World Briefs

SWIFT taps Iona to link investment managers and hedge funds to the SWIFT financial messaging network; DiBa contracts with NCR to migrate 850 ATMs from the OS/2 operating system to Windows NT; Bank of Ireland licenses AutoDealer.

SWIFT, Belgium, has tapped Iona, Waltham, Mass., to link investment managers and hedge funds to the SWIFT financial messaging network.

DiBa, Germany, has contracted with NCR, Dayton, Ohio, to migrate 850 ATMs from the OS/2 operating system to Windows NT.

Bank of Ireland has licensed AutoDealer, a foreign exchange pricing and straight-through-processing system from Integral, Mountain View, Calif.

Caisse d'Epargne, France, has selected TransFort, a payment authentication system from Arcot, Santa Clara, Calif.

Standard Chartered Bank, United Kingdom, has licensed Radia, a software management system from Novadigm, Mahwah, N.J.

Credit Saison, Japan, has tapped SecureSuite, a payment authentication system from Cyota, New York, to authenticate cardholders.

Affin Bank, Malaysia, has licensed Support Center, a contact center management system from S1, Atlanta.

Mizuho Corporate Bank, Japan, has agreed to use TradeCard Platform, an international trade finance system from TradeCard, New York.

Abbey National, United Kingdom, is allowing customers to buy mobile phone minutes at ATMs using the ON/2 transaction processing platform from S2 Systems, Dallas.

Banco de Credito, Peru, has renewed its software and maintenance agreement with Alltel, Little Rock, Ark., for core banking software.