Bank technology

Sales of self-service checkout systems are likely to increase NCR Corp.'s earnings this year, according to a research note published Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve Board said Wednesday that it will stop offering check processing services by the end of March at its Utica, N.Y., site under a plan that officials announced last June.

Zions Bancorp. says it is finding some success with its unconventional strategy of auctioning certificates of deposit through its Web site.

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For bankers whose New Year's resolution is to target customers more precisely, technology is providing them tools for identifying prospects and serving them with more finely tuned offerings.

Apple Inc. may be developing a purchasing system to work with its popular iPhones.

Just before Thanksgiving, the U.K.'s department of revenue and customs announced it had lost personal records of 25 million citizens with information including names, addresses, insurance account numbers, and bank accounts. That's right, bank accounts for nearly half the British citizenry.

Computer Services Inc., a Paducah, Ky., provider of core processing and item processing services, has expanded an ongoing stock purchase plan.

The Arlington, Tex., lender First Cash Financial Services Inc. has agreed to use AT&T Inc.'s domestic and international networking services.

Call it the power of persistence.

The treasury software developer SimCorp of Copenhagen announced two new customers for its Dimension investment management system

Zions Bancorp.'s check-image unit, NetDeposit Inc., has signed a licensing agreement with the payment processor DataTreasury Corp. covering patented processes for archiving check images.

Robert W. Baird & Co. upgraded its rating on the transaction processor Heartland Payment Systems Inc., to "outperform" from "neutral."

The automated teller machine manufacturer Diebold Inc. said Friday that the Justice Department has begun an investigation of its accounting practices.

Ongoing financial difficulties dogged ACI Worldwide Inc. last week, overshadowing a new alliance with International Business Machines Corp.

At the start of the year all financial institutions were required to have strong authentication in place to deter online fraud, and now the effort seems to be paying off.

Controlling costs will once again be a top priority for community banks in 2008, but there's one area where many are sparing no expense: protecting customer data.