Carreker
Corporation Press Release - May
1, 2002
DALLAS (May 1, 2002) — Carreker
Corporation (NASDAQ: CANI), an international
leader in technology and consulting
solutions for financial institutions,
announced today that Bank of Ireland
will be the first Irish-owned bank
to use Carreker’s fraud-detection
technology solution FraudLink™.
FraudLink uses advanced analytics
of check-writing and deposit behavior
to identify potentially counterfeit
or fraudulent checks at teller stations,
in the back office and among deposited
items.
Des Crowley, Bank of Ireland’s
Chief Executive of Retail Banking & Distribution,
said, “Protecting customers’ assets
and deposits is at the core of banking
excellence. We chose Carreker’s
FraudLink because it impacts on the
two key areas of fraud protection – the
fraud it deters by flagging the right
items and the cost it reduces by
allocating our resources strictly
to suspect situations. This meets
our aspirations for the use of technology – to
bring our customers better service
and to make the bank more competitive
on a cost basis.”
Installed at nearly 100 financial
institutions in the U.S., Canada,
Australia, and the U.K., FraudLink
enables banks to expand their fraud
mitigation capability. Bank of Ireland
intends to set the pace in Ireland
for deterring fraud and protecting
its customer base. It is the largest
financial services provider in the
Republic of Ireland and is among
the world's top 100 banks in assets.
Said John Carreker, Managing Director
of Carreker’s London-based
International group, “Fraud
is a crime of opportunity; Bank of
Ireland is forcing perpetrators to
look elsewhere for the opportunity.”
Jodi Pratt, Managing Principal of
Carreker’s Risk Solutions group,
adds, “That is why we have
worked with our banking clients to
develop a broad spectrum of fraud
prevention solutions - fraud case
management, check cross-firing, deposit-related
fraud prevention, and positive pay
solutions. In fact, in the U.S. and
Australia, it is estimated that 90%
of checks are inspected by Carreker
fraud-mitigation solutions.”
According to John Carreker, banks’ vulnerability
to fraud remains high, even though
paper check volumes are leveling
off. “Paper checks are still
disproportionately vulnerable to
a variety of fraud perpetrations,” he
said. “In addition, change
associated with Ireland’s euro
conversion is bound to create conditions
ripe for opportunists, and the warnings
from the Basel Committee on Bank
Supervision leave no doubt as to
the risk inherent in retail and commercial
banking. Vigilance has probably never
been more critical or more rewarding.”
About Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland Group is a diversified
financial services company with assets
of €84 billion (September 31,
2001) and some 18,000 employees,
principally in Ireland and Great
Britain. It is the leading provider
of financial services in the Irish
market and has substantial business
in Great Britain and the United States.
About
Carreker Corporation:
Carreker Corporation improves earnings for financial
institutions around the world. The Company’s
integrated consulting and software solutions are
designed to increase our clients’ revenues
and reduce expenses, while improving security and
increasing the value of their customer relationships.
Carreker provides products and services to more than
200 clients in the United States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and South Africa, including
more than 75 of the largest 100 banks in the United
States. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas since 1978,
Carreker Corporation also has offices located around
the world including London, Toronto, and Sydney.
For more information, visit www.carreker.com <http://www.carreker.com> or phone
Hal Denton at 972-340-2537.
Forward
Looking Statement - This
document contains forward-looking
statements based on current
expectations that are inherently
subject to risks and uncertainties.
The words "estimate," "project," "intend," "expect," "believe," "plan" and
similar expressions are intended
to identify forward-looking
statements. The Company's actual
results could differ materially
from those currently anticipated
due to a number of factors,
including, but not limited
to, changes in the banking
industry’s demand for
the Company’s solutions,
significant customer concentration
and the potential loss of a
significant customer, variations
in operating results, reduction
in revenues due to pricing
arrangements, the infrequent
use of long-term contracts
with customers, the focus of
the Company's technology and
consulting solutions and the
chance that they will not be
accepted in the marketplace,
risks associated with rapid
growth in the Company’s
business, the inability to
attract and retain key personnel,
existence of defects or errors
in the Company’s software,
ability to develop new technologies
and services, ability to meet
the changing needs of customers,
dependence on third-party Internet
providers and the Internet,
intense competition, risks
associated with strategic alliances
and acquisitions, inability
to protect the Company's proprietary
rights, infringement and other
claims and related expenses,
reliance on third-party licenses,
volatility in the Company's
stock price, exposure to risks
associated with our indebtedness,
international operations, reliance
on independent contractors,
adoption of Financial Accounting
Standard No. 142, governmental
regulation and legal uncertainties
and anti-takeover provisions
in the Company's charter documents
and under applicable law. These
and other factors are set forth
in the Company's annual report
on Form 10-K filed on April
15, 2002 and in other reports
and documents filed by the
Company with the Securities
and Exchange Commission from
time to time.
Carreker
Contacts:
Hal
Denton, Vice President, Marketing
972 340-2537 PH
972 233-7831 FX
Email: hdenton@carreker.com
Terry
Gage, Executive Vice President,
CFO
972 371-1454 PH
972 458-2567 FX
Email: tgage@carreker.com
Carreker United Kingdom contact:
Lisa Jackson, Marketing & PR
+44 (0)20 7469 1628 PH
+44 (0)20 7283 5806 FX
Email: ljackson@carreker.co.uk