Bank technology

LendingTree, a unit of Tree.com Inc., said Monday that it can now send consumers e-mail alerts when a mortgage they are shopping for hits a certain target rate.

ACH Payments is expanding its payment processing services to Canada in response to requests from its U.S. merchant clients that have Canadian customers.

The Russian payments company QIWI has agreed to offer prepaid vouchers from Ukash at its network of 100,000 kiosks throughout the country.

Heartland Payment Systems Inc. says its E3 encryption system has been adopted by several payment hardware makers.

Fiserv Inc. said Monday that it has created a bill-payment widget that enables consumers to pay bills online without going to a dedicated bill-pay page.

DataTreasury Corp.'s courtroom victory over three major payments companies is expected to give the check-imaging technology provider more ammunition in its ongoing patent battle with some of the country's largest financial companies.

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New Zealand payment card issuers must begin using cards that comply with the EMV Integrated Circuit Card Specifications within two years, Visa Inc. said.

ERF Wireless Inc. of League City, Texas, has added First Federal Bank of Louisiana in Lake Charles as a customer for its encrypted wireless network, which aims to speed up data transfers between a bank's branches.

Discover is not alone among payments players using social networks to gather market data, promote products and interact with customers. After months or even years of "listening" to interactions on social networks, all of the major card brands and many issuers have been building online communities.

A Las Vegas company called Paragon Dynamix LLC has developed a system that can help people build a credit history by reporting recurring monthly payments initiated with general-purpose reloadable cards to the three major credit bureaus.

Hancock Fabric Inc., a fabric and sewing store chain based in Baldwyn, Miss., has upgraded all of its VeriFone Holdings Inc. payment terminals after a recent security breach.

The processor ACH Federal LLC of Chattanooga, Tenn., said it will provide services to New England Bank of Enfield, Conn.

First National Bank in Johannesburg has announced an alliance with PayPal Inc. to make it easier to use the eBay Inc. unit's system in South Africa.

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. said it has signed six customers this year for its Horizon core banking platform.

CashEdge Inc. announced that the Seattle credit union BECU is offering the New York vendor's person-to-person payment service to its members.

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Fiserv Inc. said SunTrust Banks Inc. will use its Mobile Money technology for mobile account access.

China has surpassed Japan to become the world's second-largest market for automated teller machines, according to Retail Banking Research.