Intuit And Integrion Team To Connect Integrion Banks And Quicken.ATLANTA & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1997--Joint Initiative is a Major Step Toward Single, Open Standard for Online Banking Integrion Financial Network and Intuit Inc. today announced a joint development effort that will enable financial institutions to connect consumer and small business users of Intuit's Quicken(R) and other financial software products to Integrion's Interactive 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. (IFS) platform. The financial institution owners of Integrion serve more than 75 percent of the retail banking population in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . More than 10 million consumers rely on the best selling Quicken personal financial management software program. The joint development effort creates an opportunity for banks to leverage the economies of scale created by Integrion's real time, middleware electronic commerce platform and the consumer appeal of Quicken and also Intuit's Web-based financial products. Additionally, consumers using Intuit products will benefit from the broad market reach of Integrion banks. Integrion and Intuit said they will develop together server technology that translates Intuit financial software transactions into Integrion's Gold Standard messages. The solution, which will be available to financial institutions in the first half of 1998, will provide an interim connection to bridge the 1998 versions of Quicken to the IFS platform that is operated by IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) for Integrion. Both Integrion and Intuit remain committed to converging the Gold Standard and Open Financial Exchange, and will continue participating in industry efforts to achieve this goal. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. William M. Fenimore, Jr. managing director of Integrion, this step is necessary in the effort to converge the two leading standards for financial connectivity. "The ultimate goal here is convergence of Gold and Open Financial Exchange," said Fenimore. "Concurrently, there is clearly an immediate need for joint customers of Integrion and Intuit to connect the two offerings so the benefits of both solutions can be realized as soon as possible. This effort will enable banks to move forward with their retail delivery strategies today with confidence that both players are committed to long-term interoperability." "With this agreement, the 10 million combined customers of Quicken will have access to the online banking services of an expanded universe
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About Intuit Intuit Inc., a financial software and Web-based services company, develops and markets Quicken, the leading personal finance software; and TurboTax, the best-selling tax preparation software. Intuit's Quicken.com Web site offers a complete array of financial news, information and tools. Intuit's products and services enable individuals, small businesses and financial professionals to better manage their financial lives and businesses. About Integrion Financial Network Integrion Financial Network provides interactive banking and electronic commerce solutions to financial institutions. Through the Interactive Financial Services (IFS) platform, Integrion offers financial institutions a network through which electronic transactions flow from multiple consumer access points to a bank's host system and/or processor. Integrion's operating philosophy allows banks to determine the manner and format in which home banking and electronic commerce services are offered, ensuring consistency with the bank's full range of services, effective branding by the bank and maximum customer benefit. The owners of Integrion are ABN AMRO ABN AMRO Algemene Bank Nederland-Amsterdam Roterdam Bank (Dutch bank) North America, Bank One, Bank of America
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"We are eager to convert to Integrion's Interactive Financial Services platform, and the many innovative opportunities that it will present for our customers." CONTACT: Integrion Intuit Grant Evans Jennifer Glass (215) 351-4210 -or- (415) 944-3569 grantevans@lefton.com jennifer_glass@intuit.com |
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