Sean Sposito

ACI Worldwide, which announced Jan. 31 its deal to buy the online banking and payments company Online Resources, has been mulling plans to make the acquisition for roughly a year, said ACI chief executive Philip G. Heasley.

The payments technology company plans to acquire the online banking company for its bill payment technology.

The edo Marketplace is designed to help small retailers reach consumers with discounts through their credit and debit cards.

BBVA has announced plans to invest $100 million in early-stage, high-potential, high risk tech startups. It's following a path successfully forged by Citigroup.

The branchless bank has created a way for its customers to suspend a debit card using Simple's mobile app.

Cedar Falls, Iowa, start-up Banno, which sells website hosting and software services to financial services companies, has appointed Charles E. Potts as its company president.

The tech giant's iOS 6.1 update includes a voice recognition feature that allows iPhone users to purchase theater tickets through the movie app Fandango.

An Anonymous group hacker who was responsible for planning attacks against PayPal has been sentenced to 18 months in a British jail, according to a report from The Register, a technology news and opinion website.

Diebold's board of directors has negotiated the departure of another high level executive, according to an SEC filing released Monday. Last week, the North Canton, Ohio, company's chief executive Thomas W. Swidarski stepped down from his positions as president and CEO and resigned from the company's board.

Charles E. Ducey Jr. has agreed to step down from his position of executive vice president in charge of North American Operations at ATM maker Diebold.

Centier Bank in Indiana has been an SEI client for 15 years, the tech vendor said.

Thomas W. Swidarski has stepped down from his positions as president and CEO of Diebold and resigned from the company's board of directors under pressure from the board, a spokesman said.

The board of ATM manufacturing company Diebold has let Thomas Swidarski go as a consequence of the company's poor financial performance.

Thomas W. Swidarski, Diebold's chief executive and president, has stepped down.

Green Dot is taking a lesson from Radiohead, oddly enough, and giving customers control of one of the company's mobile bank account fees.

Dwolla announced Jan. 22 that it's working with the Iowa state government to accept official payments.

The San Francisco startup creates software that connects banks and lenders to consumers, helping people gain credit to pay bills.

The Des Moines, Iowa, alternative payments company Dwolla has begun working with its state's government to collect property taxes and issue tax refunds, among other transactions.

The prepaid card company's recently released mobile bank account, which its customers are now beta testing, comes with a voluntary monthly fee that harks back to Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' release where fans chose how much they wanted to pay for the album.

SmartyPig is hoping people will start saving in the same way they "like" or tweet about a product online — with a click or a tap. The Des Moines company, which provides an online savings account and a prepaid card, has created a Chrome plugin to help with specific savings goals.