Bank technology

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

eBay Inc., whose PayPal Inc. is already a strong competitor in person-to-person payments, is looking to its Skype Internet telephone service as a way to expand its international money-transfer volume.

Clarke American Corp., the No. 3 U.S. check printer, said Wednesday that it has arranged the financing for its planned $1.7 billion purchase of its larger rival, John H. Harland Co.

NetBank Inc. said it is nearly done shedding its less appealing businesses, but it reiterated that it will take at least until next quarter to return to profitability.

With a pair of deals this week, First Data Corp. underscored its interest in buying technology that can broaden its payment processing services to merchants and financial institutions.

Financial companies and other vendors are increasingly pitching mobile payments as a method for unbanked immigrants to send remittances across borders, but analysts caution that the market remains immature.

With a pair of deals this week, First Data Corp. underscored its interest in buying technology that can broaden its payment processing services to merchants and financial institutions.

Following through on its acquisition of an online cash management provider last fall, Transaction Systems Architects Inc. has rolled out an online version of its heavy-duty payment applications to make them available on demand to North American banks and retailers.

E-Trade Financial Corp. today is rolling out a service letting its customers trade in six foreign markets, and executives gave more details about its international banking plans.

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Fiserv Inc. announced Thursday that it has integrated its online bill payment service, Paytraxx, with its core account processing systems and that 91 customers have bought the service.

S1 Corp., which has long focused on selling its online banking products to big banks, is now making an effort to promote software aimed at smaller ones.

Two payments vendors, eFunds Corp. in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Digital Harbor Inc. in Reston, Va., have teamed up to offer a fraud management product.

Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union has been able to cut transportation costs and reduce staffing by imaging checks at the automated teller machine but has found that customers need help to use the machines.

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Densely populated areas are the most common hot spots for identity fraud in the United States, according to a report from the fraud management company ID Analytics Inc.

Fair Isaac Corp. has hired Mark Greene, a 12-year veteran of International Business Machines Corp., as its chief executive.