Bank technology

Open Solutions Inc. said Monday that it has acquired Weiland Financial Group Inc., a Bannockburn, Ill., provider of account management software.

Debit issuers need "radical thinking" to generate more volume and more revenue from their cards, a survey report from First Data Corp. concluded.

In an incident that highlights the growing security challenges around wireless apps, Citigroup said its iPhone app accidentally saved personal account information in a hidden file on users' iPhones.

CreditCall Ltd. is developing a mobile-payment application to enable merchants to accept secure chip-and-PIN transactions on Blackberry and other smart phones, the United Kingdom-based payment processor announced last week.

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A start-up vendor aims to alleviate the chore of compliance with a variety of "nagware" applications that remind bankers when it's time to do something.

A start-up vendor aims to alleviate the chore of compliance with a variety of "nagware" applications that remind bankers when it's time to do something.

Datacard Group, a Minnetonka, Minn., provider of identification and card personalization services, has acquired longtime partner Datacard South Pacific Pty. Ltd.

Square Inc. is open to the idea of letting third parties distribute its mobile card-acceptance technology, according to executives.

Shares of eBay Inc. rose Thursday after the company's second-quarter results dispelled some of the fears that had weighed the stock down significantly over the past three months.

A Boston independent sales organization called Merchant Warehouse Inc. is betting that the financial reform regulations will spur merchants, and small ones in particular, to use software to find the lowest debit processing rates.

Merchants that struggle to pay for breach-related costs might get some help from their merchant acquirers.

Total System Services Inc. has reached a deal to support Tesco Personal Finance PLC's portfolio of 2.4 million credit cards in the U.K.

Banks are further opening the spigot for technology spending, if Fidelity National Information Services Inc.'s earnings are any indication.

Financial institutions that lack robust analytical approaches and rely on large investigative teams are working at a decided disadvantage.

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Examining the likelihood of "timing attacks"; Mozilla add-on allegedly steals passwords of thousands of users; viruses may be lurking in your Desktop shortcuts; and more.

Visa Europe has introduced an information management system for its commercial cards. The Visa IntelliLink Spend Management system, announced Thursday, lets commercial cardholders view and manage their business spending.

Use of mobile banking services is growing significantly, but it has not yet become a mainstream service, according to a report from IDC Financial Insights.

One hundred fifty credit unions have agreed to offer members a mobile banking service based on software from Fiserv Inc., including 84 that are already using it.