Bank technology

A Canadian software provider is the first of many middleware companies that PayPal says is key to bringing its online payment system to the physical point of sale.

By the end of 2012, 110,000 BBVA employees will be using Google Apps for communication and collaboration.

Two community banks have recently implemented products, including mobile check capture and a rewards app, from Malauzai Software.

The research house says the European debt crisis will put a dent in IT spending and lead to a slew of bank collapses, though other analysts say the impact on U.S. bank IT will be muted, and delayed.

App lets institutional clients view portfolio and benchmark information on their tablet.

IBM-centric banks may now gravitate toward BIAN's services-oriented architecture framework.

Small ferry service lets riders pay using an Android phone, an iPhone or an iPad.

Only 24% of U.S. adults would feel safe buying something directly from a Facebook page.

Intuit is taking its GoPayment mobile card reader to Canada and is redesigning the product to make it more appealing to use.

Bank is letting customers bank on their Amazon Kindle Fire devices.

Fifth Third Bancorp has started a nationwide upgrade of its video surveillance systems from March Networks.

American Express is using scanning technology to enable merchant rewards programs to be delivered on the fly to handsets. As consumers get more familiar with scanning products while shopping, banks may be pressured to consider a barcode component to their marketing programs.

NFC-enabled smartphones from Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and Research In Motion have been approved for use with Visa payWave, Visa's mobile application for payments at the point-of-sale.

Larger banks may feel threatened by the string of new, aggressively priced prepaid cards, but a group of credit unions is attempting to instead embrace this trend by modifying their ATMs to sell fee-free stored-value cards.

Regions Bank has begun offering Secure Vault online payments, saying it prefers the method over ordinary automated clearinghouse payments.

Payments processor Total Systems Services Inc. has signed a new agreement with merchant services provider Pivotal Payments Inc., the companies said Tuesday.

Intel is using an authentication system from SecureKey Technologies in its Ultrabook computers.

Rising cybersecurity threats are pushing big banks to do something that doesn't come naturally for these secrecy-steeped institutions: share information with one another.

Associated Banc-Corp has selected Datacard CardWizard issuance software for instantly issuing debit cards.

Banks are asking for more data from card networks as they attempt to comply with new regulations capping debit card interchange fees, a Capital One executive said.