The Maryland Department of Financial Regulation expects legislation to be introduced this week in the General Assembly that would increase its funding and re-sources and, it hopes, better prepare it for an Allfirst-like debacle.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act apparently did not go far enough to suit California lawmakers.

- VALLEY FORGE, Pa.(11/08/00) - Fiserv said its USERS Inc. unit has signedwith Maxxar Corp. to incorporate Maxxar's voice recognitiontechnology into telephone call centers. Under the deal, Maxxar'sCentrum 9000 will offer USERS' clients the ability to utilizeNatural Language Speech Recognition, a feature that simplifiesphone-based services by allowing the caller to make requests andask questions through conversational speech. The feature willenable credit unions to speed their telephone transaction times andimprove member satisfaction by eliminating the need to usetelephone keypad prompts.