Carreker
Corporation Press Release - April
27, 2000
Carreker
Corporation Revenue Enhancement
Continues Strong Performance
(DALLAS, April 27, 2000) - Carreker
Corporation (NASDAQ: CANI), a leading
provider of e-finance enabling solutions
to the financial industry, today
announced the latest in a series
of new Revenue Enhancement management
contracts demonstrating the company’s
on-going leadership in value enhancement
for all levels of the banking industry.
The new engagements with three U.S.
banks, each with approximately $10
billion in total assets, represent
a continued expansion into the regional
banking market. Carreker’s
Revenue Enhancement services offer
banks the opportunity to generate
significant new recurring revenue
quickly, beginning as soon as three
to six months following approval
and implementation of its recommendations.
Carreker expects its engagements
with these new banks to impact strongly
each one’s bottom line.
Over the last six months, Carreker
has experienced a significant increase
in demand for these projects and,
reflecting this increased demand
and Carreker’s success in capturing
that market, the Company is currently
in the process of completing nine
engagements compared to three engagements
in the first quarter of 1999. Four
of the current engagements are with
tier-one banks.
"We continue to see an increased
emphasis by banks today on top-line
revenue growth as the primary driver
of shareholder value," said Wyn P.
Lewis, Carreker vice chairman. "Our
service allows clients to quickly
identify and implement revenue enhancement
opportunities that have an immediate
and significant impact on their bottom
line."
"As an example, Franklin Bank, N.A.,
of Southfield Michigan (a 1999 Carreker
client), reported a 26.9 percent
quarter-to-quarter increase in deposit
service charges for the quarter ending
March 31, 2000. The bank credited
the Revenue Enhancement program as "the
largest contributing factor to this
strong revenue increase. First Virginia
Bank reported similar results in
their first quarter 1999 with service
charge income increasing 25.5 percent." Lewis
said.
For Carreker, the nine engagements
under way are expected to lead to
a doubling of revenues generated
in the first quarter compared to
the same period last year. Likewise,
the Revenue Enhancement group has
doubled its staff quarter-to-quarter
and continues to invest in new software
tools to expand the product functionality
in response to market demand.
"Carreker has the expertise and
experience to consistently deliver
strong value for our clients, and
our market visibility has reached
the point where we are now being
asked to present our concepts to
a new bank each week." said Lewis.
As a result of this increased visibility
and our efforts to expand the scope
of our projects to include credit
card, mortgage, auto finance and
trust, we expect our revenue growth
to accelerate in the near term.
Carreker Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer J.D. "Denny" Carreker agreed
that the company’s clients
are showing increased interest in
such engagements. "What is really
exciting for us is that we are finding
that many of our clients are using
the considerable benefits of our
Revenue Enhancement projects to fund
the significant budget requirements
of their e-commerce initiatives.." Carreker
said.
"Our fee income from these engagements
is based upon client-approved recommendations.
When clients tell others that our
Revenue Enhancement services were
the largest contributors to increased
shareholder value, we benefit from
that credibility. Our revenue growth
illustrates the extensive impact
our engagements are having on client
performance," Carreker said.
Carreker Corporation is a
leading provider of e-finance enabling
solutions that allow 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.
Forward-Looking Statement - In addition
to historical information contained
herein, other matters discussed in
the news release are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended and Section 32E
of the Securities and Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and are subject
to the safe harbors created thereby.
The Company's future actual results
could differ materially from the
forward-looking statements discussed
herein because of the factors discussed
from time to time in the Company's
public reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, such as
those discussed under "Risk Factors" included
in its report on Form 10-K for the
year ending January 31, 1999.
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