Bank technology

The payment processor Heartland Payment Systems Inc. plans to offer loans to its customers through a referral deal with Encore LLC, a lender that focuses on the hospitality industry.

A major European banking company has agreed to use Innovative Card Technologies Inc.'s security cards, which feature a two-factor authentication token.

The banking technology provider Fidelity National Information Services Inc. is planning to offer mobile banking services to its core processing clients, through a deal announced last week with mFoundry Inc.

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Despite banks’ best efforts, more people are falling victim to phishing scams, according to research from Gartner Inc.

PayPal Inc., the San Jose payments subsidiary of eBay Inc., has named several new executives.

The online person-to-person loan provider Lending Club Corp. said Thursday that its service is now available in all 50 states.

One of the issues that companies trying to promote payment alternatives to credit and debit cards have had to consider is whether to compete using rewards programs.

Jamie Dimon, the chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co., has been appointed chairman of The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC.

BB&T Corp. has agreed to purchase 300 automated teller machines from Diebold Inc. as it upgrades its network of 2,100 machines.

A Czech payments technology distributor has established a nationwide payment network for credit card merchant acquirers there using technology from the point of sale terminal maker Hypercom Corp.

Demand for check imaging systems at bank branches is up sharply this year for the service bureau COCC.

In an attempt to divert online transaction volume from credit cards, alternative payments companies are promoting their capabilities as early in the shopping experience as possible, sometimes appearing prominently on a merchant's home page.

Hoping to turn browsers into buyers, Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to buy a minority stake in the payment company Bill Me Later Inc. and to offer the service on its Web site.

Lauritzen Corp.'s First National Bank of Omaha has added three new accounts at its Internet bank FNBO Direct in an effort to retain customers who have been drawn in by its high-yield teaser rate for savings accounts.

Twenty-two financial companies agreed in September and October to use an online banking service from Goldleaf Financial Solutions Inc., the company said Monday.

The Toronto payments technology company Mint Technology Corp. said Monday that it would not proceed with plans for a private placement of stock due to poor market conditions and warned that the company could fail if it cannot raise additional funds by the end of January.