Bank technology

The check printer Clarke American Corp., a subsidiary of M&F Worldwide Corp. of New York, said its Clarke American Checks Inc. would close a Charlotte call center that employs 230 workers.

Consumers' increased vigilance is helping banks curb identity theft, even though individuals often look for the problem in the wrong places, experts say.

Fiserv Inc. of Brookfield, Wis., said its Fiserv Imagesoft unit is distributing software from Conix Systems Inc. of Manchester, Vt., to help banks guard against posting transactions multiple times.

RSA Security Inc., the security division of the Hopkinton, Mass., data storage vendor EMC Corp., said Wachovia Corp. is using the RSA Adaptive Authentication system and has joined the RSA eFraudNetwork.

Jack Henry & Associates Inc. said demand for its remote capture technology has surged.

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First Data Corp.'s international division has renewed a long-term agreement to offer processing services to Cuscal Ltd., an Australian company that provides various services to credit unions.

Banks and other users of the automated clearing house network are about to start paying a new fee to support Nacha, the industry's chief rulemaker.

Fiserv Inc. blamed unusually large contract terminations a year earlier for the sharp drop in its fourth-quarter earnings.

Two months after launching a "paperless checking account," ING Bank FSB has taken a further step toward meeting customers' traditional transactional needs by providing surcharge-free access to a network of automated teller machines.

CheckFree Corp., the leading provider of electronic bill payment and presentment services, has landed a new bank customer and is trying to expand by offering electronic remittances to small businesses and streamlining its bill presentment process.

The Check ACH Coalition's decision to abandon its efforts to link the automated clearing house system with image exchange networks acknowledged that the project was too complex — and had been all but mooted by market forces.

The security technology vendor Entrust Inc. says it is hoping to revive interest in password tokens by offering them for $5 each.

The Check ACH Coalition has abandoned a plan to develop a payment system that would have combined check imaging and automated clearing house processing.

In beefing up their systems for processing health-care payments, major banking companies are betting they can help move the insurance and hospital industries away from paper record keeping.

Sterling Financial Corp. of Spokane said its Sterling Savings Bank plans to exchange check images with users of Viewpointe Archive Services LLC's shared archive.

Covelight Systems Inc. of Cary, N.C., said BB&T Corp. will use its security software to protect its Web site.

SunGard Data Systems Inc. of London has acquired two treasury management product lines from XRT Group of King of Prussia, Pa.