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World Briefs
Sumitomo Mitsui, Japan, installs multiple ES7000 servers to monitor ATM transactions; Bank of N.T. extends its core banking contract with Alltel Information Services; Spar Nord Bank and Laan & Spar Bank test a system that lets customers withdraw cash from an ATM using mobile phones.
Bank Bytes
Zions Bank uses image archiving services from Viewpointe Archive Services; Charter One Bank contracts with Metavante Electronic Banking; Commonwealth Bank offers an online check image retrieval service powered by image-based item processing.
Executive Update
Craig Rhinehart appointed vice president of sales and marketing for Tarian Software; Elma Carey named sales director for Prediction Dynamics; Mariagrazia Polo appointed sales executive for Italy for JPMorgan Investor Services Europe, Middle East and Africa.
International Bytes
MasterCard launches unified global vendor program; Pekao Financial Services, a subsidiary of Bank Pekao SA Poland, to install MSHARE, a recordkeeping package developed by Global Investment Systems; The Euro Banking Association taps Societa Interbancaria per l'Automazione to build and operate a new pan-European Automated Clearing House for mass payments in Euro.
North America Bytes
JPMorgan Chase Bank converts to the Corillian Voyager Internet banking platform; First Financial Bancorp and First National Bank of Southwestern Ohio use BISYS to support their entry into the mutual fund industry; Union Bank of California selects EEI's Integration Suite to support its OFX platform.
Association Update
Retail Finance Europe 2002 Conference and Expo set for June 17 to 19 in London; Comptroller of the Currency John D. Hawke Jr. will deliver the keynote address at the RMA's annual conference on Capital Management this June in Washington D.C.; Representatives from large financial institutions to speak at Retail Decisions' annual Risk Management Symposium this June in Newport, R.I.
Executive Update
Alfred B. DelBello joins the Advisory Board of Signature Bank; Charles A. Davis appointed to the Executive Advisory Board of DWL; Joseph A. Smith, Jr., named North Carolina's Commissioner of Banks.
International Bytes
Monte Titoli established an electronic link with The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation; JCB Company won the operational contract for the KANSAI THRU PASS, a contactless IC chip transportation/charge card; The Cheshire Building Society converts its mortgage service to the i-Wealthview platform from Fincentric Corporation.
North America Bytes
Wachovia offers BillingZone, an electronic invoice presentment and payment service, to its corporate clients; National Bank of Canada signs a multi-year contract with eScout, an e-business services provider; U.S. Bancorp takes an ownership position in Viewpointe Archive Services.
Association Update
RMA releases dates for its sixth annual retail risk management conference; NACHA issues a call for presentation applications for its PAYMENTS 2003 show; SWIFT signs a strategic STP agreement with Omgeo.
World Briefs
Burgan Bank launches an Internet payment portal using Commerce Gateway e-commerce software from ACI Worldwide; Post Office Ltd. contracts with IBM to build an e-business infrastructure to connect Post Office branches to connect Post Office branches to banks; Commonwealth Bank of Australia licenses the webMethods integration platform.
Bank Bytes
Columbia Bank purchases 23 Series 8000 Web-enabled ATMs from Fujitsu Transaction Solutions; Sovereign Bank licenses customer service monitoring software from Eyretel; Cape Cod Bank & Trust licenses PowerPath Network.
Instant Messaging Makes A Splash On Wall Street
Instant messaging finds new use in the financial services industry as a fast and secure communications tool.
Executive Changes
David Brasfield resigns as president of SBS Data Services to form new company; Barry D. Starling joins Raymond James Bank, FSB, as vice president and senior commercial real estate lending officer; Saul Caprio appointed director of business development for Wincor Nixdorf Banking Solutions.
International Bytes
Two Danish banks pilot a system that enables customers to obtain cash from an ATM using a mobile phone; French banks launch virtual credit card service; The Bank of N. T. Butterfield, Hamilton, Bermuda, renews its license agreement with ALLTEL Information Services.
North America Bytes
Wright-Patt Credit Union signs ATM partnership agreement with Cleveland-based KeyCorp; SunTrust Banks implements automated loan review system from DiCom Software Corp.; Fifth Third Bank chooses the InTrader real-time funding and investment portfolio system from SunGard; Waypoint Bank selects Fiserv CBS as its new core processing provider.
Association Update
Windows Security Challenge, a contest aimed at honing the skills needed to secure Microsoft Windows 2000 networks, to be held this July in Seattle; S1 hosts Webinar for senior bank executives looking to grow small business services.
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