Bank technology

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.

The Pleasanton, Calif., e-payment software vendor Xign Corp. has formed a partnership with SciQuest Inc., a Research Triangle Park, N.C., firm that sells software that automates the ordering of goods and services.

TNS Inc. has reported a fourth-quarter loss due, in part, to severance payments, but analysts said it appears to have righted itself after weathering an extended boardroom battle for control of the company.

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National Bank of Kansas City in Overland Park, Kan., is outsourcing its core processing to John H. Harland Co.

Security Bank Corp. of Macon, Ga., says it is using statistical analysis to drive its acquisition and branch-building plans and intends to apply the technology to its marketing efforts as well.

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Online Resources Corp.'s financial results are starting to reflect the July acquisition of Princeton eCom Corp., one of several acquisitions that are changing its industry.

The global financial cooperative Swift said Lazaro Campos, the head of its banking division, will become its chief executive officer in April.

TJX Cos. Inc. said a data security breach discovered in December was more extensive that originally estimated.