Bank technology

Last month the number of check images sent through the SVPCO Image Payments Network operated by The Clearing House Payments Co. LLC nearly quadrupled from a year earlier, to a record 218.2 million.

His job complete, William C. Keiper is leaving his post as Hypercom Corp.'s chief executive, the Phoenix point of sale terminal maker said Thursday.

The Redwood City, Calif., mobile phone payment company Obopay Inc. said it has raised $29 million in a third round of venture funding.

The Denver payment management software provider PaySimple Inc. is offering a product designed to help nonprofit organizations accept donations and other payments.

PayPal Inc. is integrating its Express Checkout product with an e-commerce platform from Devix Corp., a Jersey City software provider.

DataTreasury Corp., a small transaction processor pursuing patent infringement suits against dozens of major banking companies and financial technology vendors, now has more weapons in its arsenal.

Fresno County Federal Credit Union has agreed to use software from TRC Interactive Inc. to train its employees online.

NCR Corp. has licensed branch optimization technology from the Italian vendor Cima SpA.

The Monett, Mo., core processing software provider Jack Henry & Associates Inc. has purchased an Atlanta security technology vendor, Gladiator Technology Services Inc.

First Data Corp. has hired a prominent turnaround expert with no financial services experience as its chief executive.

The security software provider Arcot Systems Inc. has announced the signing of a Scandinavian banking company and an Israeli transaction processor with extensive international operations as customers.

Internet portals are discovering that there is less upside to offering users access to bill-payment services than they previously believed.

The Dutch processor EZswitch is now using transaction-processing software from S1 Corp.'s Postilion unit to handle payments for its telecomunications and utility clients in Europe.

ING Bank, the Wilmington, Del., arm of ING Group NV, is offering a mobile banking service.

The Omaha brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. has received antitrust clearance to acquire some assets of the Brookfield, Wis., banking technology provider Fiserv Inc.

The Houston automated teller machine operator Cardtronics Inc. plans to borrow $125 million to pay for its deal to buy 7-Eleven Inc.'s network.

A new, easy-to-use phishing tool is making it possible for more people to get into the fraud business, observers say.

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PayPal Inc. of San Jose has hired Dan Schatt as a senior director of strategy.