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Carreker
Corporation Press Release - March
9, 2000
NCR
and Carreker-Antinori Announce
Marketing Alliance:
Agreement to Provide Electronic Check Presentment
with Image Exchange Capabilities
LAS VEGAS – NCR Corporation
(NYSE: NCR) and Carreker-Antinori,
Inc. (NASDAQ: CANI) announced today
at BAI’s Transaction Processing
2000 conference the signing of a
marketing/ISV agreement. Under the
agreement, the two companies will
provide the banking industry with
a solution that, for the first time,
will allow for image-enabled electronic
check presentment and exchange.
According to Carreker-Antinori’s
chairman and chief executive officer,
J.D. "Denny" Carreker, the two companies
have a common desire to promote electronic
check presentment with image exchange
(ECPIX). "Carreker-Antinori has earned
a reputation as a respected market
leader in the area of electronic
check presentment (ECP). For years,
one of our corporate goals has been
to accelerate ECP acceptance and
adoption rates within the U.S. banking
community. This initiative has become
even more important as banks continue
to establish themselves as leaders
within the e-commerce market. Enabling
our current ECP solutions to support
image exchange allows us to better
position our clients for full ECP
implementation and e-commerce expansion," said
Carreker.
The inability to exchange check
images electronically has long been
a recognized barrier in the path
of ECP advancement. However, the
recent revision of Regulation CC,
allowing electronic images of return
items to replace the physical check,
as well as the nationwide push for
the acceptance of the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act, has opened the
door for widespread endorsement of
electronic check processing.
Carreker-Antinori and NCR currently
offer components of the image exchange
solution that have already proven
successful in the marketplace for
both companies. Through this marketing
alliance, NCR’s image-enabling
ImageMark and PaymentMark solutions
will be linked with Carreker-Antinori’s
ECP applications – CheckLink®,
Trac2ECP™, and Trac2Image™ – allowing
for image exchange to be combined
with the electronic transfer of check
processing data. This new, combined
solution paves the way for mature
electronic check clearing and is
scheduled to be available for pilot
applications in the third quarter
of 2000.
"Adding NCR image exchange capability
to existing Carreker-Antinori applications,
from a customer’s perspective,
protects their current investment
while providing an evolutionary image
upgrade path," said Tony Bleses,
vice president of Electronic Payments
for NCR. "In addition, the combined
solution provides a powerful alternative
for major and mid-tier banks who
have no ECP product today."
"For NCR and Carreker-Antinori,
combining complementary elements
results in an effective and complete
end-to-end solution," continued Bleses. "Significant
research and development avoidance
and improved time-to-market is expected
in lieu of each company pursuing
individual solutions to ECPIX."
BAI Transaction Processing 2000
Conference Alert: Representatives
from NCR and Carreker-Antinori will
discuss the value of adding Image
to Electronic Check Presentment on
Thursday, March 9th, from 10:30 a.m.
to 11:15 a.m.
About NCR:
NCR Corporation
is a recognized world leader in providing
Relationship Technology™ solutions
for the retail, financial, communications,
travel and transportation, and insurance
markets. NCR’s Relationship
Technology solutions include Teradata® warehouses,
ATMs and store automation. The company’s
business solutions are built on the
foundation of its long-established
industry knowledge and consulting
expertise, value-adding software,
global customer support services,
a complete line of consumable and
media products, and world-leading
hardware technology.
About Carreker-Antinori:
Carreker-Antinori, Inc. is a leading
provider of integrated consulting
and software solutions that enable
banks to increase their revenue and/or
reduce their costs, while leveraging
institutions’ existing core
competencies in order to realize
their e-commerce potential. The Company’s
offerings include revenue enhancement,
payment systems, and e-business solutions.
The Company’s customers include
170 financial institutions in the
United States, Canada, United Kingdom,
Ireland and Australia, including
70 of the largest 100 banks in the
United States. For more information
about Carreker-Antinori, please visit
our Web site at www.carreker-antinori.com.
For details about CheckLink, Trac2ECP,
and related network services, contact
Jennifer Kendrick at Carreker Antinori,
(770) 938-8913 or jkendrick@carreker.com.
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