Bank technology

Pegasystems Inc. is offering a software program designed to help mortgage servicers adapt faster to regulatory changes.

The analytics provider CoreLogic Inc. has two new products it says will help online lenders more accurately assess the risk associated with nontraditional credit applicants.

Contrary to the marketing message behind P-to-P, the service is most popular for paying bills, not for, say, splitting dinner checks.

The electronic-billing technology company Transactis Inc. has acquired OfferIQ, a mobile coupon service provider for banks and merchants, the companies said Thursday.

Jack Henry & Associates Inc. said Thursday that it is launching a person-to-person payment system based on technology from iPay Technologies, a company it bought in June.

For New American, of Virginia Beach, using Facebook and Twitter in much the same way that consumers use the popular social media websites is the doorway to relationship building, branding and image marketing.

While some card processors have taken steps to address payment card fraud, industry alerts and payment card industry compliance audits alone do not provide sufficient protection.

VeriFone Systems Inc. said Wednesday that it acquired Semtek Innovative Solutions Corp. Semtek, of San Diego, develops the technology that VeriFone uses in its VeriShield Protect system, which encodes sensitive cardholder data during transactions.

MasterCard Inc. on Wednesday released a dedicated application for BlackBerry owners who want to use MoneySend, the card company's mobile person-to-person payment system.

The mobile payment tech company Vivotech Inc. said Wednesday that it is working with DeviceFidelity Inc. to provide contactless payment capabilities for smartphones that can accept microSD memory cards.

Oliver is leading a series of meetings organized by the Boston and Atlanta Federal Reserve banks that include about 30 companies and industry groups to discuss the future of payments in the U.S., which is far behind Europe and Japan's adoption of the chip-and-PIN technologies included in EMV standards.

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Apriva, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based wireless-payments company, on Sept. 8 announced the release of its AprivaPay wireless point-of-sale application for Apple Inc.'s iPhone.

Google employee pressuring Microsoft to fix a potentially harmful bug; retailers' online chat raises security concerns; woman accused of theft the old-fashioned way; and more.

First National Bank of Omaha is offering a rewards program from Cardlytics that lets customers access merchant offers through First National's FNBO Direct online banking service.

A prepaid card company is trying to drive down fraud with an application that replaces plastic cards with virtual accounts that users access with mobile phones.

A prepaid card company is trying to drive down fraud with an application that replaces plastic cards with virtual accounts that users access with mobile phones.

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UMassFive College Federal Credit Union has selected ACH Federal to provide back-end automated clearing house software to enable members to pay their loans by phone.

People who use Exxon Mobil Corp.'s proprietary Personal Card to purchase gas at Exxon and Mobil service stations can receive gift certificates for Restaurant.com under a promotion the petroleum retailer announced Sept. 1.