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Carreker
Corporation Press Release - March
27, 2000
Carreker
Corporation and Accurate Software
Announce Strategic Alliance
Partnership to Provide Banking Market with Comprehensive
Reconciliation Solution
(DALLAS, March 27, 2000) – Carreker
Corporation* (NASDAQ: CANI) and Accurate
Software today announced a strategic
agreement under which Carreker will
offer Accurate’s Bankrec™ Corporate
- a highly configurable and flexible
account reconciliation tool - as
a foundation of a comprehensive reconciliation
solution. The immediate availability
of a new approach combining Accurate’s
Bankrec technology with Carreker's
world-class, bank-specific consulting
expertise, will allow financial institutions
to fully automate reconciliation
functions, significantly reducing
the amount of time spent on reconciliation
while greatly improving accuracy.
"Carreker recognized a market need
to improve throughput and reduce
risk within the reconcilement arena,
and we went in search of the best-of-breed
product solution to meet this demand," said
Jack Davis, executive vice president
and managing director, Carreker Corporation. "One
of the most exciting aspects of the
alliance is that the product is not
simply for reconciliation. It is
a sophisticated matching engine with
applications in fraud reduction,
financial control and marketing."
Davis continued, "Because of Accurate’s
established presence in the European,
North American and Asia-Pacific markets,
its focus on reconciliation and its
dedication to remaining the premier
provider of reconciliation software,
the company was a logical choice
for a strategic affiliation."
"As banks’ migrate to an e-pay
environment, it is vital that fundamental
functions, such as reconcilement,
are redefined to meet the new demands
of the e-commerce market," said J.D. "Denny" Carreker,
chairman and chief executive officer,
Carreker Corporation. "Combining
the impressive flexibility of the
product with our unparalleled expertise,
we will be able to tailor a reconciliation
solution to fit each clients’ evolving
e-vision."
"The e-world has caused financial
transaction volumes to explode in
magnitude and complexity, illuminating
the problems with traditional processes
and reconciliation applications," said
Philip Hall, joint managing director,
Accurate Software. "The strategic
alliance between Carreker and Accurate
is a great example of two specialist
providers coming together to create
a significant value-add for their
clients."
Accurate’s reconciliation
solution has already enjoyed considerable
success in the worldwide banking
sector. While the U.S. and European
banking industries differ in some
significant respects, financial institutions
of all locales and sizes experience
the same reconciliation needs, according
to Gary Gibbs, Accurate Software’s
chief executive officer. When it
first established a presence in the
U.S. market, Accurate sought a strategic
alliance with a key financial services
provider with the reputation for
credibility, the industry knowledge,
and the market presence to attract
prospective clients.
"At Accurate, we were impressed
with Carreker's reputation among
its customers, its focus on partnerships,
and the company’s superior
solutions offered within the banking
industry," said Gibbs. "We also recognize
the strength of Carreker’s
people. The level of technical and
industry expertise among Carreker’s
consultants and the strength of the
company’s management team assures
us that this will be a solid, long-term
relationship."
Bankrec Corporate is the first offering
within a new business unit created
as part of Carreker’s Risk
Management Practice. The new unit’s
mission is to deliver a comprehensive
reconciliation solution that achieves
greater efficiencies, increases control,
and mitigates risk at an enterprise
level.
About Accurate Software – Serving
over 1000 global organizations, Accurate
Software (www.accuratesoftware.com)
has steadily grown to be a market
leading provider of automated financial
reconciliation and exception management
software solutions incorporating
best-of-breed technologies with world-class
services. Accurate provides solutions
to many of the world's leading banks
and financial institutions, as well
as blue-chip organizations from all
industries including J.P. Morgan & Co.
Incorporated, British Airways, Sonnet
Financial, Tesco Stores and Gap.
The company's global presence is
supported from its offices in the
UK and the United States. Bankrec
is a registered trademark of Accurate
Software.
*About Carreker Corporation – Carreker
Corporation, currently known as Carreker-Antinori,
Inc. has recommended to shareholders
that the corporate name be changed
at the next annual meeting. The company
is a leading provider of integrated
consulting and software solutions
that enable banks to increase revenue
and/or reduce 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 U.S.,
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.
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