Bank technology

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.

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

The Mountain View, Calif., security technology vendor VeriSign Inc. has agreed to buy Certicom Corp., a Mississauga, Ontario, cryptography firm.

China UnionPay Data Services Co. Ltd., the joint venture between Total System Services Inc. and the payment network China UnionPay, has agreed to process card transactions for Bank of East Asia.

Shares in Deluxe Corp. dropped last week after the St. Paul check printer said the poor economy and slowing demand for checks drove down its fourth-quarter revenue and earnings.

Online aggregation sites are developing services that parse vast storehouses of their users' bank account data to find unwanted fees and charges.

Shares of eBay Inc. fell Thursday after the San Jose company delivered a first-quarter earnings forecast below analysts' estimates said the value of goods sold on its Web site had declined.