Electracash, Inc., the California payment-processor whose bank accounts were seized in July by federal investigators in Maryland who are probing the online gambling industry, has been targeted again. This time, the Feds are going after evidence of gambling-related communications in Electracash's e-mail account with New York-based Intermedia. Electracash's chief executive officer, D. Lee Falls, did not return a phone message seeking comment.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a bank holding company that engages in investment banking, securities services and investment management, is agreed to pay US$60-million to settle a Massachusetts investigation into the mortgage securities packaging.As Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley said at a news conference the bank should pay US$50-million as compensation to homeowners and the rest to the state.

Denarii Payments, Inc. jointly with Central National Bank of Enid has just launched SizzleMoney™, a unique mobile phone and prepaid card product that provides access to money, payment services and payroll distribution through an SMS-based service. 

Ayala Corp. purchased a bankrupt US-based outsourcing company On-site Sourcing, Inc. for $9 million. The transaction was made through Ayala’s unit Integreon Managed Solutions, Inc. On-site, which filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code on Feb. 5, was created in 1991 and provides electronic evidence solutions to law firms and corporations.

McAfee, Inc. has announced the results of the research conducted by Informa Telecoms and Media and incorporated among over 30 international mobile device manufacturers. The research showed that mobile device manufacturers are currently spending more time and money on recovering from security incidents. In its third annual report published on the mobile ecosystem by McAfee has included information on manufacturers' security experiences, their problems and approaches of soling those security challenges.

Solidcore(R) Systems, Inc. announced that Verrus Mobile Technologies, Inc. has selected the Solidcore S3 Control PCI Pro(TM) edition with the aim of meeting file integrity monitoring and audit trail requirements of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) quickly and easily.

investment Technology Group, Inc., a leading agency broker and financial technology firm, today announced the addition of global electronic trading capabilities in its Triton® execution management system (EMS), enabling clients to trade among North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific markets from any location on one platform. 

Yodlee, Inc. has announced today expansion of its services to Australia, India, and England and also four new, market-leading launches. Additional European launches are planned to be carried out during the current year, as Yodlee’s business outside of the United States becomes a growing portion of the company’s revenue and focus. 

Sendio, Inc., an innovative e-mail security company based in Irvine, California, re-establishes e-mail as a trusted communications tool by totally eliminating spam and e-mail threats in the enterprise environment., and a leading analyst firm in the messaging, e-mail security and collaboration sphere, Osterman Research , announced the results of Sendio’s customer research inquiry, revealed 99 percent satisfaction rate with the effectiveness of Sendio’s E-mail Security Platform (ESP) in blocking spam and e-mail threats.

VeriSign, Inc. announced that UK Internet users could use VeriSign® Identity Protection (VIP) on their PayPal account for additional protection of their online identity. PayPal's customers are able to log in to their accounts by receiving a one-time-password (OTP) through a text message (PayPal SMS Security Key) or by using a security token (PayPal Security Key). 

PayByCash, a subsidiary of PlaySpan, Inc. has is now available to 170 million India Internet users in over 20,000 retail locations where they can pay with PayByCash for games and other online goods and services. It’s imperative that merchants allow payment via non-credit-card methods when accepting payments from most countries and India is no exception. Extremely low credit card penetration in India makes accepting non-card payments an absolute must for merchants seeking to tap its huge and growing ecommerce market.

Tom Dailey Consulting announced the start of their strategic partnership with Merchant e-Solutions, Inc. (MeS). The partnership was aimed at offering modern payment processing solutions to Dailey Consulting's merchant clients.  Dailey Consulting is expecting to benefit from the partnership by offering its clients technically advanced payment services including credit and payment card processing along with web-enabled sophisticated reporting and analysis tools. 

CheckFree, now part of Fiserv, Inc., has announced that Raymond James Financial, Inc. has selected the CheckFree UMA solution for its models-only program, deepening an extensive client relationship that began in 2004. As part of its models-only program, which is scheduled to launch during the first quarter of 2009, CheckFree will provide Raymond James with its CheckFree Model Management Solution (MMS) to serve as a communications portal for model updates and further streamline the UMA program.

Vcommerce Corporation and CrossView, Inc announced their strategic partnership. The two companies plan to offer a combination of CrossView's integrating IBM Websphere Commerce joined with Vcommerce's robust Order Management and Order Fulfillment platform, that will enable online retailers to use the most complete end-to-end eCommerce solution. 

VeriFone Holdings, Inc. today announced it the MX880, a customer-facing multi-function payment system. It is expected that it combines a tactile keypad with the largest full-motion color video display and most powerful processor in the VeriFone MX Solutions retail portfolio. The MX880 offers maximum flexibility for creating secure payment and value-added applications.