Bank technology

FinTech 100: Jeffery Yabuki says he never doubted his company's ability to endure the financial industry's recent downturn, which eliminated a handful of the banks using its technology and is an ongoing threat to the survival of others.

FinTech 100: SunGard is following the money in banking these days, with its company-leading Financial Systems division responding to regulatory demands.

FinTech 100: The varied characteristics of two recent deals are more reflective of how sweeping regulatory changes have shaped the banking industry's priorities in the last year than of FIS' acquisition appetite.

FinTech 100: There should not be any question as to whether Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) BaNCS core processing solution can scale.

FinTech 100: Self-service checkout counters at supermarkets. Vending machines loaded with DVDs. If you ask William Nuti what these devices have to do with financial services technology, he'll tell you: Everything.

FinTech 100: The much maligned mortgage market has the entire banking industry scrambling. For Lender Processing Services it's difficult to imagine the business environment getting any better.

FinTech: First Data has had three CEOs this year, and corporate owners Kohlberg Kravis Roberts are surely hoping the third one's a charm.

FinTech 100: In the wake of regulatory reform, Diebold is betting bankers — especially in the United States — will start to address tighter margins in a financially reformed world.

FinTech 100: Nomura Research Institute's presence in the United States is limited, but it is the number one information technology outsourcing and consulting company in Japan.

FinTech 100: Almost no part of banking has changed as dramatically in the past year as the credit card industry, but TSYS — which derives 60% of its revenue from card processing — has persevered.

FinTech 100: To establish itself as a business solution provider that drives value for companies, IBM has worked to bolster its business analytics offering through a series of acquisitions.

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Paysafecard Group has brought its prepaid voucher product to the U.S. online gaming market.

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First Data Corp. said it would offer an account opening program from MeridianLink Inc. in its online banking service.

First National Bank of Omaha will be the first major financial institution to extend Cardlytics Inc.'s online merchant-funded rewards system to credit card customers.

Cardtronics Inc. said Monday that it is reorganizing its U.S. operations and their management structure.

NetSpend Holdings Inc. said it is seeking additional partners in light of the regulatory problems facing its biggest prepaid card issuer, MetaBank.