TD Bank Selects CheckFree RXP for Electronic Billing
7/31/2012The Fiserv product will give TD Bank customers access to the vendor's electronic and billing payments network.
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posted in July 2012
posted in July 2012
The Fiserv product will give TD Bank customers access to the vendor's electronic and billing payments network.
Credit Unions Outpacing Banks in Deposits
7/31/2012According to a new report from SNL Financial, credit unions enjoyed a rapid increase in deposits long before populist rhetoric over bank fees took hold.
After Much Fanfare, Isis Launches with Pragmatic Expectations
7/30/2012Isis, the NFC-based mobile wallet venture formed by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, finally is gearing up for its long-awaited launch at the end of the summer.
Markit Launches Basel III Compliance Solution
7/30/2012The Basel III regulations are set to begin being enforced in January of next year.
Why More Banks Are Moving Toward EMV Adoption
7/30/2012American Express is the latest -- and last -- of the three major card companies to issue a road map for EMV adoption in the United States. Is the switch to chip and PIN now inevitable?
Royal Bank of Canada Completes Acquisition of Global Investor Services Business
7/27/2012Dexia Investor Services Limited will be rebranded as RBC Investor Services.
E-Invoicing Represents Huge Potential for Banks: Report
7/26/2012According to a new Celent report, while e-invoicing volumes are increasing, the level of penetration is still below 10 percent in most countries.
The Future of Payments at the Olympics
7/26/2012Visa is showing off some of its new payments innovations at the London Olympic Games.
Mobile Payments Company payvia Announces Next-Gen Platform
7/25/2012The Los Angeles-based firm has reached agreements with Sprint and T-Mobile USA.
IT Salary Survey: Outlook Points to Cautious Optimism
7/24/2012The past several years have certainly been rough sailing for the financial services industry, but the market for IT talent in the sector is on the rise, according to the "2012 InformationWeek IT Salary Survey." After several years of painful cuts, the job market is improving, albeit at a slower pace than before the financial crisis.
Dell Releases New Big Data Solution
7/24/2012Big Data Retention integrates with existing analytics platforms as a front end big data repository for large datasets or a backend archive.
NFC Retail Payments Market to Reach $180 Billion by 2017
7/23/2012According to Juniper Research, the rise in NFC payments will be driven by North America, Western Europe and Far East and China.
TruStone FCU Selects Fiserv Account Processing Solution
7/20/2012Acumen is designed to integrate with Fiserv digital services and other products.
Cyber-Security is Consantly Evolving
7/19/2012The rapid pace of technology provides both threats and benefits to banks.
USAA, Mitek Legal Battle Rolls On
7/19/2012The two parties are each claiming the other misappropriated mobile RDC technology.
Mobile Payments Firm M-Via Changes Name to Boom Financial
7/18/2012The mobile payments company also announced it just closed a $17 million financing round.
Bank Failures Down in 2012
7/17/2012The number of financial institutions that have shuttered the first half of this year is less than during the same period of 2011.
Equifax Releases New Card Marketing Product
7/17/2012True In-Market Propensity (TIP) Scores are designed to aid banks, credit unions and other card issuers to target customers and members when they are most likely to accept a new card offer.
Bank IT Spending on the Rise
7/16/2012Latin America and the Middle East are growth regions, while North America and Europe remain stagnate at best, according to an IDC financial Insights report.
Cash is King in Sub-Saharan African Remittance Market
7/13/2012But mobile money is on the rise in this largely untapped, underbanked market, according to a report from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
BB&T, Capital One, Synovus Top Small Business Banking Report
7/12/2012ath Power Consulting released its annual findings on how well banks revise small business owners.
4 Technologies That Are Key to the Bank Branch of the Future
7/11/2012In the July print issue of Bank Systems & Technology, we explored what the bank of the future will entail. A big aspect of that is the bank branch, and what becomes of it. Will it even exist in the future? Will it become more of a sales and service center, as some have predicted? Whatever happens, the bank branch will likely look vastly different in the future. Accenture Technology Labs, the technology research and development organization within Accenture, offers some of its ideas on this subje
FFIEC Issues Cloud Outsourcing Guidelines
7/11/2012The regulator says financial institutions must institute stringent controls if they are to use third-party cloud services.
SAS Releases New Security Analytics Platform
7/10/2012SAS Security Intelligence is designed to span industries with common infrastructure
Fifth Third Releases New Healthcare Payment Receivables Solution
7/10/2012RevLink Collect, is designed to help healthcare executives reduce the collection cycle for patient payments and provide more accurate and timely estimates for patients
Seven Banks Settle Patent Infringement Lawsuit
7/6/2012Eleven other banks are still active defendants in a lawsuit brought by Plano,Texas-based Secure Axcess.
Barclays Scandal Unlikely to Threaten Libor's Status
7/6/2012According to a report from SNL Financial, LIBOR is so ingrained in the financial system that there is little threat to its status as a global interest rate benchmark.
The Future of PFM?
7/5/2012ING Direct in Canada has released a new mobile banking app that reminds customers how much they could save by skipping little indulgences.
The Barclays LIBOR Fallout in Quotes
7/5/2012It certainly was an interesting week for Barclays PLC, and not in a good way. The multinational bank is still reeling from the fallout of its attempt to rig the daily settings of London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate and subsequent fine of 290 million Pounds. And there was no midweek holiday respite for the London-based bank, as the notorious British press continued to blast the financial institution. For your enjoyment, Bank Systems & Technology has compiled
U.S. Credit Card Use on the Rise
7/5/2012According to a MasterCard report, U.S. credit card volume increased by $185 billion in 2011.
MasterCard, Deutsche Telekom Partner on Mobile Payments
7/2/2012The partnership aims to make mobile payments a reality for Deutsche Telekom’s 93 million mobile customers across Europe.
American Express Announces EMV Roadmap
7/2/2012The card company joins MasterCard and Visa in announcing EMV adoption plans.
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