Bank technology

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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.

The Tokyo electronics company NEC Corp. is teaming up with the Dublin financial software and services provider Valista Ltd. to develop products aimed at the Japanese payments market.

Wells Fargo & Co. said Tuesday that it had repaired computer problems that led to widespread outages and prevented many customers from gaining access to their accounts.

The security vendor Arcot Systems Inc. has made its suthentication technology compatible with software from Oracle Corp.

Credit analysts at Fair Isaac Corp. of Minneapolis are teaming up with the Chantilly, Va., Internet payment service provider Online Resources Corp. to help creditors take aim at those who fall behind on their monthly payments.

Businesses are now sending more than $1 billion of deposits a day electronically to Wachovia Corp. through its remote capture service.

The credit union service bureau PSCU Financial Services Inc. has agreed to use business-to-business payments management software from Sterling Commerce.

A Toronto-Dominion Bank unit has developed a debt-tracking tool for users of the social networking Web site FaceBook.com.