Bank technology

DBS Bank Ltd., Singapore's No. 1 banking company, has agreed to use Diebold Inc.'s newly upgraded Agilis software, Agilis EmPower, to run its automated teller machine network.

FirstBank Puerto Rico, a unit of First BanCorp of San Juan, has renewed a core processing outsourcing agreement with Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

Now that mobile banking services have been available to consumers for a few months, some companies are starting to promote the technology as a corporate cash management tool.

Total System Services Inc. of Columbus, Ga., has agreed to offer its clients predictive analytic software from Austin Logistics Inc. to help them improve their collections.

Minnesota has enacted the first state law requiring merchants that do not protect payment card data adequately to reimburse financial companies for losses associated with data security breaches.

Electronic Data Systems Corp. of Plano, Tex., has agreed to help develop and maintain an electronic accounting system for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the government agency that handles accounting and payments for the Department of Defense.

Zions Bancorp.'s NetDeposit Inc. has split its operations into two units to boost sales of its hosted check-imaging services, especially its remote capture capabilities.

Citigroup Inc. may sell a stake in its Indian outsourcing unit, which is valued at $1 billion, according to an article published Wednesday in the Delhi newspaper Mint.

Standard Bank Group Ltd., the largest South African banking group by assets, has licensed core banking software from SAP AG and a commercial lending system from Fidelity National Information Services Inc.

Mellon Financial Corp. has improved its data security and made its system more efficient by upgrading its software-patch management, an executive said.

ModaSolutions Corp. of Kanata, Ontario, said it has added a buyer protection program to its Secure-eBill product for electronic payments.

With three purchases in two months, CheckFree Corp. is broadening its offerings to financial companies, in the payments business and beyond, and is solidifying its position as a major vendor of banking software.

Korea Exchange Bank, the country's top foreign-exchange banking company, has agreed to use anti-laundering software from Mantas Inc., a Herndon, Va., unit of i-flex solutions ltd.

Fair Isaac Corp. of Minneapolis has introduced a fraud-detection service that supports the U.K. payments system Faster Payments.

The $35 billion-asset Huntington Bancshares Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, plans to offer health savings accounts to customers through an outsourcing agreement with Fiserv Inc. of Brookfield, Wis.

The Latin American card manufacturer Inteligensa Group is offering its customers payment cards from Innovative Card Technologies Inc. of Los Angeles with built-in, one-time password systems.

Stonebridge Bank of West Chester, Pa., has agreed to use new software from Armored Online, a security application company formed last year, that encrypts communications between banks and their customers.

In a strategic shift, Brink's Co. is partnering with Metavante Corp. to offer check-image capture services to banks that want to outsource their item processing.