Bank technology

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.

Bank of Ireland Group is using scanning systems from Panini North America Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, to capture check images at its teller windows.

The banking technology and outsourcing provider Metavante Corp. has hired Timothy C. Oliver as its chief financial officer and a senior executive vice president in advance of its planned spinoff from Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

The merchant automated teller machine company Triton Systems of Delaware Inc. has introduced its first machine aimed at financial companies.

Three of the top 10 banks in Cyprus have agreed to issue smart cards from Total System Services Inc.'s Card Tech that will support the Europay, MasterCard, Visa security standard.

Heartland Payment Systems Inc. of Princeton, N.J., has agreed to provide processing services for 1,500 merchant clients of Bremer Financial Corp. of St. Paul.

The massive data security breach that Fidelity National Information Services Inc. disclosed Tuesday has apparently not led to any cases of fraud, but experts said it is noteworthy for two reasons.

The Vancouver, British Columbia, e-commerce payment processor LML Payment Systems Inc. has acquired Beanstreet Internet Commerce Inc. of Victoria to expand its transaction processing capabilities.

The system Swift introduced this year to simplify corporate links to banks has attracted several big users, but one of them says the system will not be able to deliver the payment information that businesses need for some time.