Bank technology

Navy Federal Credit Union has agreed to use several check imaging applications from Wausau Financial Systems Inc. to streamline the processing of deposited checks.

NCR Corp. shares climbed sharply this week after a Robert W. Baird and Co. analyst said banks' spending plans for automated teller machines have not been affected by the collapse of the U.S. subprime mortgage market.

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. has developed an automated tool that it says can put a dollar value on hard-to-value investments, such as the exotic financial derivatives based on subprime mortgages.

More than 1 million customers of Barclays Bank PLC are using smart card readers from Gemalto NV.

Google Inc. has agreed to filter phishing e-mails in its Gmail service using a security technology championed by eBay Inc.

DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Singapore's largest banking company, has hired Unisys Corp. to install antifraud software from Actimize Inc.

The Edward Jones brokerage has signed a licensing agreement with the payment processor DataTreasury Corp. for its patented check-image archiving processes.

Tier Technologies Inc. has sold its government business process outsourcing unit, the latest in a series of divestitures aimed at focusing the company on its electronic payments operations.

Sungard Data Systems Inc. has hired NCR Corp.'s chief information officer Donald H. Hopkins to be the CIO of its Availability Services Unit.

Payments executives are weighing whether to meld three formats for converting checks into automated clearing house transactions.

Jack Henry & Associates Inc. has sold its insurance agency outsourcing business to the unit's management team and a private-equity group.

KleinBank, of Big Lake, Minn., has agreed to use consumer and business banking software from Online Resources Corp.

Capital One Financial Corp.'s conclusion of two cobranded decoupled debit card programs in May was initially viewed by many as a sign that the McLean, Va., company had lost interest in this emerging market.

Citigroup Inc. said Thursday that it has hired Marty Lippert to be its chief information officer and corporate operations and technology chief operating officer.

After facing stiff opposition from consumer groups and regulators, eBay Inc. is reversing its stance on requiring Australian users to pay for most purchases through its PayPal Inc.