Bank technology

Phoenix Check Cashing Inc. of Herndon, Va., is planning to add a prepaid debit card feature to the biometric check-cashing business it acquired last week from Solidus Networks Inc.

The credit union core processing service provider Enhanced Software Products Inc. has agreed to offer its customers bill-payment services from iPay Technologies LLC.

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Clal Industries and Investments Ltd., an Israeli holding company that owns 42.9% of the payments software vendor Fundtech Ltd., wants to raise its stake to nearly 60%.

The alternative credit bureau Pay Rent Build Credit Inc. is using information from the bill payment software company Billeo Inc. to establish credit scores for people with thin or no credit histories.

Phoenix Check Cashing Inc., a company started by executives from the struggling biometric payments provider Solidus Networks Inc., has acquired Solidus' check-cashing business, BioPay Paycheck Secure.

A Japanese banking company has sued International Business Machines Corp. over problems related to a computer upgrade project.

Consumers are more interested in security than in rewards or discounts when they decide where to shop online, according to a survey by PayPal Inc. and JupiterResearch LLC.

Diebold Inc.'s accounting issues are not a good reason to reject a buyout offer, according to United Technologies Corp., which last week made an unsolicited offer to acquire the automated teller machine company.

Mint Software Inc., which operates a money management Web site, has received $12 million in new funding.

Intuit Inc. has purchased the payment processor Electronic Clearing House Inc.

VSoft Corp., which makes software for regional and community banks, announced Wednesday that the financial cooperative Corporate America Credit Union has licensed its full suite of check-imaging products.

The identity protection company TrustedID Inc. has agreed to use fraud alert software from Edentify Inc.

Some MTG Management Inc. gas stations in Texas offer drivers a choice between paying the standard price or getting a discount of 10 cents per gallon if they pay with the company's private payment system.

BancTec Inc., a provider of high-volume document and payment processing applications and services, announced Wednesday that it has bought DocuData Solutions, a business process outsourcer with processing centers in Dallas, Houston, and Austin.

Secure Identity Systems LLC is offering banks a system designed to verify card transactions by determining the location of cardholders' mobile phones and whether they are physically close to the point of sale.

Diebold Inc. has rejected an unsolicited buyout offer from a company that could provide it with deep pockets and a larger international profile, but could also shift its focus away from financial services.