Bank technology

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

Mobile banking, virtualization and imaging technology dominated this year's Top 10 Community Bank IT Initiatives. Thad Hutcheson at T Bank stood out from the pack for smart in-house/outsource decisions.

Some of the banks on this year's list wrote to us about their top IT projects, others were nominated by vendors, and still others we knew of through our work in the field. All demonstrated a thoughtful approach to technology, despite modest budgets.

New strains of malware are targeting online and mobile banking applications and existing threats continue. More banks' IT and security teams are taking a proactive stance.

The last remaining hurdles to electronic signatures - and therefore electronic mortgage documents - are coming down, albeit slowly.

Unsecured wireless access points such as airports are prone to hacking, and even encrypted data is vulnerable. Governance, detection and virtual networks can help.

The four largest U.S. banks need to make some budget changes and improve collaboration.

For Robert Landstein, the key to First Trade Union Bank's growth initiative starts with a process as simple as snapping a picture.

Latest step in the bank's transformation from Banco Popular to the more Americanized and digitized Popular Community Bank.

American Express announced Tuesday a new Facebook application that allows the social network's users to send and receive funds.

Now that PayPal is rolling out its point of sale payment system to all Home Depot Inc. stores, the payments company must make sure its terms are good enough to keep its most prominent retail partner happy.

The bank, which is increasingly reliant on remote access and the use of staffers' own tech devices, is deploying new data protections that allow it to avoid the expense of defending each endpoint.

BancVue of Austin, Texas is exiting the credit card business in order to devote more attention to its primary business of helping banks and credit unions attract more customers through high-yield checking and savings products.

Multi-device, multi-year agreement to develop mobile commerce solutions for smartphones and tablets; Intel Atom chip already certified for use with Visa payWave.

Banks and consultants are looking to improve money laundering detection systems using lessons adapted from their fight against consumer fraud.

eBay Inc.'s online payments arm, PayPal Inc., announced Tuesday that it is expanding its partnership with Home Depot Inc. and increasing its acceptance at all of Home Depot's stores nationwide.

In the weeks leading up to April 15, tax accounting giant H&R Block is top of mind for many people. The company came out with an iPad app for its Emerald Card customers in mid February.

The software platform deployed by Big Horn Federal Savings Bank worked well for many years. But sweeping changes in the banking market forced the bank to re-evaluate its technology platform.

Forward Financial Bank sees an opportunity to ply new electronic signatures to reduce the use of paper, pens, closing times — and erase a host of inaccuracies.

Even in banking, sometimes less is more. Bank of York in South Carolina learned that during the summer of 2011 when it streamlined its ComplianceOne loan document management system.