Banking

A ranking of the top 25 enterprise tech firms that have exposure to the financial services industry.

Who's making the big moves in the FinTech ranking? And what's driving their ascent or descent?

FIS President Gary Norcross and CEO Frank Martire discuss what it means for the company to nab the top spot in the 2012 FinTech 100.

We asked the leaders of the top 10 FinTech companies what's ahead for them and what it takes to be a great tech boss.

Heartland Payment Systems continued its mobile payment advancement, recently taking its Mobuyle card reader and software to Apple iOS mobile devices.

Google is extending AdWords Business Credit, a product-specific credit card created as an easier way to pay for online advertising campaigns, to the U.K. after testing it for over a year in the U.S.

The LevelUp mobile payment system, best known for providing free incentives to consumers and free payment processing to merchants, picked up 4,000 merchants and 300,000 end users since its July 2011 inception. But with so much being given away for free, is there a future for the startup once its new clients become regulars?

The Kansas City, Mo., firm blamed tougher capital rules for its decision to explore alternatives to the savings and loan holding company charter.

GREENBELT, Md. -- Educational Systems FCU, fresh off its merger with Rockville’s Montgomery County Teachers FCU, has begun construction on a new branch in nearby Prince Frederick, Md.

WEST JORDAN, Utah – Mountain America CU is opening its fourth Idaho branch and first in Boise.

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MIAMI LAKES, Fla. – JetStream FCU said yesterday it opened its newest branch last week in Carolina, Puerto Rico, near Luis Munoz Marin Airport.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Corporate credit unions, which have been largely ignored under NCUA’s liquidity proposal, are urging the agency to change the structure of the Central Liquidity Facility to give corporates direct access to the NCUA-operated lending fund.

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The gasoline retailer chose to roll out Paymedia after initially testing the technology at its corporate-owned sites in Austin, Texas.

The software, developed by the Duluth, Ga. ATM maker, allows SunTrust to track check deposits made from multiple locations, such as branches, ATMs, smartphones, as well as other channels.

NBT Bancorp's agreement to buy Alliance Financial in upstate New York is an M&A rarity — a deal worth more than $200 million that involves a healthy seller. More deals like this are expected and would kick-start bank dealmaking.

The agency is cracking down on three mortgage relief firms that promise to help cash-strapped borrowers hold onto their homes while delivering little help and driving them deeper into debt.

In a video interview with American Banker, former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair said that TAG should be extended, but phased out gradually over a two year timeframe.

Far removed from last year's Occupy-style protests in Chicago, customer experience shortcomings are still a big topic of discussion at 2012's BAI Retail Delivery Conference in Washington. New mobile innovation and social media advancements are two ways for banks to up their game.