Bank technology

The data security compliance company TrustWave Holdings Inc. said Wednesday that it has bought a company selling similar services outside the United States.

Pulse EFT Association LP announced Tuesday that it is offering a recurring-payment option that lets billers accept debit transactions without requiring consumers to provide a PIN.

Most people in the baby boom and echo boom generations say cash eventually will disappear, according to a survey Visa U.S.A. Inc. published online Monday.

The Sunnyvale, Calif., security software firm Arcot Systems Inc. said Monday that it has hired David E. Kaplan as its chief financial officer.

Diebold Inc. is staking its claim on technologies that use cellular phones and other mobile devices to interact with automated teller machines and with other payments systems.

Total System Services Inc. is working on a series of products designed to help banks collect on delinquent accounts.

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Zions Bancorp. of Salt Lake City has agreed to use software from CheckFree Corp. of Atlanta to process automated clearing house transactions.

Chemical Financial Corp. of Midland, Mich., has agreed to use additional technology and services from Metavante Corp., a unit of Marshall & Ilsley Corp. of Milwaukee

Though one large issuer has delayed a big order, overall demand for contactless payment cards is strong, according to a major card maker.

The security technology in contactless cards makes them more resistant to fraud than standard magnetic stripe cards, but banks have been reluctant to tout this improvement to their customers.

Intuit Inc. said late Wednesday that Brad Smith, the general manager of its small-business division, will become its chief executive next year, succeeding Steve Bennett.

The armored car company Dunbar Armored Inc. is moving into banking technology with the purchase of Magistry Ltd., a Canadian software provider.

Fiserv Inc. has landed 76 credit union customers for its Wisdom accounting and reporting software this year, it said Wednesday.

The treasury management and imaging software provider RemitPro Inc. has agreed to forward check images to the payments vendor Vanco Services LLC for settlement.

Jack Henry & Associates Inc. reported strong gains in its earnings, in part because of efforts to sign up some large credit unions as customers.