Bank technology

The Portland, Ore., automated teller machine operator TRM Corp. said it narrowed its losses last year after streamlining its operations.

Nuestro Banco, a Raleigh start-up focused on the Hispanic market, has agreed to use a core processing application from Fiserv Inc.

Solidus Networks Inc. has sold the assets of its biometric payments unit Pay By Touch Processing Inc.

West Bancorp Inc. of West Des Moines is updating the model for high-yield online savings accounts by adding a social networking component that lets customers share information about their balances and savings goals.

Mason State Bank of Mason, Wash., has agreed to use data processing and item processing services from Rurbanc Data Services Inc.

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The Treasury Department's proposed overhaul of the financial services industry likely will lead to more standardization within banking technology and could open the door to foreign providers that have found it hard to crack the complicated U.S. market, according to observers.

A growing number of North American consumers want to use automated systems for purchases and other transactions, according to a survey the Dayton, Ohio, automated teller machine company NCR Corp. released Thursday.

JetBlue Airways Corp. of New York is letting customers use PayPal Inc.'s payment system to purchase tickets online.

VeriFone Holdings Inc. has completed an independent audit of its accounting practices and issued tentative results for its last fiscal year, which ended Oct. 31.

The Carson, Calif., payment hardware provider MagTek Inc. has joined the PCI Security Standards Council.

Zions Bancorp. of Salt Lake City agreed to use call center software from S1 Corp. at six of its retail banking subsidiaries.

Global Cash Access Inc. said Tuesday that it has completed its purchase of Certegy Gaming Services Inc., a Jacksonville, Fla., unit of Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

Alaska USA Federal Credit Union has agreed to use supply chain management software from Fiserv Inc. of Brookfield, Wis., to optimize the management and delivery of cash.

Citigroup Inc. has provided new details about its use of a mobile person-to-person payment service from Obopay Inc.

The Phoenix terminal maker Hypercom Corp. said Tuesday that it has purchased Thales SA's e-Transactions business.

The Federal Reserve Board is accelerating its shutdown of paper-check processing centers again.

Citigroup Inc. is offering online foreign exchange trading to individual and small institutional traders in the United States.