Bank technology

Metavante Technologies Inc. said Thursday that cost-cutting in its image-processing business helped it drive profit growth in the fourth quarter.

Citigroup Inc. is hoping to attract depositors by upgrading its U.S. remittance service to India and making it available to almost anyone in the two countries.

The banking technology vendors Fiserv Inc. and Jack Henry & Associates Inc., which mainly serve small and midsize banks and credit unions, said their revenue from these segments is holding steady and demand is increasing in some key areas.

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The payment data provider Accuity, the longtime registrar of U.S. banks' routing numbers, has acquired CB.Net, a London company that provides a similar service to European banks.

The central bank of the United Arab Emirates is planning to implement the Europay, Visa, MasterCard security standard throughout the country.

The city of Harrah, Okla., announced Friday that residents and businesses can now pay bills, fees, and fines using the municipal Web site.

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NCR Corp. has announced the hiring of Peter Leav to be its senior vice president of global sales.

iStream Financial Services Inc. says the economic slump seems to be driving more companies to demand checks from their customers for payment.

Total System Services Inc. has announced the appointments of Jim Cosgrove as treasurer and group executive of finance and David Duncan as group executive for China and Southeast Asia.

Google Inc. may be laying the groundwork for the launch of an electronic payment system in Australia.

CashEdge Inc., which provides electronic money transfer and other services to financial companies, said Thursday that the amount of money moved by its account-funding products rose 27% in 2008 over the prior year, to $4.5 billion.

Vantage Credit Union of St. Louis agreed to offer its members electronic bill payment services from iPay Technologies LLC.

Huntington Bancshares Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, has agreed to license the patent portfolio of Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing LP of Los Angeles.

Alliance Financial Services Inc. of St. Paul has promoted Cindy Cole to chief information officer of its $701 million-asset unit Alliance Bank of Lake City, Minn.