Bank technology

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The San Rafael, Calif., mobile banking vendor ClairMail Inc. has begun offering an alerting service that it says will allow banks and consumers to respond more quickly to fraudulent transactions.

This month, Bank of America began charging customers a $3 monthly fee if they elect to receive images of their cancelled checks along with their statements.

With advances in technology, a corresponding rise is visible in the type and number of threats, especially online criminal activities, posed to institutions.

The Brazilian ATM and kiosk manufacturer Itautec SA has begun selling its roster of Adattis ATMs, cash dispensers and kiosks to U.S. credit unions and community banks.

Jack Henry Banking, a unit of Jack Henry Associates Inc. of Monett, Mo., on Thursday announced a partnership with BankMarketingCenter.com to help banks cheaply advertise their products and services.

Kawartha Credit Union of Peterborough, Ontario, has chosen to implement Fiserv Inc.'s new Acumen core banking system, the Brookfield, Wis., vendor said Thursday.

Hypercom Corp.'s preview of its fourth-quarter earnings raised fears about the viability of its deal to sell itself to VeriFone Systems Inc. in the second half of the year.

The "just add iPhone" variety of mobile card readers, originally pitched as a compromise for small merchants that do not want or need a full payment terminal, is maturing as a viable payment option for merchants worldwide.

MasterCard Inc. has announced plans to bring passcode-generating display cards to U.S. consumers. The Purchase, N.Y., company recently tested and introduced the cards in Europe and Asia.

BillingTree Inc. said it has an agreement to provide mobile billing services to Pulaski Electric System, a utility in Pulaski, Tenn.

Skimming crimes — and the considerable costs they impose — are rising. Banks are taking notice, but the problem is big and costly, and not likely to go away soon.

Hypercom's stock rose slightly Wednesday morning after it reported preliminary fourth-quarter net revenue of $140 million, up 19% from a year earlier.

SecureKey Technologies Inc., which makes a device that allows contactless cards to be used for online payments, has received an investment from Intel Capital.

Bad first impression? Hackers may have accessed user information from popular dating site eHarmony; Most computer users infected by viruses, survey shows; Confiscated zip drive leads police to skimmed cards; and more.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is teaming up with the image-capture vendor Mitek Systems Inc. to develop new applications for smartphones.

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Cineplex Entertainment, which supports 132 movie theaters in Canada serving more than 70 million visitors a year, is giving consumers the option to pay for tickets from their PayPal Inc. account.

Datacard Group has released a new version of its Datacard CardWizard program. The program, which incorporates the company's Datacard Affina software, allows issuers to customize card features and build "smart" applications into their products, Datacard said.