Mobile technology

After two years of development and fundraising, Kerv Wearables says it is launching the Kerv Ring as a contactless payment device using a Mastercard prepaid account and the card brand's EMV chip technology.

Other quick serve establishments such as Starbucks have had challenges in managing the changes in customer flow that accompany order and pay.

Issuers are using mobile technology to bolster plastic cards, adding new features and controls for consumers.

Technology company says CU SoCal will have a unified platform for online and mobile banking.

Trustonic aims to monetize its services by supporting authentication methods such as biometrics, and managing tokens for high-value transactions,

Hiatus joins a growing market for companies that use payment analysis to help consumers manage and reduce expenses for recurring bills.

As more payment and financial services companies use the app store, there's vulnerability to new cyber attacks that try to take advantage.

It's not enough for a credit union to a mobile payment app—the CU’s app needs to be the first one members turn to when it comes time to pay.

The unit of Customers Bancorp considers the visualization and animation features of its new app, which will show users if their money is dwindling or growing and where it's going, special enough to apply for a patent.

Home improvement lender EnerBank USA expects half of its loans will be originated on the app it built *in-house*, which promises near-instant approvals.

With its WaveShades, Visa engages in a delicate balancing act of making its new payment wearable cool and trendy as any other fashion accessory without invoking the geekiness of the ill-fated Google Glass.

Taxi hailing and payment technology has been an important part of Verifone's mobile payment strategy, and this new move will fold Way2ride into Curb.

The technology complements Starbucks successful mobile technology, which includes a widely used payments app as well as rewards and order-ahead.

Consumers will be able to avoid manually entering a full account number on a mobile screen.

From frictionless payments to improved underwriting models, connected cars will rewrite the rules for how and where banks interact with their customers.

TD Bank's consumer chief Michael Rhodes explains what service means in the digital age, why stress-testing is a good thing and why the bank is in no rush to make another acquisition.

Regardless of what happens with the politically uncertain consumer bureau, consumer data access is an example of a CFPB issue that is apolitical.

The Cincinnati bank will be advised by QED Investors on its fintech strategy.

Jim Van Dyke, CEO of futurion, discusses the correlations between mobile deposit features, the ratings of those features, and app adoption.

The Open Financial Exchange has 7,000 installations. More than a decade ago, the industry saw the data standard as the solution to screen scraping, a practice that bedevils them today.