Bank technology

The Brookfield, Wis., technology vendor Fiserv Inc. has expanded its consulting capabilities by acquiring an online advisory service provider.

International Business Machines Corp. reported solid third-quarter results as growth in its long-troubled services business overcame declines in hardware.

A banking technology start-up is hoping to revive aggregation, an idea that many banks have tried and dropped, by combining it with financial services advice.

CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Commerce Bank, "America's Most Convenient Bank," has launched Business Direct, a free, comprehensive online business banking service that enables businesses to securely view and manage all their financial and banking needs at a glance, in real time, from anywhere, via the Internet.

The Denver processor First Data Corp. has expanded its business-to-business payment capabilities by acquiring the Dublin banking technology company Deecal International Ltd.

Flagstar Bank of Troy, Mich., has agreed to use electronic closing systems from Fiserv Inc. of Brookfield, Wis., to manage mortgage originations.

Diebold Inc.'s automated teller machines have been certified to offer prepaid gift cards using technology developed by Better ATM Services Inc. of Mesa, Ariz.

Image volume on the SVPCO check image network fell last month for the first time in at least a year, according to The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC, which operates the network.

Fidelity Express, a money-transmitting unit of the Sulphur Springs, Tex., grocery wholesaler GSC Enterprises Inc., is planning to offer a mobile bill-payment service to utilities and other billers that use its walk-in payment agents.

Four community banks have recently begun using remote capture software from Open Solutions Inc.

The point of sale terminal company Restaurant Data Concepts Inc. has agreed to offer wireless payment devices from VeriFone Holdings Inc. to restaurants that use its POSitouch system.

Verizon Wireless is expected to announce today a deal to deliver phones to customers preloaded with mobile banking software from Firethorn Holdings LLC.

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Monroe Bancorp of Bloomington, Ind., is using a document management system that will improve workflow and customer service, according to its vendor, Financial Systems and Equipment Inc. of Lenexa, Kan.

Same-day electronic bill payments are giving banks something that has been absent from their online bill-pay businesses for years: revenue.

More check-image processors are likely to join forces with card processors, experts said after Heartland Payment Systems Inc. announced a "bank-neutral remote deposit" service for merchants.

The mobile channel presents a great opportunity for banks to differentiate themselves, create a market niche, and build a brand.