Mobile banking

The House Financial Services Committee passed 13 bills (and scrapped a vote on one) Wednesday, including one that would stop Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from being released by the government and another hailed as helping the underbanked in rural areas.

Two different credit unions have seen success offering new mobile functionalities that meet specific pain points for members.

For the second week in a row, the CFPB's leadership shakeout dominated readers' attention, while a regional banker discussed efforts to fight hacking and the impact of the tax cuts, and bitcoin's price soared.

Bank of America is launching several upgrades to its mobile app meant to make the product more fun and essential to customers' daily lives. It is also expanding digital-only branches through which customers communicate with staff by video.

With millions of Alexa and Google Home devices now in use, first-mover banks are rapidly developing services to let customers control their finances using only their voice — even if there are still many kinks to work out.

Jiko hopes to convince consumers that their funds will be safe in Treasury bills, while also generating higher returns than they would in traditional bank accounts.

Virtual assistants at banks in Israel, Canada and Hong Kong are getting smarter thanks to artificial intelligence.

Jayne Opperman is the third new tech hire the bank has made this month.

Brett Pitts joins from Wells Fargo, where he most recently was executive vice president and group head of digital.

Mike Warriner joins the bank with a focus on setting its digital platform strategy.

U.K. startup Flux has signed up a few banks for its platform that delivers real-time receipts to mobile banking apps. The problem is that few retailers are interested, and experts say that’s not likely to change any time soon.

As consumers’ personal information is compromised almost daily, hackers are increasingly targeting banks.

As use of smartphone apps begins to surpass online channels at some institutions, banks are facing pressure to offer clients more robust services.

The regional bank’s first-year CEO is doing some expected things, like offering more products through digital channels, and making a few surprising moves, like inviting all credit card customers to switch to lower-rate loans.

Adding retirement accounts broadens the app's offerings to millennial clients.

Mobile banking, oddly enough, is redefining the role of call center agents as customers handle routine tasks on their smartphones and reach out for help with bigger-picture questions.

The biggest thing going for recent mobile apps launched by Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase may not be any digital innovation associated with them.

The banks' newest offerings hope to attract young clients and keep them there for life. But they face stiff competition.

Community banks are spending on technology to expand without having to build new branches.

Telcos have long hoped to play a key role in mobile payments, and the mobile-only Orange Bank is a major push toward that goal.