Bank technology

ING Bank has upgraded the authentication software on its Web site, and in the process it replaced an automated security system in its call center with one that is handled by people.

The Swift global payments network is about to introduce an automated system for processing exceptions and investigations of international wire transfers.

Frost National Bank of San Antonio, which has become an imaging innovator by working with several exchange networks - even creating one of its own - said it would join one more, Endpoint Exchange.

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S1 Corp. has sold one of its units, but the transaction may not satisfy the activist shareholders who have been pressuring the banking technology vendor to sell itself.

The Indian core processing software company i-flex solutions ltd. has agreed to buy the anti-money-laundering software vendor Mantas Inc.

Bisys Group Inc. has received a pair of downgrades after its chief executive announced he was leaving and the company put itself on the block.

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Bankers are introducing a variety of corporate services in preparation for a Nacha rule change that will let them convert some business checks into automated clearing house transactions.

The president and chief executive of Bisys Group Inc., Russell P. Fradin, has submitted his resignation, and the New York banking technology outsourcing provider appears to be considering selling itself.

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Payment Processing Inc. is hoping low-cost Internet technology will persuade parking meter and kiosk operators to use its system to accept payment cards.

During its second-quarter earnings conference call, S1 Corp. said it is making progress in shifting customers to a recurring-revenue pricing system, but it said little about whether it will sell itself.

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The number of banks and credit unions that can receive check images is rising sharply, further reducing the need to print image replacement documents.