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Data Security: How Much Is Enough?
11/4/2005As Congress considers legislation to protect customer accounts, card issuers toughen their own data-security requirements
Banks Told To Step Up Security Against Identity Theft
10/21/2005Regulators give them until end of 2006 to add two-step protection
Feds Order Banks To Strengthen Online Authentication
10/18/2005Regulators say the use of single-factor authentication is inadequate for safeguarding against account fraud and identity theft.
Banks Moving to Implement Service-Oriented Architecture
10/17/2005Worldwide expansion, process efficiency, greater customer sophistication, emergence of new competition, and increased regulatory demands are forcing banks to improve systems, a survey shows.
Bank Deploys Anti-Money Laundering System
10/11/2005Standard Chartered has deployed anti-money laundering software from Norkom Technologies to monitor banking transactions and terrorist watch lists for high-risk transactions.
FirstMerit Bank Harnesses IBM Storage Virtualization
10/6/2005By using IBM's SAN Volume Controller. the bank's host applications can address much-larger storage arrays.
Financial Firms Declare War On Hacking
9/22/2005The focus is on eliminating vulnerabilities by building security into applications rather than relying on perimeter security tools.
Top Company: What's In Capital One's Wallet?
9/16/2005An information-driven strategy that blends all areas of business.
IBM Showcases Tech Innovations For Financial Services
8/16/2005The company has new biometric-security, risk-management, and customer-service technology under development at R&D lab.
National City Banks On TransUnion Cross-Selling System
7/29/2005Software analyzes criteria such as estimated income and debt-to-income ratios to help the bank decide whom to extend credit-card offers to.
HSBC And SAS Building Advanced Card-Fraud-Detection System
7/21/2005Bank losses from credit-card fraud dropped to $788 million last year from $882 million in 2003.
Crunch Time For Payment Processors
7/15/2005Transaction-service companies hustle to comply with security standards
City National Bank Loses Backup Tapes During Transport
7/14/2005Latest tape loss spotlights the need for better security of transported data, including encrypting sensitive information.
Banks Will Provide ID-Theft Data To FTC
7/5/2005Move will help law enforcement spot large-scale ID-theft schemes.
Congress Responds To Data-Security Fears
7/1/2005Legislation would mandate data-security programs and consumer notification
Banking for the 21st Century
7/1/2005Jay Spahr, Senior Vice President of E-Commerce, Salem Five Bank
CardSystems, MasterCard and Visa Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit In California
6/30/2005The suit alleges that CardSystems violated Visa and MasterCard rules against storing consumer information.
Banks Scramble To Contain Damage From CardSystems Hacking Incident
6/22/2005Washington Mutual cancels 1,400 credit cards used to commit fraud, and others could follow suit.
Security Breach Exposes Data On Millions Of Payment Cards
6/17/2005As many as 40 million cards may have been exposed, making it the largest breach of personal financial data in a string of recent cases.
Visa System Targets Credit-Fraud Rings
6/17/2005Now it's up to banks to work this latest weapon against ID theft into their systems.
Banks Not Doing Enough To Stop ID Theft: Report
6/15/2005Credit-card issuers focus too much on ID theft resolution, rather than prevention and detection.
New Visa Technology Detects Fraud Rings
6/14/2005Advanced Authorization detects transactions using numbers acquired through phishing and ID theft.
More Scrutiny Applied To Protecting Data
6/10/2005Latest incident: UPS loses Citigroup tapes with data on 3.9 million customers
Even Taxi Cabs Are Worried About Consumer Data Security
6/8/2005TNS, a credit-card-payment service provider, has begun encrypting consumer data passing across wireless networks.
Citigroup Reports Lost Tapes Contain Data On 3.9 Million Customers
6/6/2005The incident is the latest in a string of cases involving lost or stolen consumer data.
Driving Business Speed With Technology
6/1/2005Niraj Patel, EVP and CIO, GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp.
Bank Of America Offers Authentication Plan To Battle Online Scams
5/26/2005The new service relies on two-way authentication to battle thieves who try to steal information by posing as a bank's legitimate site.
Executive Profiles: Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, GMAC, Freddie Mac, and SSGA
5/20/2005Five business-technology execs outline strategies that help their companies navigate a fast-changing, competitive market.
Data-Security Laws Sprout In Wake Of Breaches
5/13/2005Federal-agency data-security guidelines for financial-service firms could be extended to other industries.
MasterCard Shuts Down 1,400 Phishing Sites
5/10/2005But the number of phishing sites continued to grow by 26% per month between July and February.
Information Vendors Back Disclosure Law
5/6/2005The loss or theft of customer data highlights the need for better security
Good Things Come in Small Packages
5/3/2005Corey Davis, Chief Technology Officer, Richland County Bank
Time Warner Discloses Loss Of Backup Tapes
5/2/2005Tapes contained personal information on current and former employees.
