Bank technology

S1 Corp. has announced the incorporation of processing capabilities in its S1 Corporate Banking software for the coming IAT automated clearing house code.

GDS International Ltd., a London company that organizes banking conferences, has launched a social networking Web site aimed at high-level bankers.

VSoft Corp. has launched a retail check imaging application that community banks can offer consumers and small businesses.

Bank of America Corp. is now offering a Web-based version of its Remote Deposit Service internationally to let financial institutions and corporations deposit U.S. dollar-denominated checks in their B of A accounts using digital images.

The predictive analytics software provider Nomis Solutions Inc. has announced the purchase of Perspecta LLC.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., seizing on the ongoing credit crisis and the transformation of payment systems, announced plans Tuesday to expand its corporate treasury services around the world.

The Federal Reserve banks reported "substantial advances" Monday in amending their wire transfer formats to improve anti-money-laundering monitoring and to incorporate remittance information.

The Stockholm banking company Skandiaviska Enskilda Banken AB is using anti-money-laundering software from Fiserv Inc. to analyze transactions in 17 countries in Europe and Asia.

Wachovia Corp. and other financial companies are reaching out to customers through Twitter, an online messaging tool known more for social networking than financial management.

MicroBilt Corp., a Kennesaw, Ga., consumer data unit of Bristol Investments Ltd., is requiring that all its clients use Fair Credit Reporting Act training software, which it hopes will prevent data security breaches.

Shares of Diebold Inc. plunged last week after United Technologies Corp.'s chairman said chances for an acquisition of the North Canton, Ohio, automated teller machine company have diminished.

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At least three banks have settled a long-running patent dispute with DataTreasury Corp., a move that could put pressure on dozens of other financial companies to follow suit.

The number of check images sent through the SVPCO Image Payments Network in August grew 79% from a year earlier, helped in part by two new users.

Customers of Southern Communications Services Inc. can now pay their bills at participating Southern Communications dealers that use a payments service from Fiserv Inc., the biller has announced.

Harland Clarke Corp., the San Antonio check printing unit of M&F Worldwide Corp. of New York, said Tuesday it has promoted Dan Singleton to chief operating officer.

Acquiring PaymentsNation would give Viewpointe LLC a settlement capability to complement its image-clearing service, along with a foothold in the automated clearing house market.