Banking

New research from The Adcom Group of Companies details consumers' pet peeves about mobile apps.

Alma Bank, a new bank in Queens, was quickly becoming overwhelmed with documents and made the decision to automate.

As Heartland Financial grew larger, it needed a better way to produce detailed reports on its commercial loan portfolio and to measure risk.

UMB Bank is finding that requiring customers to choose a loyalty program on their card at the point of purchase can lead to precise marketing.

Now that Commonwealth Bank of Australia has completed its high-profile, four-year core conversion, CIO Michael Harte is shifting attention to customer analytics and real-time decisions.

A look at how banks, and Bank Technology News, rode out Superstorm Sandy.

Banks and their vendors are just starting to re-craft their software to work with Microsoft's new operating system.

The search giant brings in $100 million in revenue every 24 hours in its AdWords search and web display advertising business. Financial services is the top category.

The recession is over for bank tech jobs, but challenges remain. There will be lots of opportunities for people with skills in emerging areas such as cloud computing, social networking and "big data."

Bank of America introduced its own mobile payment dongle for merchants in early November, shifting the war to enable handsets to accept payments into high gear. Who's next?

Two startups and some established players are creating mobile apps that help consumers figure out which credit card makes the most sense for a given transaction.

Open Solutions' Louis Hernandez makes the case for tech collaboration as a means to reach younger age groups.

Five questions about Hurricane Sandy with Colleen Taylor, executive vice president, Capital One.

Which technology companies will break new ground in financial services in the coming year? Purveyors of analytics, responsive design, and services for the underbanked were among those from which our editorial team expects big things in 2013.

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The computing company said Thursday it has completed a data center for Fidelity Bank in Ghana that features advances in energy efficiency, performance and disaster recovery.

The $755 million-asset New Mexico Banquest announced Friday it would be acquired by Strategic Growth Bancorp, an El Paso company founded by father-and-son team Bill and Pablo Sanders.

Home Federal Bancorp (HOME) in Nampa, Idaho, said Friday that it is closing four branches in Oregon as part of its ongoing effort to reduce overhead and improve efficiency.

Alternative payments company Dwolla launched three new services that further open up its network to new consumer users, merchants and third party developers.

Ameris Bancorp (ABCB) in Moultrie, Ga., will redeem preferred shares it had issued to the Treasury Department as part of the Trouble Asset Relief Program.