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Alogent Reports Record Customer Growth.


Deposit Automation Demand Drives Sales

ATLANTA -- Alogent Corp., a leading provider of enterprise payment transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time.

Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly.
 solutions for global financial institutions and processors, today announced that sales for its Sierra([R]) software platform reached record levels throughout 2006 and into 2007. During this time, Alogent increased its customer base by more than 800 installed financial institutions, doubled the number of desktops sold to more than 62,000, and released a third generation corporate remote deposit capture solution.

"In just over two years since the effective date of Check 21 legislation, we have seen explosive growth across all payments channels including branch, corporate, small business, ATM and cash vault," said Brian Geisel, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Alogent Corp. "We are pleased with our success to date in partnering with 4 of the Top 10 commercial U.S. banks that leverage our solutions, in cultivating productive partnerships with the industry's strongest players, and in serving a robust base of new and repeat customers."

In addition to successfully deploying solutions directly to financial institutions, Alogent partners with best-of-breed solution providers and resellers to offer comprehensive products and services that enable enterprise-wide deposit automation in the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 industry. One such partnership was formed in 2004 with Information Technology, Inc. (ITI (Information Technology Industry Council, Washington, DC, www.itic.org) Formerly the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (CBEMA), founded in 1916. ITI is a membership organization composed of approximately 30 large high-tech companies. ), a provider of financial software and services to more than a third of America's banks and savings institutions. ITI is also a business unit of Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

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: FISV FISV Fiserv, Inc (stock symbol) ), a Fortune 500 company that provides information management systems and services to the financial and insurance industries to more than 18,000 clients worldwide.

The Alogent-ITI partnership leverages the strengths of both companies to make end-to-end, image-enabled, point-of-presentment check truncation solutions widely available, and has exposed Alogent's deposit automation infrastructure to ITI's entire client base, including financial institutions of all sizes, from de novos [Latin, Anew.] A second time; afresh. A trial or a hearing that is ordered by an appellate court that has reviewed the record of a hearing in a lower court and sent the matter back to the original court for a new trial, as if it had not been previously heard nor decided.  to those with billions in assets.

"Banks benefit significantly from the shift to a paperless environment, serving their customers faster and more economically by eliminating paper across all points of presentment," said Brian Schwanebeck, senior vice president and general manager of ITI's Digital Solutions operating unit operating unit

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. "Financial institutions can reduce costs, boost processing efficiency and enhance customer satisfaction with these advanced technologies. Timely adopters gain significant competitive advantages and increased profitability."

Alogent's success in bringing its innovations to the market illustrates that deposit automation is the key to converging enterprise payment channels into one stream, enabling organic growth and a host of additional advantages. The automation of just one retail channel, such as cash management, not only reduces processing costs within that channel, it also frees personnel to spend more time with customers, build client relationships and initiate cross-sell opportunities in other retail channels. By supporting convergence across all delivery channels through Alogent's TransChannel Deposit Automation, banks can simplify operations while slashing slash·ing  
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 costs, reducing risk, growing market revenue and strengthening customer relationships.

"Image exchange has become the cornerstone of payment processing and we see the financial industry's migration toward deposit automation continuing throughout 2007," said Bob Meara, senior analyst with Celent's banking group. "The business case for distributed capture becomes more compelling as banks become aware of the cost savings and multiple efficiencies facilitated by image-based electronic check presentment."

Alogent became a pioneer in image-enabled technologies when it deployed its first generation software solution offerings to the European market in 1995. Since that time, the company has gained momentum in serving the Check 21 market including Tier 1, 2 and 3 financial institutions, as well as processors, financial institutions and credit unions of all sizes. Alogent's Sierra Xpedite([R]) deposit automation solutions, which include teller and branch capture, and remote deposit for business and corporations, are selected by institutions for their enterprise deployment, scalability and seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation.  with existing and emerging systems.

"2006 was an exciting year at Alogent. Not only did we extend our trend of U.S. growth by posting an astounding a·stound  
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 27% CAGR CAGR

See: Compound Annual Growth Rate
 over the past four years," said Paul J. Citarella, executive vice president, "our market and solution leadership continue to ensure that we're invited to the table for every major opportunity in the nation's largest and most successful institutions."

About Alogent

Founded in 1995, Alogent Corporation is a leading global provider of enterprise payment processing solutions that enable financial institutions and processors to accelerate the conversion of paper to electronic processing. The company's Sierra suite of solutions automates payments and deposits at every point of presentment (including branches, ATMs, merchants, corporations and cash vaults) while optimizing electronic data and image processing image processing

Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished
 and settlement. Alogent is the deposit automation market leader with our platform processing billions of payments annually with over 62,000 desktop points of presentment sold. The company's customers include KeyCorp, Lloyds TSB Lloyds TSB Group plc (LSE: LLOY) is a banking and insurance group in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1995 by the merger of Lloyds Bank and the Trustee Savings Bank (TSB). The Group's head office is at 25 Gresham Street, London.  and SunTrust, among others. Alogent brings proven delivery and leadership to help customers worldwide address mission-critical challenges. For more information, visit www.alogent.com or call 888.333.6030.
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