Bank technology

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.

As the Federal Reserve banks accelerate their planned reduction of check processing services, several companies are stepping up their own operations in an effort to capture banks' remaining check volume.

Southside Bank of Tyler, Tex., is planning to install a new core processing application from Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

The Avon, Conn., data processing cooperative COCC has formed an "on-we" image exchange partnership with Eastern Bank Corp. of Boston.

EBay Inc. says its approach to e-commerce, which has made it a powerhouse in Internet auctions and online payments, can be just as successful in microlending.

With a pair of recent alliances, the archiver eGistics Inc. is moving to make itself not only a manager of document images and data, but also a provider of services to help banks and other payment processors use their lockbox operations to help their corporate clients electronify and automate their receivables operations.

Northern Trust Corp. said it has added "Web 2.0" features to its Internet site in conjunction with a redesign.

BB&T Corp. has begun to use the check image network of Endpoint Exchange LLC, a unit of Metavante Technologies Inc. of Milwaukee.

Nacha, the electronic payments association, is developing a database of abusive automated clearing house originators and is sharing it with member banks, though concerns about risks — to members' reputations and their bottom lines — are making banks cautious about sharing too much about their dealings with third parties.