Retail Banking Strategies Featured Articles

• Banks’ Web Sites Expose Users to Identity Theft
  Three in four bank Web sites put online customers at risk for ID theft, study says.
• Visa, Banks In Mobile Alert Pilot
  
• Costello Hired as Retail Chief at Republic First
  
• Federico Joins First Bank in IT Role
  
• NYCE Adds More FIs to its SUM ATM Program
  
• Huge Need for Red Flag Info, FIS Seminars Suggest
  
• Former BITS Chairman Receives Leadership Award
  
• Umpqua Bank Expands Fiserv Relationship
  
• Accuity Releases Suspicious Activity Reporting Control System
  
• Commerce Branch Robbed, as FBI Sees National Bank Robberies Rise
  
• Banks Increasingly Are Creating Vendor Management Offices
  The vendor management office takes on a greater role as regulators pressure banks to run tighter ships. Doing so while maintaining a climate of collaboration is the key to success.
• Mobile Banking: Weighing the Lessons Learned
  On the way to growing its mobile banking customer base to more than 1 million users, Bank of America has successfully addressed a number of technological, cultural and marketing-related issues.
• Without Careful Management, E-Mail Can Become a Liability
  Technologies can help banks protect customers from e-mail fraud while keeping e-mail from becoming a productivity and legal liability.
• E-Mail Fraud Comes in Many Shapes
  Each bank must determine the specific type of fraud it wishes to protect against and then target the use of technologies to minimize or avoid that threat.
• The Truth Is, E-Mail Security Can Never Be 100 Percent Effective
  A bank's best bet is to be in a position to defend itself and detect wrongdoing as soon as possible after an e-mail security breach.
• Banks Should Empower Recipients in the Fight Against E-Mail Fraud
  In addition to implementing authentication protocols, banks should ensure that e-mail recipients understand e-mail dangers and control their own fates.
• The E-Mail Archive Can Also Serve as a Security Solution
  Implementing an e-mail archiving solution will enable banks to detect security breaches and flag potential violations for a compliance officer.
• First National Bank of Omaha’s Rajive Johri Is Teaching an Old Bank New Tricks
  First National Bank of Omaha President Rajive Johri is working to transform the 150-year-old bank's legacy environment.
• Three in Four Banks Exposed to Fraud Online: U Mich study
  
• Adobe Expands LiveCycle Enterprise Suite for Customer Engagement
  The expanded set of solutions includes new components for rapid development of content-rich applications.
• Improved iPhone 3G Still Must Prove Itself to Bankers
  
• Visa, Facebook Target Small-Business Owners With Social Networking
  The Visa Business Network offers banks a captive community of small-business owners.
• RSA Offers New Security Tokens for Online Banking
  On the heels of its first token for users' cell phones, RSA has one for consumers' wallets.
• Citi Managed Identity Services Promotes Use of Digital Identities
  
• Barclays Reports 1m UK Customers Online, Zero Fraud
  
• Banks to use Radio Tags to Track Computers and Cash
  
• Cyveillance Solution Now Features SMShing Tool
  
• IBM Unveils Virtual Teller Kiosk of the Future
  IBM hopes to boost self-service banking for less technically savvy consumers with its new teller-assisted kiosk.
• Biometrics: The End of Authentication as We Know It?
  A new biometric standard for financial services could boost adoption of the technology.
• In Wake of Credit Crunch, Service Remains Key to Profits
  Even amid economic turmoil and looming regulatory changes, making a profit, exceeding customer expectations and maintaining a knowledgeable staff remain the cornerstones to good business.
• Silva Joins S1 Enterprise
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• Peter Makohon Keeps Wachovia Secure on the Cyber Front Lines
  
• Adobe Announces LiveCycle Updates
  
• New Javelin Study Finds Untapped Market for Mobile Banking
  Banks should look beyond Web banking customers for new mobile banking users, Javelin says.
• Banks Are Not Ready for Red Flag Regulation
  As the deadline for 'red flag' ID theft legislation nears, many banks still are waiting for more clear direction.
• Citizens Bank Rolls Out GoldTracks Records Management System
  Financial Systems & Equipment's solution tracks loans throughout their life cycle for increased time and budget efficiencies.
• Chesapeake System Solutions Releases T-Recs Enterprise Financial Reconciliation Solution
  The all-in-one application automates reconciliation of cash and noncash accounts.
• Commerce State Bank Moves to Metavante
  
• ICBA Continues Agreement with BancIntelligence
  
• Significant Enhancements Upgrades to S1 Banking Suite