PLANO, Texas — Alkami Technology, Inc., a provider of digital banking solutions, said Syracuse, N.Y.-based Empower Federal Credit Union has selected the company's ORB Platform for digital banking.

Retailers and financial institutions are teaming up to improve the flow of information regarding cybersecurity.

Selfies, or self-portraits typically taken with a smartphone's camera, are an all-too-common consumer habit. And the practice is now migrating to formal business use, such as for authentication.

By poaching Ruth Porat from Morgan Stanley, it's clear Google wants to forge closer relationships with banks. That's because banks hold the key to helping Google expand its Google Wallet mobile-payments product.

It's a sure thing that the founders of the Pony Express in 1860 didn't have a futuristic vision in mind of what a digital Pony Express might look like — but Google Inc. reportedly has chosen that branding for its next payment service.

Retailers and bankers are teaming up to improve the flow of information regarding cybersecurity.

Lendio, an online lending marketplace for small business, raised $20.5 million of equity capital in a recently completed funding round.

BURBANK, Calif. — Three years ago Burbank Community Federal Credit Union rebranded itself as UMe Federal Credit Union. With a mobile-first product strategy, the $165 million CU has realized significant market gains, including a 30% jump in real estate lending.

Zumigo, an identity provider, is expanding the reach of its mobile location verification service to online merchants.

Mobile payments will replace cash and cards. Or the technology will stall for lack of consumer interest. It all depends on which report you read.

There is a growing opportunity for health care providers to benefit from adding a self-service option, particularly as the portion of revenue they get directly from patients increases.

EBay Inc., which is spinning off its PayPal division later this year, plans to pay each of the two new companies' chief executive officers $14 million in total compensation after the split.

London's Powa Technologies and AnywhereCommerce, a mobile payments technology firm based in Montreal, are teaming up to integrate their payment development software.

BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Fiserv, Inc., provider of financial services technology solutions, said Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union has expanded its relationship with the company by adding multiple digital solutions.

SAN DIEGO — Credit union core processor Corelation, Inc., said it has signed seven credit unions and converted three previously signed clients to its open architecture system, KeyStone, in the first three months of 2015.

The design of Square Cash's new "$Cashtag" system may seem like a cutesy move to appeal to more consumers, but the underlying changes to the app show that Square's new focus is all business.

In keeping with the growing market for global e-commerce payments, Stripe has developed a new version of its Connect service tailored for international startups.

Western Union and Hyperwallet, a payment tech firm, will partner to launch a new global mass payment product.

An employee's careless tweet or Facebook status update can pose big risks to financial firms, but social media is still a necessary tool for engaging with younger customers.

EBay Inc. appointed two independent directors in advance of its planned spinoff of online-payment platform PayPal this year.