Bank technology

United Airlines will accept only credit and debit cards for onboard purchases on flights to Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Brazil and Argentina, signaling the beginning of what could become a widespread movement among major airlines to eliminate cash on international flights.

Cardtronics Inc. has entered Puerto Rico, the Houston company's third market outisde the continental United States and its second in a Spanish-speaking location.

The Debt Exchange Inc. announced Monday that U.S. Bancorp is now using DXSyndicate for its loan syndication and agency functions.

Corporate credit card issuers are beefing up their analytics and using sourcing controls to help business customers manage their employees' spending.

Co-op Financial Services has signed agreements with six credit union organizations to promote mobile banking.

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The Japanese mobile network operator NTT DoCoMo said it has signed up 10 million subscribers for its mobile-credit service.

Legacy Bank of Florida, a $276 million-asset start-up in Boca Raton, is now using the WireXchange automated wire transfer system, the technology vendor Fiserv Inc. announced.

Fifth Third Bancorp's new online loan application process educates consumers as they apply, giving the Cincinnati company a more informed customer and more approved applications.

Vivotech has introduced software designed to support "large-scale commercial deployments" of near field communication, a short-range, contactless payment and downloading technology.

MyECheck Inc. said the warranty provider Metropolitan Benefit Group has signed up to use its check-image payment system.

Reval.com Inc. has announced its purchase of the treasury software provider FXpress Corp.

MasterCard Inc. is expanding its corporate travel and expense management business with an eye toward stealing share from market leader American Express Co.

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RBS WorldPay Inc. has announced that it and Value Payment Systems LLC will begin processing consumer and business tax payments for the Internal Revenue Service on Jan. 1 under a multiyear contract.

MasterCard Inc. said it has approved special card readers from four vendors for consumers to authenticate themselves online with chip cards.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced Wednesday that it has expanded its U.S Dollar Clearing-Asia Direct service to include banks in Japan.

Nokia Corp.'s unveiling of Nokia Money, a mobile payments system based on technology from Obopay Inc., is the latest step in Obopay's transformation from a U.S. payment service to a global payment platform.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it plans to step up the marketing of its financial services offerings as it rounds out its suite of services.

Virtual currency used to fight real-life fraud; anti-spamming companies attempting to take banks to court; study shows small businesses are the targets of fraud; and more.