Garden City, New York-based Computer Associates International Inc has combined its banking software product line with the business of The Newtrend Group in a joint venture to be equally owned by the two under the Newtrend name. The combined line will include the integrated Infopoint banking system used primarily by commercial banks and integrated Miser2 used primarily by savings and loans and credit unions; they will be offered as software licences, under facilities management pacts or via a service bureau. After the merger, Orlando, Florida-based Newtrend will have 450 staff.
