France's Leading Bank in Massif Central Region Reports Strong Results Using Exstream's Dialogue Software.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- www.exstream.com--Exstream Software, Inc. today announced the leading bank in France's Massif Central region, CrE[umlaut]dit Agricole Centre France, reports positive results using its Dialogue enterprise software to streamline document creation processes and produce more effective communications for clients. CrE[umlaut]dit Agricole Centre France is a regional division of the bank CrE[umlaut]dit Agricole, operating its activities in five of France's dE[umlaut]partementsCoAllier, Cantal, CorrE ze, Creuse and Puy-de-DE[sup.3]meColocated in the Auvergne and Limousin regions. The bank is using Dialogue to provide its customersCofarmers, private residents, businesses, professional services, local authorities, shop owners and tradesmenCowith customized transactional documents that improve their overall experience with the company. Using Dialogue, the bank reports it has optimized the entire process of producing the more than 55 million correspondence and statement pages it produces every year for clients (approximately 230,000 each day), reducing development time for simple documents to four hours, and to less than five days for very complex document applications that include dynamic tables and sophisticated rules. Additionally, Dialogue is used by the bank's marketing department to produce ten or more customized mailings each week.

With the aim of streamlining its document creation processes and providing customized correspondence to improve customers' overall experience with the bank, CrE[umlaut]dit Agricole Centre France began a serious evaluation of available market solutions in 1999. The company had two absolute requirements: switch to hardware capable of continuous printing and find a software solution that allowed it to design and create fully customized customer documents in-house. The company investigated many solutions available on the market, and chose Exstream's Dialogue as its software solution because of its breadth and depth of functionalityCoespecially for integrating with existing systems and data, and its intuitive design environment for developing sophisticated document applications quickly. Over a six month period, the bank's team converted 250 documents to Dialogue, making each one customized for the recipient.

"We are very pleased with our Exstream Dialogue solution," said Martine Muller, Electronic Publishing Project Manager at CrE[umlaut]dit Agricole Centre France. "In particular, we've been pleasantly surprised by the amount of time it has saved us. It's an investment that has more or less paid for itself."

"As a leader in France's banking industry, CrE[umlaut]dit Agricole Centre France is a forward-thinking company that understands the importance of improving customer experience," said Jean-Jacques Joly, Managing Director for Exstream France & Southern Europe. "We are very happy that Dialogue is satisfying the bank's requirements with bottom-line results in cost and time savings, and most importantly, customer satisfaction."

About CrE[umlaut]dit Agricole Centre France

CrE[umlaut]dit Agricole Centre France operates its business in five "dE[umlaut]partements": Allier, Cantal, CorrE ze, Creuse and Puy-de-DE[sup.3]me, which are located in the Auvergne and Limousin regions of France. It is the number one bank in the Massif Central area and is extremely future-oriented. The mission of CrE[umlaut]dit Agricole Centre France remains now more than ever to offer its customers all the benefits of a modern, dynamic bank, under optimum conditions. CrE[umlaut]dit Agricole Centre France is the number one bank used by private customers, but is strongly established across all the markets: businesses (5 out of 10 businesses are customers of the bank), professional services (there is a team of experts specially dedicated to their requirements), public authorities (with a large number of local authorities in particular), tradesmen and shop owners, and obviouslyfarmers (8 out of 10 farmers are loyal CrE[umlaut]dit Agricole customers). www.ca-centrefrance.fr

About Exstream Software

Ranked among the world's fastest growing technology companies, Exstream Software provides enterprise software solutions for businesses around the world to streamline document creation processes and produce higher quality, relevant communications of all types for delivery through print/mail and online channels. Companies in the financial services, insurance, service provider, telecommunications, utilities, hospitality, retail, government and other industries benefit by getting communications to market as much as 85 percent faster, reducing document production costs up to 80 percent, and as much as tripling customer response.

For more information about Exstream Software and its market-leading Dialogue enterprise personalization software, visit www.exstream.com, or contact Exstream at 859-296-0600 or [e-mail].

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