Bank technology

Prepaid card provider nFinanSe Inc. has asked the U.S. District Court in Atlanta to stop InComm Inc. from operating its new Vanilla Reload Network.

With so much attention on turning mobile phones into payment devices through hardware upgrades, banks may be missing a growing opportunity in the mobile Web browser.

The Zappos data breach, wherein thieves stole partial credit-card numbers from the shoe-marketing giant, may demonstrate that merchants have taken key steps to prevent the theft of full account numbers.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argenteria of Madrid and Google have teamed up to offer forecasts on economic activity for certain sectors within Spain.

Ingenico is working with PayPal on what the companies say is a faster way to improve the point of sale than investing in contactless mobile payments.

Wikipedia and the White House have weighed in against SOPA. If payments processors and banks don't want to be front-line enforcers of copyrights, now's the time to lobby for changes.

IBM has unveiled new collaboration software and services that will allow companies to apply analytics to their internal communications and store data in the cloud.

Daymond John, the founder of the FUBU clothing brand and a star of the ABC reality series "Shark Tank," offered bankers and payments executives some advice on picking up girls - er, customers.

Celent research finds that by 2013, 15 of the largest 25 banks will offer corporate mobile banking.

Microsoft is making its Kinect motion controller easier to use in banking settings. Kinect, which was designed to be a hands-free video game controller, has already been used to allow a Russian bank's customers to interact with a window display.

Ingenico has begun integrating PayPal's payment system with its point of sale terminals.

"Wallet" doesn't actually provide mobile payments, but collects rewards points for other mobile wallet programs.

The Spanish bank will distribute 1 million contactless cards, 17,000 contactless payment terminals and 500 contactless-card-reading ATMs in the city.

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The digital currency Bitcoin was conceived as a rebellion against the financial establishment. But it may also present business opportunities for banks that can get comfortable with the risks.

The French terminal maker Ingenico is working with iMobile3 to promote mobile retail payments through a collaboration called iMRP.

The volatility's immediate impact so far has been on the IT pundit class, which is busy re-crunching bank spending numbers.

Bank CIO Jose Olalla says the use of Google Apps will change the way people work, and incidentally cut costs.

A warning about Zeus malware; banks consider teamwork in the fight against fraud; an alleged ID-theft ring with low-tech methods gets busted; and more.

Ping An Bank hopes the new system will improve customer service, operations and risk management.