Bank technology

Mobile banking adoption tripled in a year, to 21% of consumers, among America's youngest adults, according to a survey that Mercatus is expected to release today.

Viewpointe LLC has extended its services contract with International Business Machines Corp. for an additional five years.

Euronet Worldwide Inc.'s decision to rebrand its PaySpot Inc. unit is part of a push to develop an international bill-payment and remittance system.

Western Union Co. is expected to announce today that Fifth Third Bancorp has agreed to offer its money transfer services at the Cincinnati banking company's more than 1,300 branches.

MasterCard Inc. has developed an application that enables users of Apple Inc.'s iPhone to locate nearby stores and attractions recommended by other consumers.

As banks continue to push corporate clients to handle payments electronically, they are showing less interest in processing paper checks and invoices at lockbox facilities.

After an acquisition, banks typically spend many months linking their systems, but when a failing financial company is purchased the buyer often has to integrate the new unit much faster.

Euronet Worldwide Inc. said Thursday it has rebranded its prepaid payments division, which has operated worldwide under six names, with a single one: epay.

First Data Corp. announced Thursday that it has signed a merchant services agreement with Real, a big-box retailer in Poland that is part of the German retail group Metro AG.

To Coinstar Inc., the future of international remittances is all about automation — hopefully involving big, green machines.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced Wednesday that it is offering electronic payment services in the Baltic and Nordic regions.

SunTrust Banks Inc. has deployed an online loan origination system to improve the quality control of the loans it underwrites at SunTrust Mortgage Inc., the vendor Metavante Technologies Inc. announced Wednesday.

The new federal regulations and legal policies that require credit card issuers to overhaul their business practices will also require them to significantly revamp their systems, executives say.

Prosper Marketplace Inc. has emerged from a quiet period mandated by regulators, but only some of its ambitious proposals have received the go-ahead.

Global Payments Inc. has lined up a $300 million loan to pay down some of the debt it incurred in buying out HSBC Holdings PLC's share of a merchant processing joint venture.

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Community Bank System Inc. in DeWitt, N.Y., is planning to install core processing software from Jack Henry & Associates Inc. at its retail banking unit.