Data Losses Blamed On Stores And Software
4/29/2005Poor security practices and software flaws may leave data open to theft or loss
Wachovia Rolls Out Web-Based Mortgage System
4/29/2005System is built on reusable software components that can be deployed to third-party portals.
Fidelity And Metavante Report Record Contract Renewals
4/28/2005Demand remains high for financial-processing technology and services.
Reports Of Identity Theft Continue To Rise
4/15/2005Congress considers law to fight problem as companies report more breaches
Storage Managers: Data Security Is Top Concern
4/15/2005Few cite regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA as a major worry; managing stored data next-greatest concern
Big Bucks In Micropayments
4/14/2005Businesses are learning that even small payments can add up, and vendors are offering services to make those transactions possible
Banks Make Permanent Free ID-Theft Assistance
4/13/2005The Identity Theft Assistance Center spares victims the hassle of contacting creditors individually and repeatedly having to prove their identity. By creating a rapid-response system, the center shortens the time thieves have to operate and builds evidence that can be used against them in court.
Commerzbank To Consolidate On IBM Storage Devices
4/1/2005The German bank also has plans to create a virtual storage system with 450 terabytes of capacity.
Engineering Change
3/31/2005Chris Wrenn, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, HVB Americas & David Dart, Chief Information Officer, HVB Americas
Gaining Strength From Sarbox
3/18/2005Sarbanes-Oxley compliance may be a burden, but it's helping some companies improve operations at various levels
Wells Fargo Web-Enables ATMs
3/2/2005The ATM network is integrated with Wells Fargo's bank-branch, call-center, and online-banking systems.
Plumtree Adds Financial-Services Companies To Customer Roster
2/28/2005First Franklin and Banknorth Insurance will implement portal software for business intelligence and claims processing.
SunTrust Banks Inks Deal With Micropayments Processor
2/22/2005Some 14 million Americans made digital-content purchases valued at $2 or less last year.
Citigroup and HSBC Deploy Fundtech
2/11/2005Citigroup and HSBC deploy Fundtech software to update technology and meet regulatory requirements
Bank of America Hit With Lawsuit Over Electronic Transaction
2/10/2005Incident raises questions about online banking systems' vulnerability to hacking incidents.
Citigroup Sells Travelers Unit To MetLife For $11.5 Billion
1/31/2005Move may signal the end of the "financial supermarket" that provides banking, insurance, and investment services.
Wells Fargo Acquires Stake In Check-Imaging Company
1/11/2005Demand for sharing check images between banks is growing under the Check 21 legislation.
Fidelity Continues To Build Scale in Banking Software
3/10/2004It's not just the banks that are consolidating, but the software providers, as well.
IBM Debuts Integration Solutions
3/10/2004Vertical approach helps banks' compliance efforts.
Sharpening Aim at Retail Banking
1/14/2004Microsoft angles for retail banks' business with solutions that aim for customer-centricity.
7-Eleven Moves Beyond Convenience-Store Fare
12/22/2003Retailer installs kiosks that provide financial and E-commerce services.
Lending's Winding Road
12/16/2003Loan institutions are finding innovative ways to cope with a seismic shift in their business.
Building A Flagship Operation
12/1/2003PNC CIO's drive for excellence serves the company well as it trims $40 million and adds custom services.
Proposed Bank Merger Would Push Technology Envelope
10/28/2003The planned acquisition of FleetBoston by Bank of America would generate $1 billion in cost savings, with some of that money going into strategic investments.
Banks Upgrade Check Fraud Detection
10/2/2003Bank of New York is among those implementing a positive-payee system to identify checks with changes to the payee line.
Software Helps Banks Comply With Patriot Act
9/23/2003As financial institutions scramble to comply with the federal government's Oct. 1 deadline for implementing strict customer-identification procedures, they're looking for technology to scour transactions for patterns of fraud.
Middleburg Believes in Integration
9/1/2003Project integrates core, Web and mortgage systems to increase efficiency.
Banks Launch Nostro Service
6/27/2003Banks chose Cable & Wireless Real-Time Nostro as a standard infrastructure for sharing Nostro information.
FSTC Project Targets Web Services
6/27/2003FSTC works to establish Web services standards for corporate banking.
Bank Bytes
6/27/2003India Opens National ATM Switch
6/27/2003Euronet Worldwide, an e-payment technology company, has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India to operate a national shared ATM switch, with Industrial Development Bank of India as the settlement bank.
Fleet Installs Expense Tracking System
6/27/2003Fleet National Bank selects expense management system from Zeborg.
UBOC Aims to Expand Global Payments Capabilities
6/27/2003Union Bank of CA selects S1 for global payment capabilities.
U.S. Bancorp Taps E-Learning System
6/27/2003U.S. Bancorp uses Pathlore training system for 15,000 employees.
Banks Face Excess Capacity, Experts Say
6/27/2003Declining volume of checks will leave banks with excess check processing capacity.
