Bank technology

Texas Instruments Inc. is expected today to announce a thin contactless payment chip that can be used to produce stronger plastic payment cards.

Online account aggregation sites are now offering tools that let people compare their own spending habits to those of others, a contrast to the traditional aggregation model in which Web sites help users track only their own income and spending patterns.

Fiserv Inc. reported sharp earnings gains, largely from its December acquisition of the bill-payment provider CheckFree Corp.

Strong growth in transaction processing and core banking volume helped drive up first-quarter revenue for Metavante Technologies Inc.

Fiserv Inc. reduced its earnings outlook Wednesday after securing a contract extension with Bank of America Corp. for online bill payment.

Bank of America Corp. is preparing to overhaul it general ledger systems, a major technology investment that several analysts said was likely a response to increasing regulatory pressure on banks to provide details of their financial condition.

First Data Corp. has a deal to buy the Atlanta stored-value card distributor Interactive Communications Inc.

An international group of bankers and payment executives is taking another step to promote the use of automated clearing house transactions across national boundaries.

Banks and vendors are collaborating to fight fraud through a program organized by the Financial Services Technology Consortium.

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The Redwood City, Calif., mobile phone payment company Obopay Inc. has secured $20 million in its fourth round of financing.

John E. O'Malley has resigned as the president and chief executive of Harland Financial Solutions Inc., the banking technology unit of the check printer Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.

First-quarter earnings surged for Fidelity National Information Services Inc., largely as a result of the September acquisition of the Scottsdale, Ariz., transaction processor eFunds Corp.

Bank Zachodni WBK of Poland is using contactless payment card software from Metavante Technologies Inc.

Two financial companies have renewed and expanded their customer service outsourcing agreements with the billing services and relationship manager Convergys Corp.

Falling demand for paper checks drove down first-quarter earnings at the check printer Deluxe Corp.

Asheville Savings Bank in North Carolina has agreed to use core processing and payments software from Metavante Technologies Inc.

TheStreet.com Inc. announced Thursday that it has purchased a stake in the financial aggregation Web site operator Geezeo Inc.