Bank technology

Amazon.com unaffected by Operation Payback due to Akamai's excess server capacity; new Google service lets users know if a website has been hacked; predictive modeling to track Medicare claims fraud; and more.

Heathrow Express has come out with a free application that lets consumers purchase train tickets that can be presented directly from their mobile phones.

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Contrary to expectations, the Federal Reserve Board's draft report on debit interchange did not resolve the debate on the cost of fraud in card payments.

EMC Corp., a security technology company, has started a service to help merchants achieve compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.

An advertising company that offers Facebook Inc. credits to people who buy certain products said it has expanded its reach to more than 80 million users.

First Data Corp. said more than 100,000 U.S. merchants are handling tractions through the TransArmor security service it launched in early September.

Though debit issuers' share prices suffered last week after the Federal Reserve Board proposed its cap on interchange fees, investors then favored automated teller machine makers in anticipation of a shift to cash.

Prosper Marketplace has decided it no longer wants to be the eBay of lending and is abandoning the auction-style model it has used to establish interest rates for its loans.

The board of directors of Ingenico SA earlier today rejected an unsolicited, nonbinding offer to acquire the French terminal maker.

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Wells Fargo & Co. aims to help consumers navigate their finances more easily with its My Money Map personal financial management system.

Ingenico SA said it has received a nonbinding stock offer in a deal whose value could approach $1.9 billion. The French terminal maker would not say who made the bid.

Ingenico SA said it has received a nonbinding stock offer in a deal whose value could approach $1.9 billion. The French terminal maker would not say who made the bid.

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PNC now allows joint account holders to get a more detailed view of each other's spending in its Virtual Wallet account, an online product that borrows themes from PFM systems.

Wells Fargo & Co. said its Desktop Deposit check-scanning service has handled $1 trillion in deposits since its 2005 introduction.

Washington Trust Bank in Spokane is offering mobile banking services to its customers through text, mobile Web and dedicated applications using mFoundry Inc.'s software.

Analysts say Google's recent moves demonstrate more of a see-what-sticks approach than the formation of a well-defined business strategy for mobile payments.

Deutsche Bank AG is converting to a single core system across 30 countries to support its Global Transaction Banking operations, highlighting the rising importance of commercial business.