It was a big weekend of football here in America, but for me the most interesting story was one that followed the games: that week's edition of "60 Minutes," and in particular, the report, "Are …

The cybercrime landscape is always growing and changing as hackers look for new ways to make money. Last year was no different as McAfee Labs found huge growth in malicious software and activities …

Personal and financial security is a serious issue in today's fast-moving and technologically complex world. And for many, the apparent ease with which criminals can gain access to passwords, PINs …

Undoubtedly you've heard a lot of talk about EMV — some of the conversation happening on this very blog. Yet as I travel the country talking with community banks and credit unions, there exists …

At face value, RBR's latest research on the global ATM market shows an industry in remarkably good health. The number of ATMs worldwide increased by 7.6 percent to 2.4 million last year, led by …

In a recent article about what we can expect from branch banking in 2013, I predicted the rise of the 'light' bank branch. It's something that I thought was worth picking up on here, and expanding on …

A growing number of community financial institutions are now offering mobile banking, despite continued concern over regulatory obstacles. According to a recent Independent Community Bankers of …

As 2012 comes to a close, it's good to look back at ADA implementation to see what we learned from it — and where it might take us in 2013 and beyond. Believe it or not, some financial …

Apple stock is down — way off its highs of only a few months ago. Will it come roaring back and climb to even greater heights? Maybe. If anything were to fuel another growth spurt, it will be …

While widespread use of person-to-person payment technology has not yet taken off, it's an important seed for financial institutions to plant in order to stay competitive with emerging mobile …

Despite a 22 percent rise in the number of financial institution branch locations in the U.S., branch foot traffic is at an all-time low. Transactions at branches throughout the nation are dropping …

A couple of stories posted to this site of late have caught my attention. And after a fashion, they surprised me. Not because of the technology they describe, but because of the direction in which …

Regular attendees at the annual ATM Security conference, organized by RBR and ATMIA, will be aware that card skimming often dominates discussion — this is not that surprising because skimming …

Ah, 2008: Lady Gaga debuts, Britney Spears makes her comeback, and individual transaction tracking is born. Yes, it was a great year. There has been a lot of recent hype, most of it created by new …

Pressure exposes strengths and weaknesses. Remember when you realized that, as a service company, maybe you didn't have enough quality techs to do all the ADA installs needed? Remember waiting and …

Imagine that your body is being targeted by 75 million viruses. That is exactly what's happening to digital devices at any given moment. And smartphones and tablets are being targeted in record …

In the fall of 1977, I was living in Dallas and happened by a mall just after HP introduced a watch that had an integrated calculator in the watchband and a micro stylus so you could tap on the keys …

I had a big sense of déjà vu reading about Riverbed's OPNET application performance management acquisition. I've lived through an eerily similar acquisition and have a pretty good idea …

Amid advanced payment methods, automatic online bill pay, mobile money transfers and credit card transactions, we sometimes forget that technology can be fickle. We also sometimes forget that in …

The other day whilst getting around to eventually de-cluttering my loft, I came across a box of my old school exercise books. Flicking through my history book, I remembered lessons about the English …