Bank technology

Obopay Inc. has hired former First Data Corp. senior vice president Gregory Holmes as U.S. president, a newly created position at the mobile phone payments company.

A 2007 acquisition helped Euronet Worldwide Inc.'s revenue rise in the first quarter, but it swung to a loss, in part because of charges incurred in its bid to buy MoneyGram International Inc.

The financial technology company Fiserv Inc. has licensed an origination system from Portellus Inc. that enables lenders to originate their mortgage, consumer, and commercial loans on a single computer platform.

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Despite the economic slowdown, the banking technology vendor S1 Corp. reported strong first-quarter earnings and raised its guidance for the year, and an analyst said the poor conditions could be helping S1's sales.

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.