SunTrust to Deploy Alogent's Remote Deposit Automation for Corporate Clients; Solutions to Provide Remote Deposit Services and Straight Through Check Processing.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- At the BAI TransPay Conference, Alogent Corp., a provider of payment transaction processing solutions for global financial institutions, remittance processors and payment processors, announced SunTrust Banks, Inc., (NYSE: STI) will implement its Remote Deposit Automation solutions to enable automation and truncation of corporate and small business check deposits at client locations.

The announcement follows SunTrust's successful December 2004 roll-out of its image and data exchange platform for Check 21, which is based on Alogent's Sierra(R) Xchange(TM), Unified Payments Gateway(TM). This paper-to-electronic payment conversion platform provides full, end-to-end integration of remote capture customer sites with the bank's processing centers. It also provides the bank with Straight Through Check Processing(TM) capabilities for other distributed points of capture, including branches, ATMs, cash vaults, and correspondent banks.

Implementation of Alogent's Sierra Xpedite(R) Remote Deposit(TM) product at corporate capture sites is phase two of SunTrust's strategic roadmap for Check 21 and further strengthens the alliance between the two companies. Initial deployment of the product will be to corporate client and small-business offices.

"In 2004, we positioned ourselves to be image-enabled and ready for Check 21 by putting in place a strategic image exchange platform," said Tim Sullivan, executive vice president and chief information officer, SunTrust. "That initial step, in partnership with Alogent, gives us a competitive advantage by enabling us to achieve all of the benefits of early check image and data capture and paper truncation at remote points of deposit, which we believe can only be effectively achieved through end to end integration. It also enables us to process our business customers' deposits with greater efficiency and accuracy. We are pleased to extend our relationship with Alogent and to be one of the first to offer a full portfolio of time and effort saving remote deposit services tailored to our business customers' needs."

Alogent's Remote Deposit Automation solutions replace traditional deposit processes, reducing the time, effort and overhead costs associated with business deposit preparation, validation, transportation, processing, and management for both the bank and its corporate customers. Alogent's Sierra Xpedite-based Remote Deposit products deliver substantial depth and flexibility that allows the financial institution to tailor its products to the deposit volume, workflow, device and functionality requirements of its merchant and corporate customers, offering superior service and competitive differentiation of its products.

At SunTrust, Alogent's Sierra Xpedite Remote Deposit will deliver important image workflow capability at the point of presentment, including real-time image quality analysis and image quality verification and duplicate detection. Quality and integrity suspects are detected and corrected automatically. These features provide integrated security and reduce the deposit risk associated with faulty images, duplicate deposits and manual keying errors. Amount entry and item correction are performed only as needed from virtual locations, courtesy of Sierra Xchange. This Unified Payments Gateway also is integrated with a variety of other systems, including IBM CPCS and the Viewpointe ImageShare(TM) service.

Alogent's next generation Remote Deposit Automation solutions are built on the Microsoft .NET framework, with Smart Client architecture, that combines the ease of deployment of Web-based thin clients with the rich user interface of desktop-based thick client applications. Deploying Alogent's Remote Deposit solutions allows SunTrust to offer seamless integration of remote deposit processing with their corporate banking internet portal for one consistent look and feel across all banking services. The architecture supports "no-touch" deployment, on-going client configuration updates, such as adding new users and accounts, and automatically delivers software updates when corporate clients log on to the system.

Brian Geisel, founder and CEO of Alogent, said, "Our Sierra Xpedite Extensible Deposit Automation(TM) technology is the foundation of all of our distributed capture products, whether they are automating deposits at the teller, the ATM, the cash vault or at business customer sites. Alogent is pleased to have been chosen by SunTrust as their remote deposit solution provider for this strategic business and corporate cash management solution."

About SunTrust

SunTrust Banks, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the nation's largest commercial banking organizations. As of March 31, 2005, SunTrust had total assets of $164.8 billion and total deposits of $107.5 billion. The company operates an extensive distribution network primarily in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and the District of Columbia, and also serves customers in selected markets nationally. Its primary businesses include deposit, credit, trust and investment services. Through various subsidiaries the company provides credit cards, mortgage banking, insurance, brokerage and capital markets services. SunTrust's Internet address is www.suntrust.com.

About Alogent

Alogent is a financial services technology company with proven global success in providing payment processing solutions that enable banks, billers and outsource processors to reduce costs, accelerate timelines and improve quality in check and item processing. Alogent's suite of Sierra solutions help banks adapt to Check 21, check truncation and paper-to-electronic transformation. They include solutions for deposit automation, image based centralized item processing, image exchange and the unique Straight Through Check Processing(TM). Alogent brings proven credibility and leadership to help global customers address mission-critical challenges.

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