Bank technology

Gresham Computing PLC has announced the addition of five banks in the United States, Europe, and Africa to its Clareti Cash Reporting Service to manage their balances with global correspondents.

The Financial Services Technology Consortium announced this week that it has developed a set of test documents that banks and other companies can use to calibrate imaging systems.

Daylight-saving time comes earlier this year, which has forced online brokerages to update systems that are programmed to automatically reset their clocks in three weeks to ensure trades are executed at the right time and price.

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. says it hopes to expand the services it offers to lenders and to cut costs by expanding its operations in India.

Shinkin Central Bank of Tokyo is using Hitachi America Ltd.'s biometric finger vein authentication hardware in its New York branch, the vendor announced Monday.

The Norcross, Ga., antifraud software vendor Digital Envoy Inc. has augmented its offerings by buying Cydelity Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif.

State Street Corp. of Boston announced Monday that it has completed its acquisition of the London independent currency exchange Currenex Inc.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia plans to test contactless credit cards provided by Gemplus International SA of Luxemburg.

The Dominican transaction processing company FreeStar Technology Corp. has ordered 1,500 point of sale terminals from Hypercom Corp. for use in Europe.

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In his first quarter as S1 Corp.'s chief executive, Johann Dreyer has reorganized the way it breaks out its earnings, and his company issued earnings guidance for the first time since November 2005.

Transaction Systems Architects Inc., a software developer that has moved its headquarters and is changing its name, is changing its fiscal calendar and the way it reports revenue.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc. initiated coverage of Marshall & Ilsley Corp.'s stock with a "buy" rating and called Metavante Corp. the Milwaukee banking company's growth engine.

International Business Machines Corp. of Armonk, N.Y., said Thursday it had helped Reuters Group PLC develop three software products that provide faster access to its Reuters Market Data System.

Mortgage lenders increasingly are using technology to weed out or "scrub" loans that get sold in the secondary market.

The London online currency trading network FXall has launched an electronic communication network, Accelor, for high-speed automated foreign exchange.

In the year since Prosper Marketplace Inc. unveiled its peer-to-peer online lending service, the company has attracted 175,000 users and issued $36 million of loans.

First Citizens BancShares Inc. of Raleigh is using the SVPCO image payments network to exchange digital check images with other banking companies.