In Brief: Fleet Reaches Deal With Web Company

ATLANTA - Interland Inc., a Web hosting and software company, has teamed up with FleetBoston Financial Corp. to provide merchant credit card processing services to Interland's customers.

Under the agreement, Interland's small-and medium-sized businesses can quickly establish an account for online payments through FleetBoston Financial. The bank's business payment solutions division will provide processing for bank cards, ATM/debit cards, travel and entertainment cards, paper and electronic checks, and business-to-business operations.

"Our alliance with Interland provides Fleet with an opportunity to demonstrate our business payments expertise to an expanded market," said Brian J. Connolly, senior vice president and manager of Fleet's business payment solutions. "As the demands of today's marketplace continue to accelerate for small-and medium-sized business owners, the teamwork between Interland and Fleet will help provide invaluable delivery of reliable, affordable payment processing services in a timely and secure environment."

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