Bank technology

Wal-Mart Stores next week will begin rolling out automated versions of its MoneyCenter offices, which provide a range of financial services to shoppers.

Verification using India's national biometric identification system could provide a second level of authorization to secure card-present transactions with magnetic stripe cards under a proposal outlined in a central bank working group report.

Fair Isaac Corp. is partnering with Adeptra Inc., a specialist in automating call center interactions, to integrate FICO Falcon Fraud Manager 6 with Adeptra's Automated Customer Contact services.

Citigroup Inc.'s credit card customers are unlikely to experience card fraud stemming from a recent online data breach, but they could be the targets of phishing scams.

BillShrink Inc., the discount-hunting service, has come up with a new spin on the Billy Mays-style hard sell in which consumers are cautioned to spend now or forever miss out on a host of extra goodies.

The private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is pursuing a minority investment in ING Group NV's U.S. online bank, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation plans to intensify its focus on fighting computer crime such as the intrusion that exposed personal information and payment details at Sony Corp.

Think Computer Corp. has added a contactless payment capability to its FaceCash mobile wallet. FaceCash previously relied on only a bar code system to present payment details.

Google's decision to rely on First Data to link its new mobile wallet to consumers' payment accounts puts the merchant processor and acquirer in a role that is new and risky.

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Heartland Payment Systems Inc. is updating its offerings to what it views as a final frontier of micropayments: commercial laundry machines.

In the wake of the compromise of RSA Security's one-time-password tokens, it's the smaller banks that may feel the greatest impact, since they have more invested in a single security technology than their larger peers.

The peer-to-peer loan facilitator Prosper.com has raised more than $17 million of new venture capital.

Citizens Financial Group Inc. is taking a page from Hollywood in its test of in-branch videoconferencing. But the movie-star touch isn't the high-definition video screens — it's the pens used to sign important documents.

Mitek Systems Inc.'s patent portfolio is growing as the San Diego vendor seeks to protect its mobile check deposit technology.

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Banks intent on bringing mobile payments to a wide swath of customers will soon have to make difficult decisions about devices, partnerships, vendor management and employee training.

RSA replaces 40 million SecurID tokens due to breach; four charged in $1.5 million theft of JPM, Citi ATMs; B of A employee charged with stealing $10 million from customers.

Citigroup Inc. plans to use the promotional space it has purchased on online bill-viewing platform Manilla.com to build relationships with its customers rather than try to sell to them.

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