Bank technology

HSBC Bank Canada said Monday that it has begun waiving checking account fees for new customers who agree to handle most of their banking electronically.

CyberSource Corp., which sells payment processing and risk management software, and Trustwave Holdings Inc. in Chicago, which offers compliance validation programs, announced a cross-marketing agreement Monday.

TraceSecurity Inc. said Monday that it is working with the credit union technology vendor Wescom Resources Group LLC of Pasadena, Calif., to offer its security services to credit unions.

TNR Entertainment Corp., which operates a network of self-service DVD rental machines, has named NCR Corp. its exclusive kiosk supplier.

By releasing second-quarter figures, Diebold Inc. got the chance Monday to justify its March decision not to yield to an unsolicited buyout offer from United Technologies Corp.

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The Chinese payment terminal company Shanghai Sand Information Technology System Co Ltd. has agreed to use payment validation software from Trustwave Holdings Inc. to verify that its terminals adhere to multiple security standards.

The technology vendor 3i Infotech Ltd. plans to use its acquisition of the Napa, Calif., lockbox operator and bill printer Regulus Group LLC to expand its operations in North America.

VeriSign Inc. is offering new software, set to be announced today, that it says can stop pump-and-dump trading schemes.

Banco Occidental de Descuento in Maracaibo, Venezuela, plans to create a comprehensive payments system using several applications from S1 Corp.'s Postilion unit.

Shares in American Express Co. dipped Thursday after it said it would probably take a charge in the fourth quarter.

Bankers struggling through the credit crisis should remember that the right strategies for profitable futures will balance risks, costs, and opportunities.

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. said its second-quarter earnings fell by half from a year earlier as the company prepared to spin off the mortgage servicer Lender Processing Services Inc.

S1 Corp. said banks continue to license its software at a good clip despite the ailing economy, and that it plans to expand its product lineup and have its different business lines collaborate.

Deutsche Bank AG says an improved account substantiation process will give it better control of balance sheets at its business units around the world.

Heartland Payment Systems Inc. of Princeton, N.J., is using remittance management software from transmodus Corp. to include alphanumeric remittance identification tagging in its remote deposit capture lockbox system.

For years bankers have had only modest success getting customers to drop paper statements, so some are introducing accounts that are managed almost exclusively online and do not offer them at all.