Bank technology

The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC has hired James D. Aramanda to be its chief executive officer.

A Bank of America Corp. collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has spawned one initiative to research the way technological innovation, and consumers' responses to it, that could shape retail financial services in the coming years.

U.S. gas stations are under a mandate to improve security at their pay-at-the-pump keypads, but even with a 2010 deadline approaching, very few are buying secure keypads, according to VeriFone Holdings Inc.

Tio Networks Corp. of Burnaby, British Columbia, said Tuesday it is offering walk-in bill-payment services to customers of Global Payments Inc.'s money-transfer unit, DolEx Dollar Express Inc.

TCM Bank, a Tampa credit card unit of the Independent Community Bankers of America's ICBA Bancard, plans to use a hosted system from Cypress Software Systems LP to automate the consumer card application process.

Consumers with Internet access are paying more bills online, according to a survey CheckFree, a unit of Fiserv Inc., released Wednesday.

A Nevada credit union service organization looking to provide more choice to users of its online banking software has struck a reseller alliance with Metavante Technologies Inc.

A computer bought on eBay Inc.'s online auction site held the personal information of at least a million customers of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, its Natwest unit, and American Express Co., according to reports Tuesday.

Hoping to attract customers from Canada's large and growing immigrant population, Royal Bank of Canada announced a translation service Monday that lets it offer live customer help on the phone in almost any language.

KeyCorp said its KeyBank is offering small and midsize companies an online fraud prevention service that monitors both check and automated clearing house transactions.

Intuit Inc. has launched a version of its QuickBooks small-business accounting software that works on handheld devices.

Jack Henry & Associates Inc. announced Monday that its board had authorized the repurchase of 5 million additional shares.

VeriFone Holdings Inc. announced Monday that former executives of KPMG International and American Express Co. have joined its board. One of the new directors, Robert W. Alspaugh, was KPMG's chief executive from 2002 to 2006. He is also a director of Ball Corp. and Autoliv Inc.

Mercantil Commercebank in Coral Gables, Fla., is now offering open account trade services to corporate clients throughout the Americas, using trading software from TradeCard Inc., of New York.

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Wausau Financial Systems Inc. had added more than 60 lockbox customers to its base over the past 60 months by capturing business from competing payments software vendors.

HSBC Bank USA said Friday that its core banking system was back in full operation, after a system crash dating to the prior weekend snarled the posting of transactions to customer accounts for much of last week.