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Con Edison Integrates Intell-A-Check! Software To Support Direct Payment Plan.


NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 1999--

Intell-A-Check Corporation, a leader in electronic payment solutions, today announced that Consolidated Edison This article is about the utility company in New York. For ComEd in Illinois, see Commonwealth Edison.
Consolidated Edison, Inc. NYSE: ED is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States.
 Company of New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 Inc. (Con Edison), the largest provider of electric, gas, and steam services throughout the New York area, has integrated Intell-A-Check!(R), an electronic check-writing application, to launch its new direct payment plan this month. Con Edison currently uses the Intell-A-Check! software to enable customers to directly pay their utility bills online and over the phone using their checking accounts.

Intell-A-Check! is a Microsoft Windows-based, BackOffice certified electronic check-writing application, which enables companies to accept check payments directly over the phone, fax, VRU VRU Voice Response Unit
VRU Voice Recognition Unit
VRU Vapor Recovery Unit
VRU Vertical Reference Unit
VRU Vancouver Rugby Union (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
VRU Virtual Resource Unit
VRU Virtual Readiness University
VRU Virtual Response Unit
 (voice response unit), direct debit direct debit
Noun

an order given to a bank or other financial institution by an account holder to pay an amount of money from the account to a specified person or company at regular intervals

direct debit n
 programs, and the Internet. Con Edison's new Direct Payment Plan utilizes the Intell-A-Check! software to support monthly automatic payment deductions from customers' personal or business checking accounts. Information is simply entered into the Intell-A-Check! interface, and payment is automatically transferred from customers' checking accounts and credited to their Con Edison accounts each month.

"For years, Con Edison has relied on the Intell-A-Check! software to offer our customers a wide variety of easy, direct methods of electronic payment," said George Roach George Roach was a Canadian politician and the mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1875 to 1876.

Preceded by
Benjamin Ernest Charlton Mayor of Hamilton
1875–1876 Succeeded by
Francis Edwin Kilvert
, to pay their bills."

Con Edison initiallyccounts, which can then be sent directly to a laser printer, or formatted as ACH files for immediate electros online.

"By supporting direct check payments through virtually any medium, Intell-A-Check! offers a powerful, cost-effective tool," said Kevin Fahey, National Sales Director of Intell-A-Check Corporation. "By integrating the Intell-A-Check! software to continuously expand customer payment options, Con Edison is rapidly differentiating itself in the increasingly competitive marketplace."

Pricing & Availability

Intell-A-Check! software is available today, and is priced based on transactional costs and volume. Contact Intell-A-Check Corporation today for additional pricing and product details.

About Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc. (Con Edison)

Con Edison of New York is one of the nation's largest utility companies, with more than $7 billion in annual revenues and $14 billion in assets. The company, a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison Inc., provides electric, gas and steam service to more than three million customers in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
 and Westchester County, New York '' Westchester County is a primarily suburban county located in the U.S. state of New York with about 950,000 residents. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. It was named after Chester, in England, and the county seat is White Plains. .

About Intell-A-Check Corporation

Founded in 1994, Intell-A-Check Corporation is a leader in payment technologies, providing a range of electronic payment solutions to Fortune 1000 organizations, including MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device.

(2) (Microwave Communications Inc.
 WorldCom, Comcast Cablevision, Bank of America
See also:  and


Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world.
, Consolidated Edison of New York, and GE Capital. Located in Belleville, NJ, the company is a Microsoft Commerce Partner. Its flagship product, Intell-A-Check!, is a Microsoft BackOffice certified solution that supports a broad range of technology platforms. For additional information, contact Intell-A-Check Corporation at 800-946-8355, or via the Web at http://www.icheck.com.
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