Bank technology

Though large banks are starting to show signs of slowing growth in their bill payment services, two vendors that serve smaller banks are saying the online bill payment space is rife with opportunity.

Capgemini Service SAS of Paris, seeking to expand in the financial services market as well as in India, has agreed to buy the outsourcing provider Kanbay International Inc.

MetroCorp Bancshares Inc. of Houston has agreed to use online banking and bill-payment software from Digital Insight Corp. to expand its customer base.

Fiserv Inc. expects to decide by yearend which of its business units, if any, it may sell or shut down, its chief executive said.

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First Data Corp.’s third-quarter earnings fell 34%, to $342.2 million, or 17 cents per share, in part because of one-time charges including last month’s spinoff of Western Union Co.

The conflict between S1 Corp.'s management and an unhappy investment group reached a turning point Monday, with a buyback offer and the departure of S1's chief executive.

Perimeter Internetworking Corp. is offering an online service it says can help community banks analyze data security risks.

With a recapitalization completed this month, Goldleaf Financial Solutions Inc. slashed its debt, reduced its obligations to a major private-equity backer, and is ready to pursue additional acquisitions, its president and chief executive said last week.

Witness Systems Inc.’s acquisition of two branch-staffing software vendors this month received mixed reviews from analysts.

The San Francisco brokerage firm Charles Schwab Corp. is using software from CheckFree Corp. to manage a set of eight mutual fund wrap portfolios.

The Los Angeles wireless telephone carrier Amp'd Mobile Inc. has begun offering a mobile payment service using software from Obopay Inc.

Total System Services Inc., which is expected to start deconverting Bank of America Corp.'s massive consumer credit card portfolio today, says it is not worried about the lost business.

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Disappointing third-quarter results from Marshall & Ilsley Corp.'s technology subsidiary, Metavante Corp., prompted an analyst to cut his earnings estimates Tuesday for the Milwaukee banking company.