Bank technology

Union Bank of California expects to attract more small-business customers by offering to integrate its remote deposit service with their accounting software.

The table lists daily composite stock prices at 4 PM (unless otherwise noted) as measured by market capitalization.

Cbanc Network Inc. is aspiring to be the Facebook, Amazon.com and Craigslist of the community banking world.

S1 Corp. announced that Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd. of Beijing will resell products from S1's Enterprise line in China.

Fifth Third Bancorp said it is encouraged by customer reaction to its six-week-old mobile banking service.

Tier Technologies Inc. of Reston, Va., said its Official Payments Corp. unit signed a contract to continue to provide electronic payments to the Internal Revenue Service for personal and business taxes.

CNLBancshares Inc. of Orlando says it has reduced data processing errors, improved the performance of its technology staff and saved money by automating nightly operations with a scripting tool.

Metavante Technologies Inc. announced Monday that Fulton Financial Corp. of Lancaster, Pa., has agreed to use its technology for check imaging at the branch and item processing.

Online Resources Corp., a vendor of online banking and payment processing services, criticized an investor advisory service Monday for recommending the election of some board candidates backed by a dissident shareholder group.

The buyout fund Purepay LLC of Columbus, Ohio, announced Monday that a portfolio company, Purepay Receivables Automation, has won a contract to provide an image-based payments processing system to the Henry County Water and Sewerage Authority in Georgia.

The security software vendor Entrust Inc. announced a $114 million agreement Monday to sell itself to the private-equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC.

Brattleboro Savings and Loan Association in Vermont has agreed to outsource its core processing to Jack Henry & Associates Inc. as part of an effort to increase cross-sales.

Being acquired by eBay Inc. has enabled the instant online credit provider Bill Me Later Inc. to tap into the risk management expertise of its former rival, PayPal Inc., and expand down-market years ahead of schedule.

Total System Services Inc. said it is offering its CentreSuite commercial card management application to merchants in Europe.

The table lists daily composite stock prices at 4 PM (unless otherwise noted) as measured by market capitalization.

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. announced Wednesday that it plans to offer Yodlee Inc.'s expedited bill-payment service, PayToday.

The social savings account provider Smarty Pig LLC of Des Moines is expected to announce the launch of a mobile phone version of its Web site today.

ORLANDO — With some big banks moving payments off the automated clearing house system, pressure is mounting for the network operators to offer faster settlement — but there is some disagreement over how.

ORLANDO — Information-heavy transaction formats could revive growth on the automated clearing house network.