Georgia Credit Union Taps Open Solutions
6/27/2003GA credit union selects Open Solutions' product for core transaction processing.
Bank of Hawaii Installs INEA Suite
6/27/2003Bank of Hawaii selects performance management system from INEA.
Busy Signal
6/27/2003Banks continue to push customers to adopt the wireless channel.
Debit Card Usage Is Rising
6/27/2003Consumers prefer to make small transaction via Debit payment.
Union Planters Offers Payroll Card
6/27/2003Union Planters Bank is offering a new payroll option that gives companies the ability to use stored value card technology to replace the costly and often time-consuming paper paycheck process.
First Data Offers Secure ACH Service
6/27/2003First Data Corp. and Hagenuk, a provider of secure card readers, have introduced a Web-based solution for Automated Clearing House (ACH) payment transactions.
Penn Trust Taps SEI
5/27/2003Pennsylvania Trust renews its trust department outsourcing contract with SEI Investments for another six years.
Citigroup Debuts Aggregation Service
5/27/2003Citigroup Private Bank has introduced a client account analysis and reporting tool.
Personal Protection
5/27/2003Consumer demand for better ID security has banks scrambling to upgrade identification, verification and authentication procedures and practices
Missouri-based Bank Taps Aurum
5/27/2003North American Savings Bank has selected Aurum Technology to deliver a comprehensive information technology solution, encompassing core processing, check imaging, ATM solutions and business intelligence capabilities.
Profitability Software Pays Off for Bellco CU
5/27/2003Bellco Credit Union installs profitability analysis system.
Intrieve A Winner In Blue Grass State
5/27/2003First Federal Savings Bank of Frankfort contracts with Intrieve for core and item processing services.
Polish Bank Installs Exception Software
5/27/2003Bank BPH PBK goes live with the CityNet exception processing (TIPS) module from City Networks, a provider of software and services to the treasury, securities and derivatives markets.
ICBC Selects Hypercom Terminals
5/27/2003ICBC selects Hypercom as its preferred provider of card payment terminals and technology.
ABN AMRO Links Up With SunGard
5/27/2003ABN AMRO is offering corporate clients of SunGard Treasury Systems direct access from their treasury management systems to ABN AMRO's cash management services.
Fiserv and SVPCo To Exchange Images
5/27/2003Fiserv and SVPCo have agreed to establish system connectivity to allow for electronic exchange of check data and images.
Banks Move More Jobs Overseas, Study Says
5/27/2003U.S. financial services firms are planning to relocate more than 500,000 jobs overseas-more than 8 percent of their workforce-over the next five years.
Bank Molds Solution To Fit Its Needs
4/25/2003UWCU successfully upgrades to Corillian Voyager 3.0 and enhances the online banking and bill payment services available to its more than 91,000 members.
Banks Tap S1/Yodlee Aggregation System
4/25/2003Nine banks license an account aggregation system from S1 to work with their S1 personal and business banking applications.
Charting A New Course
4/25/2003By Web-enabling their trade finance applications, banks are taking the headache out of obtaining letters of credit and other trade transactions. Yet the shipment of goods around the world remains a paper-bound process.
Sandy Spring Bank Installs Planning Solution
4/25/2003Sandy Spring Bank installs corporate performance management system from INEA Corp.
Arvest Bank Licenses Imaging Software
4/25/2003Arvest Bank licenses document capture products from Captiva Software to process incoming account applications, correspondence, loan and other financial documents and forms.
Charter Bank Chooses Jack Henry
4/25/2003Charter Bank contracts with Jack Henry and Associates to begin using its SilverLake core banking system this summer.
TCF Bank Taps Business Intelligence Software
4/24/2003TCF Bank installs business intelligence software.
Local Oklahoma Bank Joins Endpoint Exchange
4/24/2003Local Oklahoma Bank joins national check image exchange.
Liberty Bank Installs S1 System
4/24/2003Liberty Bank uses S1's teller, call center and sales and service platform to boost productivity and customer satisfaction across multiple interaction channels.
Surecomp Platform Gets Bolero Nod
4/24/2003Imex, a thin-client trade finance solution from Toronto-based Surecomp, has been certified to work with bolero.net.
Polish Bank Taps Sanchez Software
4/24/2003AmerBank licenses Sanchez Profile, an integrated banking platform from Sanchez Computer Associates.
CLS Bank Volumes Expected To Climb
4/24/2003The volume of instructions submitted through CLS Bank is predicted to increase 150 percent by the middle of 2005, according to research among its top banks.
Follow the Sun
4/24/2003Sun Microsystems has convinced 80 banks to port their core banking applications from IBM hardware to Sun servers.
First Data-Concord Merger Creates Payments Powerhouse
4/24/2003The long-anticipated merger of First Data and Concord creates a payments powerhouse with a coast-to-coast EFT network formed by Star and NYCE.
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