Bank technology

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. plans a recapitalization and share buyback after an investor group ended talks to acquire the company in what would have been the largest leveraged buyout in three years.

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Fraudsters tie up the phone lines; phisher forgets to renew his domain name; Facebook ramps up security measures; another suspect arrested in TJX breach; and more.

Banks have devoted much of their mobile banking efforts to making apps for Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone, but a rival system may be more important to consumers who handle their finances by phone.

BPS SA says it is Europe's first bank to deploy an automated teller machine with biometric security.

The ATM Industry Association and vault-cash provider Cash Connect are urging automated teller machine operators to lobby against legislation that would limit ATM surcharges.

Bling Nation Ltd. wants to see how well its hands-on approach to deploying mobile payment systems can scale, with a new partnership that gives it access to over 330 potential bank clients.

First Data Corp.'s first-quarter loss widened on a reduced income tax benefit while operating earnings more than doubled and revenue increased on a merchant alliance with Bank of America Corp.

A quick online search of "Citi" and "blog" will call up hundreds of blogs about the banking giant, most of which are entirely beyond Citigroup Inc.'s control and many with decidedly critical posts.

Global Payments Asia-Pacific Ltd. said Thursday that it has started a service in the Philippines that lets merchants accept card payments in other currencies.

The San Francisco online credit-tracking company said the average score for U.S. consumers was 670 in April, up a point from January.

The Starbucks Corp. mobile payment application now lets users track rewards for their coffee purchases.

The share price of Fiserv Inc. fell Thursday after an analyst report speculated that Bank of America Corp. might move some of its online bill-payment operations in-house.

SAP, a Walldorf, Germany, software vendor, agreed Wednesday to pay $5.8 billion in cash for the outstanding shares of the Dublin, Calif., tech vendor.

A growing number of U.S. consumers have encountered problems using their magnetic-stripe cards in countries that have already switched to EMV, and U.S. financial companies are starting to take note.

Blackstone Group LP, Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and TPG Capital are in talks to pay more than $15 billion including debt for Fidelity National Information Services Inc., said a person with knowledge of the matter.

The title of your article ["Obopay Plans to Shift its Focus to Bank Transfer Segment" May 11] incorrectly describes what the company is doing. When I think of the "bank transfer segment", I think of legacy ACH and bill pay vendors that are already used by thousands of banks across the U.S.

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Automated teller machine deployments increased significantly last year in Central and Eastern Europe, but a slowdown in Russia pulled the overall growth rate down from the previous year, according to a report released this week by Retail Banking Research.

Thirty minutes or less? Card thieves arrested after stealing pizza from Domino's; analyst: protect card data as well as bank account data; fooling antivirus software; and more.