To: Ian Murray who wrote (2302 ) 3/30/1999 12:45:00 PM From: hsg Respond to of 3721
zzzzz...bark oadway & Seymour Selects IVI Checkmate for Point-of-Sale Support Business Wire - March 29, 1999 12:10 CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999--Broadway & Seymour, Inc. (Nasdaq: BSIS) announced today that it has selected IVI Checkmate Corp., an industry leader in electronic payment terminals for branch automation as its preferred provider of point-of-service terminals for its TouchPoint(TM) branch installations. "The role of the traditional teller is changing in today's financial landscape," said Broadway & Seymour's retail market manager, Melissa Potter. "Our TouchPoint Teller solution provides enhanced sales and service capabilities to branch personnel and we want devices that can support TouchPoint's extensive monetary transaction functionality. IVI Checkmate's check reader and customer activated terminals provide functionality that is closely aligned with TouchPoint's monetary transaction capabilities." IVI Checkmate's check reader, eN-Check 2500, mitigates check fraud, enables electronic check conversion, and increases overall transaction efficiency and accuracy. The eN-Crypt 2100 customer activated terminal allows tellers and other sales and service representatives to access and authenticate a customer's account. Using the eN-Crypt 2100, customers can input their personal identification number, which increases transaction security. Banks can also drive incremental revenue by delivering cross selling messages through the device. "Broadway & Seymour's alliance with IVI Checkmate provides financial institutions with a more cost efficient means of obtaining a complete branch sales and service solution," says Ms. Potter. "This is one more step in our plan to provide financial services institutions a functionally rich enterprise-wide solution that enhances their ability to touch their customers, regardless of whether the point of customer contact is the branch, call center, or other delivery channel." Broadway & Seymour, Inc. (NASDAQ:BSIS) is a software product and services company, providing integrated solutions to the financial, legal and professional services markets. The Company's Customer Relationship Management business offers leading software products and services, including TouchPoint(tm), CRISP(tm) and BANCStar(R), for banks and other financial institutions. The Company also operates Elite Information Systems, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary located in Los Angeles, California. Elite offers leading integrated time tracking, invoicing, general ledger accounting and other office management software products to the legal and professional services industries. Broadway & Seymour's web address is bsis.com . IVI Checkmate (NASDAQ: CMIV); (TSE: IVC/IVI) is the third largest electronic transaction solutions provider in North America. The Company designs, develops, and markets innovative payment and value-added solutions that optimize transaction management at the point-of-service in the retail, financial, hospitality, healthcare, and transportation industries. IVI Checkmate's software, hardware, and professional services minimize transaction costs, reduce operational complexity, and improve profitability for its customers in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. For more information on IVI Checkmate, visit their web site at ivicheckmate.com .