Bank technology

CoreLogic's FinalCheck suite of quality control software is now accessible from the Ellie Mae loan origination system.

FreedomPay Inc. announced Friday that it is opening up its payment and transaction gateway to third-party developers.

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. updated its Virtual Wallet app for the iPhone Monday to include mobile check capture.

More than 10% of U.S. consumers had set up mobile banking services in 2009 but a smaller proportion actually used the services, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

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First Data Corp. is launching an improved fraud detection system that shares information anonymously about the online purchases of retailers' customers.

Banks are focusing on customers, not criminals, as they seek to improve security outside of traditional branch banking.

More and more bank managers are slowly coming around to the fact that thousands of conversations are occurring online every day about their brands, and not surprisingly, many of them aren't very nice.

The parent company of the marketing firm Epsilon said potential client losses are the biggest risk it faces from a data breach that exposed customers' email addresses.

Many small-business owners in search of online banking and cash management services are turning to third-party vendors, which are innovating in those areas faster than banks.

The parent company of marketing firm Epsilon said Wednesday that potential client losses are the biggest risk it faces from a data breach that exposed customers' email addresses.

Fiserv Inc., of Brookfield, Wis., on Wednesday said more than 3,300 financial institutions are using its remote deposit capture services.

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A San Francisco company has introduced a system designed to facilitate deployment of near-field communication payments and other contactless services by resolving fragmentation and interoperability issues.

The mobile payment venture Isis is shaping its first major test around a lesson banks have learned with contactless payments: To change the way consumers pay, a payment system should change the way they pay to get to work.

Google and the FTC reach a settlement over violations of its own privacy policy; authorities in Frankfurt arrest six people in a widespread coin fraud ring; and more.

Mortgage banks must adapt their strategies to stay competitive. They must leverage all forms of social media to their advantage and convey their value proposition in a consistent and persuasive fashion.

Isis, the mobile payment venture founded by AT&T Inc., Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA, said it is opening up its network and preparing for a pilot next year.

Citigroup Inc. said Monday that its global transaction services division has received the bank readiness certification from the international bank consortium Swift.

Hyperion Bank in Philadelphia, Pa., said Monday that it is using Open Solutions Inc.'s DNA core processing system.