Bank technology

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How many consumers would pay for a hardware that would make it safer to bank online?

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Some banks and credit unions are using biometric traits to identify customers at the branch, but critical issues, such as what happens if a fraudster steals that data, have prevented more widespread adoption.

Online Resources Corp. has restated its financial results for the last seven quarters, cutting its earnings by a total of 11 cents a share, after changing its policy on unclaimed bill payments.

Bisys Group Inc. said it will delay reporting results for its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended June 30, while it restates past earnings.

Clearing House Payments Co. LLC plans to announce today that it has begun providing automated settlement for checks cleared through its image exchange network.

Businesses have jumped on the check-image bandwagon more enthusiastically than bankers had expected, possibly because they see a bigger payoff than bankers recognized.

A company that markets bill-payment identification cards and stored-value payment cards to the unbanked is developing a way to use the cards to pay bills online.

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Endpoint Exchange LLC of Oklahoma City, which was set up for image-based check clearing between client banks, is now offering to clear images of those drawn on other banks too.

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Two financial companies have defied conventional wisdom by establishing a direct connection for exchanging check images with each other, and others are planning to follow suit.

Buying the Birmingham, Ala., processor Brasfield Corp. would give Metavante Corp. a platform for offering a hosted version of the core processing software of a Metavante unit, Kirchman Corp.