Bank technology

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.

In response to a data breach, Heartland Payment Systems Inc. plans to introduce encryption technology that exceeds industry standards — a shift that might attract customers and eventually lead to significant changes in the payment industry's approach to security.

Four international financial companies have agreed to use software from the Redwood City, Calif., account aggregation specialist Yodlee Inc. to offer online personal financial management services to their customers in three countries.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco said its board has appointed Ned Moran as a senior vice president and its chief information officer.

Pulse Network LLC, a Houston debit unit of Discover Financial Services, said it has signed long-term renewals with two Wisconsin financial companies that use the debit network.

Umpqua Holding Corp. said Monday that it has hired Colin Eccles, a former Washington Mutual Inc. technology executive, as its chief information officer.

Goldleaf Financial Solutions Inc. said Monday that it has appointed Alex P. Hart to its board.

Total System Services Inc. is now handling payment processing for the Dutch credit card company PaySquare BV.

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