Bank technology

Jack Henry & Associates Inc. said its latest acquisitions will deliver new opportunities while existing financial clients remain cautious about their technology spending.

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PayPal announced deals with two banking technology vendors Tuesday that will enable financial companies to use its network to offer their customers several new payments services.

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The automated teller machine and self-serve kiosk maker NCR Corp. has purchased the assets of Netkey Inc., a provider of kiosk digital signage management software.

The online banking software provider iPay Technologies LLC is planning to offer its clients bill-presentment services, using data from CashEdge Inc.

Intuit Inc. said Monday that it is offering its FinanceWorks online personal financial management platform to a wider range of financial institutions.

The bank technology vendor S1 Corp. said Monday that it is combining its three business lines. The Norcross, Ga., company's S1 Enterprise, Postilion and FSB Solutions each served a different segment of the banking market — Enterprise, for instance generally served larger financial institutions than Postilion did.

Mobile banking use should double this year, and in order to graduate from basic balance queries and alerts to robust payment services, vendors are flooding the market with products that offer intermediate steps of usability and attractive screen appearance as the groundwork for future development.

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Two mobile payments companies have linked phone numbers to cards, moves that could enable issuers to lengthen their reach in the social media and online gaming markets.

An unexpectedly high number of cash withdrawals made with payroll cards at its Allpoint automated teller machines drove Cardtronics Inc. into the black in the third quarter.

The financial information company Markit Group Ltd. announced an agreement Friday with Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. to provide electronic processing of syndicated loans.

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NCR Corp. is back in the manufacturing business. The automated teller machine company said Thursday that it has opened a manufacturing plant in Columbus, Ga., as part of its new headquarters campus; it announced in June plans to move from Dayton, Ohio, and open a plant.

Relatively few small merchants comply with the Payment Card Industry data security standards, and many are unaware the standards even exist, according to security executives.

The online banking technology provider Online Resources Corp. moved into the black in the third quarter, despite a decline in revenue because of weak transaction volume.

Some recent, high-profile examples have shown that it is relatively easy for banks to send out messages to the whole world. What is unclear, however, is how effective these messages are: Do they lead to a series of useful interactions or just create more online noise? Executives say that narrowly focused services may be more effective at reaching specific customer groups.

With new value-rich products, including incentive checking and rewards programs, banks can successfully and quickly reinvent their revenue streams and expand revenue and market share.

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