Bank technology

Check image exchange just got a boost from further automation in the clearing and settlement process, as volume continues to surge.

SunGard Data Systems Inc. has acquired Aspiren, a provider of fraud prevention and performance management software.

Yodlee Inc. has made its online account aggregation technology compatible with bank accounts protected by software from Green Armor Solutions Inc. of Hackensack, N.J.

Though online banking and bill-payment software have long been offered as discrete applications, the vendors that provide them are starting to integrate them with other important financial capabilities.

Citigroup Inc. plans to retain ownership of the Financial Research Corp. unit of Bisys Group Inc. after it closes its purchase of the New York company, according to a published report.

Cowen & Co. LLC upgraded its rating on Fiserv Inc. last week, to "outperform" from "neutral," citing a number of factors related to the vendor's "Fiserv 2.0" initiative.

Wachovia Corp. has installed Internet-based "telepresence" technology enabling executives at its Charlotte headquarters to hold videoconferences with counterparts in the Richmond, Va., offices of Wachovia Securities, Cisco Systems Inc. announced Monday.

RSA Security, a unit of EMC Corp. of Hopkinton, Mass., has acquired the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., security firm Verid Inc. to improve its authentication capabilities.

Moneris Solutions Inc. announced a three-year agreement to supply processing services to State Bank of India (California).

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CheckFree Corp. has announced the closing of its purchase of the assets of Upstream Technologies LLC in Boston, a developer of online tools for asset managers.

BOSTON  Nova Information Systems Inc. is eyeing high-growth markets such as India and South America as the next targets for its expansion.

TNS Inc. presented a "fairly upbeat" investor conference Thursday after a year of upheaval when the company missed earnings estimates and its founder tried to take it private, an analyst wrote in a note.

William P. Foley 2nd is at it again.

When Emigrant Bancorp introduced its high-interest online savings account in 2005, its promise of the highest rates in the industry made the account an instant hit.

The automated teller machine deployer TRM Corp. avoided being dropped from the Nasdaq exchange at a meeting with a Nasdaq panel last week.

Lockheed Georgia Employees' Federal Credit Union has agreed to use anti-fraud software from Digital Envoy Inc.'s Digital Resolve business to strengthen its online banking security.Digital Envoy, of Norcross, Ga., announced Wednesday that the Marietta, Ga., credit union would use its Fraud Analyst software, which creates behavior profiles of online banking users. When a user's behavior at login does not match the account's profile, the software raises a flag and the credit union can ask for further authentication before allowing the user to bank online.