Bank technology

Two private equity investors have agreed to buy TransUnion.

Financial malware resurged and mobile wallets were busted open in the big security stories in the week through Feb. 16.

Offering person-to-person payments initially to its own customers, eventually to all U.K. bank customers.

The House Financial Services Committee passed a bill to ensure that data given to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will remain confidential. The panel also voted to repeal a controversial section of Dodd-Frank that requires FDIC-insured institutions to spin off their swaps desks.

PayPal, the most prominent player in the online-payments world, is consistently viewed as leaving NFC behind in its pursuit to secure a place in cloud-based mobile payments. But is it really?

The Minneapolis bank is bringing recycling services to branches that were too small to qualify for it before and using social media to gather new green ideas and communicate about its efforts.

Amex plans to release an updated version of its digital wallet Serve that will include all of its prepaid products, as well as incorporate deals and loyalty rewards.

The Internet search giant suffered a serious setback that adds more uncertainty to the future of digital payments.

First National Bank of the Gulf Coast has implemented a paperless system and other improvements as it looks for its first profitable quarter.

Jim McCarthy, global head of product at Visa, criticized PayPal's mobile-payment system Wednesday, suggesting a service the online payment provider is testing at some Home Depot stores could open customers up to fraud.

Competition between Amex, Discover, MasterCard, PayPal and Visa is fierce and intensifying. What would Facebook's angle be if it aspired to build a broader payments business?

PayPal, with 106.3 million active users, clearly has no trouble signing up consumer accounts. But it is now partnering with banks to sign up even more.

The security problems with mobile wallets are thorny and complex. Any misstep, however temporary, could erode the delicate trust banks and technology companies are trying to build around mobile payments.

In a pair of new ventures, Citigroup and Mint.com are tailoring personal financial management content to demographic segments — a relatively unused but emerging use of PFM.

Aiming to capitalize on new regulations that will require derivatives to be traded on an exchange, State Street Corp. in Boston announced Wednesday that it is launching a new electronic platform for over-the-counter swaps.

Low acquisition costs, real-time data and an automated process enable Kabbage to extend credit lines to small businesses profitably; the addition of shipping data will give the company a fuller picture of borrowers' transactions.

Old Second Bancorp has agreed to use IronKey's Trusted Access security with its online banking and payments offerings.

Intuit has added a new tablet banking product for banks and credit unions.

Rome- and Milan-based bank is using software from TeaLeaf to watch and fix customer's problems online.

SmartyPig is opening an office in India to sell its social media software to the country's financial services companies.