Mobile banking

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The CEO of Citi’s innovation group says she and her staff of industry outsiders are driving change within the 215-year-old bank.

Customers of the Pittsburgh company were unable to access their accounts via online and mobile channels for several hours on Tuesday.

The chatbot at DBS’s digital bank in India handles most customer service questions but can also sense when it is time to hand something off to a real person.

The most innovative projects shared at Digital Banking 2017 involve embedding banking in popular devices and apps like Facebook Messenger and Amazon Echo.

Digital banking services should solve consumers' problems and offer them advice, and they must rely on artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technology, bankers from TD, RBC and Bank of the West said.

Too many consumers don't fully understand how the apps work and don’t trust that their data is secure, a new J.D. Power study shows.

The financial institution-owned person-to-person network formally went live Monday, enabling direct transfer of funds across 30 U.S. FIs. There are a lot of questions around whether it can compete with the current kings of P-to-P — Venmo and PayPal — but Zelle may not be aiming to take them head-on just yet.

Financial institutions are understandably concerned about sharing sensitive member data, but a fintech startup with credit union DNA is looking to change that.

The bank-owned person-to-person network formally went live Monday, enabling direct transfer of funds across 30 U.S. financial institutions. There are a lot of questions around whether it can compete with the current kings of P-to-P — Venmo and PayPal — but Zelle may not be aiming to take them head-on just yet.

This morning the bank owned P-to-P network, Zelle, is formally going live, enabling direct transfer of funds across thirty U.S. financial institutions over the course of the next twelve months. There are a lot of questions around whether it can compete with the current kings of P-to-P — Venmo and its parent company PayPal — but Zelle may not be aiming to take them head-on just yet.

Mobile remote deposit capture is said to be just the first of many tech patents the company will seek to enforce. That could cost banks that use its technologies a lot of money.

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The following is a recap of the 2017 slate of honorees picked by the tech journalists at American Banker, led by Digital Banker of the Year Michelle Moore of Bank of America and including four finalists.

Alice Milligan has pushed Citi to introduce dozens of mobile enhancements intended to simplify customers' interactions with the bank.

At CIBC, Aayaz Pira is quickly turning ideas into apps, including its new mortgage one, with the help of its recently formed innovation hub.

Two studies and mobile banking providers offer insights into what consumers want out of a mobile banking offering -- and the upcoming functionalities that are most likely to captivate users.

Regions Financial's tool that helps customers find the right account for themselves is among the reasons why Andy Hernandez is a Digital Banker of the Year finalist.

New fintech apps are interacting more and more with members financial lives, but many credit unions aren't part of the equation.