Bank technology

J. P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s merchant processing joint venture with First Data Corp. has entered into a marketing agreement with a vendor of software that aggregates low-value Internet transactions to make them cheaper.

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In an endorsement of image-sharing technology, Wells Fargo & Co. of San Francisco has joined Viewpointe Archive Services LLC of Charlotte as an owner and customer.

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J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., still in the thick of integrating Bank One Corp., said Friday that it had made a deal to expand its business with importers and exporters.

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Valley National Bancorp and ING Bank FSB say their child Web sites have generated tens of thousands of kid accounts and scored points with parents and teachers as well.

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Even before banks began converting checks to automated clearing house transactions at the retail lockbox in 2002, bankers wanted to include corporate checks as well as those of consumers.

After false starts, some banks are again offering limited person-to-person money transfer services. But the most ambitious P-to-P seems to be coming from much smaller outfits - especially credit unions.

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Walgreen Co. says it will reimburse up to 4 million customers who were overcharged on credit and signature debit card transactions during the holidays.

CashNetUSA LLC said it plans a February launch for a stored-value card designed to let payday loan borrowers get their money faster.

Primary Payment Systems Inc., which provides database software designed to spot fraudulent checks a day after deposit, plans to begin marketing a real-time product that it says could help deal with the problems associated with faster clearing times.

Hills Bank and Trust Co. of Hills, Iowa, plans to begin encrypting all its e-mail messages in 2005 to protect customer information on the Internet.