Digital Check Announces Release of New 'Check 21' Compliant API; Full TellerScan Line of Check Scanners Has Common API for Easy Mix-and-Match Installation.

LAS VEGAS -- Digital Check Corporation (DCC) today announced the release of their new Check 21 compliant API v8 for all models of their TellerScan(R) compact, desktop check scanners.

Check image interchange formats and supporting file formats for Check 21 purposes have been defined by ANSI X9. The image formats are part of X9.90 while the supporting electronic cash letter is X9.37. Contained within the X9.37 standard are a set of fields designed to tell the receiving organization whether each item is a quality image or not. The FSTC (Financial Services Technology Consortium) Image Quality and Usability Assurance Initiative (http://www.fstc.org/projects/image-quality-phase-1/) has designed 16 metrics to describe exactly what is a quality image, and these will be incorporated into the ANSI X9.37 standard. For a full discussion of the metrics see Digital Check's free White Paper which can be downloaded from: www.digitalcheck.com/iqa.

"Our new API is designed to ensure the capture of a fully compliant Check 21 image on the first pass at the point of check presentment," said John Gainer, Executive Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at Digital Check Corporation. "All Digital Check's TellerScans offer a unique item-by-item image quality assurance as we have proven that this offers the fastest and most reliable method to guarantee the quality of the image as it passes into the check clearing process. Other scanners offer a post-process image quality assurance which is a slower and less productive method. All our TellerScans have a common API, which makes for exceptionally easy installation and gives the ability to mix-and-match so that you have the right scanner for each job within an installation."

"With the new API, we have gone a step further than just complying with the FSTC check image quality assurances," Mr. Gainer continued. "We have added tests for Endorsements, CAR (Courtesy Amount Recognition) and LAR (Legal Amount Recognition) - these tests ascertain whether valid looking data is present in the requisite areas of the check. These additional steps save time and prevent non-processable checks from entering the clearing system. For example, if the signature is missing from a check, it can be removed from the deposit at the Teller Window, rather than at a later and more costly point in the clearing process. With Digital Check's Best Read(TM) MICR and Best Read Image, users can be assured of the best quality and most accurately read images possible. The new API is part of Digital Check's ongoing commitment to manufacturing the highest quality compact scanners. When it comes to image quality our TellerScans deliver."

TellerScans with the new API are available now. To update existing TellerScans, please contact your sales representative. For East Coast sales, Jeff Hempkner at 770-887-4319 or via e-mail at: [e-mail]. For West Coast sales, Mark Vose at 916-788-0120 or via e-mail at: [e-mail]. For International sales, please contact Digital Check's head office at 847-446-2285 or via e-mail to [e-mail].

About Digital Check

Digital Check Corporation (http://www.digitalcheck.com) is the leading manufacturer of compact countertop check scanners. This privately held company was founded in 1959, and renamed Digital Check Corporation in 1995 to specialize in check imaging scanners targeted at the banking, point-of-sale and financial marketplaces. DCC is the manufacturer, at its plant in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, of the market leading TellerScan(R) product line, including TS 200, TS 210, TS 220, TS 300, TS 350, and TS 400ES, and is the exclusive North American distributor of BUIC scanners. DCC check scanners, along with the DCC 'Check 21' compliant API, are being used by most banking software vendors involved in Check 21 implementations. For further information, please call 847-446-2285, e-mail: [e-mail], or visit our web site at: www.digitalcheck.com.