Bank technology

Zopa Ltd. of London, which operates a peer-to-peer lending Web site, has hired a new chief executive and is planning to launch a version of its site in the United States this year.

Corus Bankshares Inc. of Chicago has agreed to outsource its core processing to Metavante Corp.

Source Technologies, a transaction management software company, is working with the electronic bill-payment kiosk provider ChoicePay Inc. of Tulsa to create a national network of bill-pay kiosks.

The Portland, Ore., merchant automated teller machine company TRM Corp. said it will delay its 2006 earnings report.

American Bank and Trust Co. of Davenport, Iowa, agreed to outsource its core processing work to Metavante Corp. of Milwaukee.

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NCR Corp. said it plans to complete the spinoff of its Teradata database unit by October.

Goldleaf Financial Solutions Inc., known mainly as a provider of automated clearing house software, says acquiring the Dallas imaging specialist Community Banking Systems strengthened its position as a provider of payments technology to small banks.

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EMC Corp.'s RSA Security unit has introduced a service that spots "Trojan Horse" viruses.

The banking technology vendor Goldleaf Financial Solutions Inc. announced Wednesday that it has expanded its check imaging portfolio by buying Community Banking Systems of Dallas.

Account-to-account transfer and funding technology is becoming a key part of bankers' strategies for high-yield online savings accounts.

Fiserv Inc. said it has acquired a Dutch security software firm whose risk management and fraud-fighting capabilities will be incorporated into all its core processing systems.

Metavante Corp. is pursuing the core processing business of the nation's biggest banking companies through a marketing agreement that could eventually give it a 4% stake in the Swiss software developer Temenos Group in Geneva.

First Data Corp. is hoping to capture more international transaction volume from Chinese credit cardholders through an arrangement with the Beijing bank card network China UnionPay.

S1 Corp. plans to repurchase about 15% of its shares.

Intuit Inc., providing the first in-depth look at its plans for entering the payments market, is hoping to attract small businesses and consumers with a combination of personal financial management tools and online banking capabilities.

Facing a potential onslaught of conflicting mobile payment systems, two industry groups are wondering whether a set of standards would smooth the road to adoption.