Bank technology

HSBC Holdings PLC is using CheckFree Corp.'s eVent software in its HSBC Securities Services unit to deliver automated corporate actions processing to clients.

First Data Corp. has teamed up with Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. to create a more comprehensive point of sale terminal aimed at small merchants.

RSA Security Inc. is warning that phishers have developed a faster way to steal money.

The point of sale terminal company Hypercom Corp. has acquired the assets of the payment processing technology vendor TPI Software LLC.

Oracle Corp. and i-flex solutions ltd. said they have their first core processing deal with a U.S. bank — a deal that could become an important test case for the banking industry as the two vendors try to expand in this market.

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U.S. Bancorp has received permission to operate a banking company in Ireland to process card transactions in Europe without sponsorship from another bank.

TNS Inc. has asked a group of investors that are bidding to buy the company to submit their "best and final offer."

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. of Pittsburgh is using software from Jack Henry & Associates Inc. to monitor teller activity in PNC Bank's 861 branches.

The global financial cooperative Swift announced Wednesday that its new corporate access model is commercially available, following a three-month pilot.

LaSalle Bank Corp. of Chicago has licensed a portfolio of interactive-voice patents from Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing LP.

Wachovia Corp. plans to give customers more control over their online security preferences.

The Columbus, Ohio, check courier AirNet Systems Inc. agreed to pay $487,500 to Joel Biggerstaff, its former chairman and chief executive, as part of a severance agreement.

BioPassword Inc., which makes software that identifies users by evaluating their typing techniques, has closed an $11 million round of financing.

Online Resources Corp. of Chantilly, Va., agreed to incorporate customer analytic software from Intelligent Results Inc. of Bellevue, Wash., into its customer management and collection product.

Tampa Electric Co. is using Metavante Corp. software to offer customers same-day bill payment services over the phone or the Internet.

An analyst is predicting that Synovus Financial Corp., which owns a majority stake in Total System Services Inc., is planning to spin off the processor very soon.