John H. Harland Company is a major USA-based check-printing company. They were described in 2000 by The New York Times as "the second-largest printer of checks in the United States."
Their earnings are followed by The New York Times.
History The company's initial public offering was in 1969. By 1984, this financial services company had an estimated 20% of the USA check-printing market; only Deluxe Corporation was larger.
In the 2000s, the company began expanding into financial software. In 2000, it agreed to acquire Concentrex Inc., a Portland, Oregon–based developer of automation software for lending and customer service operations, as well as online banking software for small businesses. The acquisition, valued at about $140 million.
Two years later, they acquired another software company.
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