Bank technology

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NCR Corp. said Wednesday it has opened a manufacturing plant in Manaus, Brazil. The factory will build automated teller machines and other self-service machines for NCR clients in Brazil, the Caribbean and Latin America. The Duluth, Ga., ATM company said the facility will employ 250 people.

The U.K. financial technology vendor Misys PLC has agreed to offer mobile banking software from ClairMail Inc. to its customers in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Remote deposit systems for mobile phones could open the door to new types of fraud, and that possibility is prompting financial companies to tighten security.

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The BAI messaging format is about to be overhauled. The format, which dates from the early days of computerized cash management, has not been maintained by the Bank Administration Institute for more than a decade.

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VeriFone Holdings Inc. plans to offer direct support to merchant clients of Heartland Payment Systems Inc. that are using its payment terminals, over Heartland's objections.

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Federal prosecutors alleged that members of an elaborate hacking ring broke into debit-card systems and stole $9 million from ATMs in hundreds of cities worldwide.

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Heartland Payment Systems Inc. has renewed a contract to offer merchants and banks remote capture services using technology from transmodus Corp.

Merchant acquirers that offer proprietary software or hardware payment systems, such as integrated point of sale systems or applications that work with mobile phones, typically have higher client-retention rates than providers that sell off-the-shelf products, according to observers.

Western Union Co. said Monday that it has promoted Hikmet Ersek to chief operating officer.

The U.K. mobile banking technology vendor Monitise PLC is planning to expand into Uganda.

Offering remittance services through the Web can help banks simplify execution and fight fraud, according to payments executives and analysts.

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Hypercom Corp. plans to develop new payment terminals using a "joint development manufacturing" model that depends on receiving more input from a manufacturing partner.

First Data Corp. has struck an automated teller machine deployment agreement with the Turkish banking company TEB-NBP Paribas.