Bank technology

WASHINGTON — The banking industry's fundamental standard for protecting payment card data may not be enough to fight fraud.

Waterfield Group of Irvine, Calif., has agreed to use core banking technology from Metavante Technologies Inc.

A system that enables people to make online purchases with PIN debit cards meets the Payment Card Industry data security standard.

Total System Services Inc. has started offering a combined point of sale and store management system in an attempt to increase its merchant processing volumes and loyalty among its acquiring unit's merchant customers.

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The asset manager BlackRock Inc. is updating its technology platform and derivatives operations in anticipation of a newly transparent credit derivatives market.

The operators of the two U.S. wire transfer networks are preparing for tests next year on a format for including remittance details, a feature that users have long wanted but that goes beyond the capabilities of other widely used payments systems.

Cardtronics Inc. said Wednesday that Jack M. Antonini, its chief executive, has left the company and its board.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. appears to have caught its own strain of "March Madness."

Wesabe Inc., which operates a Web site where consumers can manage their finances for free, is now selling its technology to banks and credit unions, so they can offer it to their customers on their own sites.

Kount Inc., a Boise, Idaho, company that makes antifraud technology, said it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against iovation Inc.

Smarty Pig LLC, which helps banks provide online savings accounts with a social networking element, now lets users monitor their money through third-party financial management Web sites.

Dynamic Card Solutions LLC announced Monday that Franklin Bank and Trust Co. of Franklin, Ky., has installed the vendor's software and printers for instant issuance of unembossed Visa Inc. debit cards at its five branches in Franklin and Bowling Green.

The Mequon, Wis., lending technology vendor Mortgagebot LLC has bought the assets of the Netupdate loan-origination software platform and client base from Most Home Corp. of Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Total System Services Inc. is beefing up in India.

Google Inc. is planning to increase most of the fees it charges merchant users of its Checkout payment system.

EBay Inc. hopes that combining the risk management strengths of its PayPal Inc. unit with new features designed to attract new types of users will help it become a global leader in online payments.