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RentPayment Successfully Completes SAS 70 Audit.


Detailed Examination Confirms Company's Commitment to Compliance and Customer Security

SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  -- RentPayment, the largest electronic payments processor in the multifamily industry, recently completed a SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System.  70 audit, receiving an unqualified opinion Unqualified opinion

An independent auditor's opinion that a company's financial statements comply with accepted accounting procedures. Antithesis of qualified opinion.


unqualified opinion

See clean opinion.
 (the highest possible rating) from independent auditors Grant Thornton as to the controls surrounding the RentPaymentOne payment platform. This report asserts that RentPayment's control objectives and related control processes and procedures have been reviewed and architected to effectively meet the control objectives of comprehensive security monitoring, management, and response for their customers.

As with most service providers, RentPayment's current and potential clients periodically request the type of information included in a SAS 70 audit in order to understand the controls surrounding financially significant processes.

"With the completion of this SAS 70 audit, RentPayment customers can be assured that controls surrounding our RentPaymentOne platform are designed to meet our stated control objectives and are in place as of 12/31/2006. Companies seeking payment processing should expect this type of third-party review be performed on their service provider's internal controls," said Matt Golis, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , RentPayment. "We are very pleased to be able to offer this report to our customers."

A SAS 70 audit requires a thorough examination of the design of internal controls and business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets  by an independent third-party comprised of Certified Public Accountants Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state.
. RentPayment's VP of Architecture Jason Chambers Jason Chambers (born March 23, 1980) is an American actor and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and is currently co-host of Human Weapon on the History Channel.[1]  comments, "The SAS 70 report is an easy way for customers and prospective customers to know that controls are in place and are being reviewed regularly to safeguard their data."

The audit, performed by the Salt Lake City office of Grant Thornton, was completed as of December 31, 2006, and encompasses the design of RentPayment's general controls of their data center and managed services as it relates to operational excellence and security.

About RentPayment:

RentPayment (www.rentpayment.com) is the largest electronic payments processor in the multifamily industry, serving over 20 of the Top 50 National MultiHousing Council Property Managers (2006 survey). Founded in 1999, RentPayment's services are available in over 2 million apartment units. RentPayment provides a unified Web-based platform for check scanning, credit card processing, and electronic check processing to the property management industry. RentPayment's headquarters is located in the heart of the Financial District in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation).

The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] 
, across from the landmark Transamerica building. RentPayment has additional offices in Salt Lake City (UT), Santa Monica (CA), and Santa Barbara (CA).
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