By Luke Nordlie and Hicham Chahine, Crowe Horwath LLP
 
Consumer adoption of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets represents a tantalizing opportunity for banks to lure customers through mobile-banking applications. However, before offering these services, executives should conduct a thorough risk assessment of the technology involved. By taking a comprehensive approach to

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By John Ginovsky
 
Based on the presentations at the Finovate Fall 2012 conference last week in New York City, personal financial management, investment tools, and small business technology are the hot technology trends now.
 
While mobile and security applications continue to undergird the list of 64 startup

Broken-down truck photo and how bankers captioned it

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New financial instrument proposal needs scrutiny

 
Even with the acute industry focus on emerging electronic payments, one thing everybody agrees on: old-fashioned paper checks, though fading, are not going completely away any time soon.
 
That means, says Fiserv's Mike Urban, director of financial crimes solutions, check fraud will remain. In fact, in some ways, such fraud will only intensify.
 
"The

As Basel III proposals mop up, large banks call in TruPS

Authors seek differences to promote cooperation

Strip away big bank results, and see community bank urgency

By Manish Grover, program director with MindTree's Enterprise Solutions and Consulting Group.
Investments in multichannel banking have been focusing on traditional and commonly known media such as mobile, web, branches, paper, email, and ATMs. These strategies have no doubt brought tremendous advances in customer experience, operating cost synergies, and