Bank technology

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A year ago Carreker Corp. seemed to be in a very strong position as one of the imaging technology vendors of choice for several major banks among the early leaders in implementing image exchange.

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Fidelity National Financial Inc., which had been preparing for a public offering of its technology unit, now says it plans to keep control of the business.

For the second time in three months, data thieves have exploited a flaw in SunTrust Banks Inc.’s Internet system.

The accelerating transition to electronic payments appears to have hurt banks’ cash management revenue, and low interest rates have exacerbated that trend.

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The rules governing accounts receivable conversion are clear - only consumer checks can be converted into automated clearing house payments, not business ones.

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It has been three years since the banking industry had a clear picture of its payments systems; meanwhile, paper checks have ceded their position as the leading payment method to electronic ones.

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A proposed standard for downloading bank account data could eliminate the language barrier between two competing types of Internet banking tools: aggregation, which has generated ire for its dependence on screen-scraping, and personal finance software.

The table lists daily composite stock prices at 4 PM (unless otherwise noted) as measured by market capitalization.

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Analysts seem to agree that online “phishing” scams are a big problem, but they say it is evolving so rapidly that they cannot be sure just how big.

Wells Fargo & Co., which has announced two international remittance partnerships in a month, is planning to expand its business even farther.

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PayPal Inc., whose main business is providing the back-end payment engine for eBay Inc., has added a deal with Paymentech LP to an expansion plan that emphasizes small businesses.