Farmers Insurance Group Federal CU Provides Hand Held Technology to Members.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2001 Farmers Insurance Group Federal Credit Union (FIGFCU FIGFCU Farmers Insurance Group Federal Credit Union ) announced today that it will provide to its members worldwide access to wireless Internet banking through a partnership between FIGFCU, Harland Financial Solutions and SensCom Inc. Wireless access will extend the convenience FIGFCU members currently experience when using FIGFCU's Internet home banking service, PC-TIED. Wireless features will include the ability to pay bills, review account balances and account history, transfer funds, and make loan payments. The primary difference in hand held vs. home banking is that with hand held banking(SM) a member has access to account information from a WAP-enabled (wireless application protocol) cell phone as well as personal digital assistants such as Palm VII The Palm VII product family consisted of two products, the Palm VII and the Palm VIIx Palm Pilots. These were produced by Palm, Inc., before it was split into PalmOne and PalmSource. They had antennas for wireless data communication on the Mobitex network under the now defunct Palm. or any Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. CE enabled device. With wireless Internet services from SensCom, members can perform financial transactions at any time, anywhere, and be assured that their transactions will be handled with the most advanced wireless security available. FIGFCU emphasizes upgrading its services, making them more convenient and easier for members to use. Hand held banking(SM) is the latest effort to apply the most up-to-date advances in financial technology. Based out of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Farmers Insurance Group Federal Credit Union has over $400 million in assets and serves more than 30,000 members throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For more information about Farmers Insurance Group Federal Credit Union visit their Web site at www.figfederal.com. Harland Financial Solutions supplies software and services to more than 6,000 financial institutions of all sizes. Harland's Ultradata system provides real-time host processing solutions for mid-to-large credit unions. More information about Harland can be found at www.harland.net SensCom Inc. is the leader in the wireless Internet financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industry. SensCom develops, hosts, manages and maintains proprietary wireless Internet gateway (1) See cable/DSL gateway. (2) A router or server that converts IP packets to IPX, AppleTalk or some other non-IP format and vice versa. It is used to connect non-IP networks to the Internet. services for connecting users' wireless devices with their personal financial information. SensCom is dedicated to providing secure and efficient wireless Internet financial services. More information about SensCom can be found at www.SensCom.com. |
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