Bank technology

By landing a pair of contracts to handle some shipments for the Federal Reserve banks, the check courier AirNet Systems Inc. has found at least a small financial cushion as the volume of checks continues to decline.

The biometric payments company Solidus Networks Inc. said it is putting some of its units up for sale and has reshaped its board after consenting to a bankruptcy filing.

Fiserv Inc.'s decision to store its clients' check images in Viewpointe LLC's archive is a strong vote of support for clearing through image-sharing, market watchers say.

Viewpointe LLC plans to announce today that Fiserv Inc. has agreed to move its check-image files to Viewpointe's shared archive.

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. announced Monday that Michael Ho has rejoined Mellon Capital Management as chief investment officer.

Green Dot Corp., a provider of prepaid cards, announced Monday that it has promoted Mark Goldin to chief operations and technology officer.

The funds transfer software vendor CashEdge Inc. signed 15 contracts with major banks last year.

Autonomy Corp. PLC said Monday that a major global bank has agreed to use the British vendor's compliance and regulatory software.

Vivotech Inc. announced Monday that Commonwealth Bank of Australia and MasterCard Inc. used its software in Australia's first trial of mobile payments using wireless near-field communication.

Paychex Inc. announced Monday that it has begun providing debit cards to its clients' employees to access funds in their flexible spending accounts.

EDebitPay LLC announced Monday that it has started a custom-branded "rewards mall" Web site for users of its prepaid debit cards.

SunGard Data Systems Inc. announced Monday that it has acquired the assets of Financial Technology Integrators LLC, a provider of hosted systems for financial companies.

North Jersey Community Bank of Engelwood Cliffs said Monday that it plans a first-quarter rollout for a mobile banking service using technology from Monitise Americas LLC.

Pressure on its merchant processing, money transfer, and check verification businesses prompted two analysts to downgrade the stock of Global Payments Inc. on Friday, as observers expressed concern over the company's profit margins despite strong quarterly results.

Banks and law enforcement officers are trying to cooperate better on identity theft issues, in part because they have realized that such thefts often are linked to other types of crimes, according to the Identity Theft Assistance Center.

Verizon Communications Inc. is offering phones preloaded with mobile banking software from Firethorn Holdings LLC.

The table lists daily composite stock prices at 4 PM (unless otherwise noted) as measured by market capitalization.

Deluxe Corp. shares dropped Friday morning after the St. Paul check printer affirmed its 2007 guidance.

The number of data breaches increased last year, according to a report the San Diego nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center.