Bank technology

Electronic Data Systems Corp. has agreed to offer an electronic check processing system from BancTec Inc. of Dallas to a major U.K. banking customer.

De La Rue PLC, a U.K. provider of cash-handling systems and outsourced currency production services, has sold its Cash Systems unit to the private-equity company Carlyle Group.

The remittance provider DolEx Dollar Express Inc. is now offering Online Resources Corp.'s electronic bill-payment services to customers.

BB&T Corp. has consolidated its check processing operations using distributed image capture technology from Software Earnings Inc. of Memphis.

Alacriti Inc. of South Plainfield, N.J., has developed a suite of biller-direct applications that banks and other large billers could run in-house.

Standard Bank Group Ltd., one of South Africa's largest banks, has agreed to use core banking software from Misys PLC.

Nacha, the electronic payments association, is expanding significantly a test of its system for using the automated clearing house network to pay for online purchases.

EMC Corp.'s RSA Security said it has discovered a malicious program that disguises itself as an online banking security tool.

The Financial Services Technology Consortium has developed a set of guidelines to evaluate the quality of check images.

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Australia's antitrust regulator has signaled it will block eBay Inc. from forcing all its users there to make payments through the online system operated by its PayPal Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is promoting its text-message banking service by offering consumers a chance to win free tickets to the U.S. Open tennis tournament.

Bank, brokerages, and insurance companies are all targeting the same mass-affluent investor market, and technology could give banks an edge in this increasingly crowded market, SunGard Data Systems Inc. chief executive Cristobal Conde said.

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Jack Henry & Associates Inc. said it has upgraded its RemitPlus system for automated processing of imaged payments using Key-Pay Convene data completion technology from Orbograph Ltd., a unit of the Israeli software company Orbotech Ltd.

EMC Corp.'s RSA Security has begun offering password tokens in the shape of a standard payment card.

Borrowing a page from travel auction Web sites, a new site aims to help small banks gather deposits by matching consumer requests with bank offers.

Commerce State Bank of West Bend, Wis., is installing a core banking system from Metavante Technologies Inc.