Bank technology

The repeal of Regulation Q, which prohibited banks from paying interest on business checking balances, would allow banks to offer their customers fairer value for their deposits.

Arrests in alleged international online banking scam; U.K. law firm the target of two organized attacks; whole-ATM fraud not as profitable as previously thought; and more.

Bling Nation Ltd. is ramping up its sales efforts through a partnership with Fifth Third Processing Solutions LLC.

Here's the pitch: put Micronotes Inc.'s widget in your online banking site, and you can both improve your cross-selling and pull in up to $1 million a year in incremental revenue.

NetSpend Holdings Inc. released Monday estimated terms for its initial public offering.

A payment-authentication company has developed an application that verifies online PIN-debit transactions by phone.

And at a popular site like ING Direct, fraudsters are always trying to find holes; To stop them, the U.S. online banking unit of ING Group is trying to learn from those failures to better prepare for the next onslaught.

An online incentive company says it is hoping Facebook Inc.'s virtual currency system can become a more effective and less expensive way for Internet retailers to boost customer loyalty.

Bank of America Corp. is to supply purchasing cards and electronic payments services to the Irving, Texas, health-care network VHA Inc.

Datacard Group has announced the purchase of the instant-issuance software provider Dynamic Card Solutions LLC.

The prepaid customer base for Cardlytics Inc.'s merchant-funded rewards system is growing.

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Banks are trying to improve customer service by training branch staff and by removing infrastructure roadblocks that can get in the way of employees trying to do their jobs.

Banks are trying to improve customer service by training branch staff and by removing infrastructure roadblocks that can get in the way of employees trying to do their jobs.

UAE Exchange Inc. will offer MasterCard Inc.'s MoneySend service in the United Arab Emirates for outbound remittances to the Philippines.

Jack Henry & Associates Inc.'s ProfitStars division has begun offering Mitek Systems Inc.'s mobile remote-deposit capture software, pairing it with its own Alogent Mobile Remote Deposit system.

By proposing to combine two of the world's three largest makers of payment terminals, VeriFone Systems Inc.'s hostile bid for Hypercom Inc. appears to raise antitrust issues.

While technical and marketing challenges have been met, industry leaders believe immediacy and mobility are the current issues that may constrain online banking's growth.

VeriFone Systems Inc. announced Wednesday an unsolicited bid to buy rival Hypercom Corp. at $5.25 per share.

The London payments technology vendor Masabi Ltd. said Wednesday it has raised $2 million in capital to help market its mobile phone transit fare system.