TD Banknorth Renews Payment Agreement with Online Resources.$40 Billion Asset Bank Signs Multi-Year Contract for Full Set of Retail and Commercial Services CHANTILLY, Va. -- Online Resources Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCC ORCC Ohio Regional Campus Conference ORCC Outwardly Rectifying Chloride Channel ORCC Ottawa Regional Cancer Center ORCC Old Roman Catholic Church ORCC Online Resources & Communications Corporation (now named Online Resources Corporation) ), a leading provider of Web-based 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. , today announced that TD Banknorth Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BNK BNK Bangkok BNK Bundesverband Niedergelassener Kardiologen eV BNK Banking ), which serves 1.5 million households in eight Northeastern states, has extended a multi-year contract for a full suite of online payment and concentration services Concentration services Movement of cash from different lockbox locations into a single concentration account from which disbursements and investments are made. for its retail banking and consumer lending Consumer lending or consumer loans refers to any type of loan product that is not a mortgage; such as a car, boat, manufactured home, home equity loan, home equity line of credit, signature loan, signature line of credit, recreational vehicle, or Certificate of Deposit loans. operations. In addition, TD Banknorth will resell Online Resources' biller direct payment services to its commercial clients. Since 2000, Online Resources' PayAnyone([R]) service has powered payments for TD Banknorth's online banking and customer service channels. PayAnyone utilizes proprietary Real-Time Digital Scanline([R]) (RTDS RTDS Real-Time Data Services (Sybase) RTDS Real-Time Data System RTDS Real-Time Display System RTDS Reutilization, Transfer, Donation, or Sale (US Government, solid waste) ) technology, which enhances payment processing to produce the highest electronic rate and lowest claims rate in the industry. For its consumer loans, TD Banknorth will continue to use the Company's Collect Pay[TM] service to facilitate payments from their lending customers. In addition, the Bank will offer CollectPay to its base of commercial clients, which include utility, insurance, health care and other businesses, enabling them to receive electronic payments from their consumers. The Bank also uses Online Resources' LockboxPlus[TM] service to consolidate all incoming payments in a variety of formats into a single electronic posting file. This service enables TD Banknorth to simplify the processing of payments, perform reconciliation and better manage accounts receivables. LockboxPlus also uses RTDS to eliminate posting errors by validating all account numbers and payment instructions. "Online Resources' broad set of integrated solutions continue to help us maximize the efficiency of our entire payment chain," said Joseph Hanson, executive vice president of Operations for TD Banknorth. "Using a comprehensive approach and a variety of high quality services, and by driving adoption of online payment services, we are working together to ensure our customers receive the best experience possible." "TD Banknorth understands that a multi-faceted yet highly consolidated payment approach is critical to meeting their distinct customer and operational needs," said Stephanie Chaufournier, Online Resources' executive vice president and general manager for Banking Payment Services. "We are pleased to provide TD Banknorth a comprehensive set of payment services that help drive efficiency, value and satisfaction." About TD Banknorth Inc. TD Banknorth Inc. is a leading banking and financial services company headquartered in Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine, with a 2004 population of 63,882. Portland is Maine's cultural, social and economic capital. Tourists are drawn to Portland's historic Old Port district along Portland Harbor, which is at the mouth of the Fore River and part and a majority-owned subsidiary majority-owned subsidiary A firm in which more than 50% of outstanding voting stock is owned by the parent company. of TD Bank Financial Group. At December 31, 2006, TD Banknorth had $40 billion of total consolidated assets. TD Banknorth's banking subsidiary, TD Banknorth, N.A., operates banking divisions in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , New Jersey, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Pennsylvania and Vermont. TD Banknorth and TD Banknorth, N.A. also operate subsidiaries and divisions in insurance, wealth management, merchant services, mortgage banking, government banking, private label credit cards, insurance premium financing and other financial services and offers investment products in association with PrimeVest Financial Services, Inc. The TD Banknorth common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol "BNK." For more information, visit http://www.TDBanknorth.com. About Online Resources Online Resources powers web-based financial services for 2600 financial institutions, billers and credit service providers. Its proprietary suite of account presentation and payment services are branded to its clients, and augmented by marketing services to drive consumer and business end-user adoption. The Company serves over 8 million end-users and processes $100 billion in bill payments annually. Founded in 1989, Online Resources (Nasdaq: ORCC; www.orcc.com) is recognized as one of the nation's fastest growing companies. This news release contains statements about future events and expectations, which are "forward-looking statements." Any statement in this release that is not a statement of historical fact may be deemed to be a forward-looking statement. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Specifically factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to: the company's history of losses and anticipation of future losses; the company's dependence on the marketing efforts of third parties; the potential fluctuations in the company's operating results; the company's potential need for additional capital; the company's potential inability to expand the company's services and related products in the event of substantial increases in demand for these services and related products; the company's competition; the company's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the company's reliance on the company's patents and other intellectual property; the early stage of market adoption of the services it offers; consolidation of the banking and financial services industry; and those risks and uncertainties discussed in filings made by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those risks and uncertainties contained under the heading "Risk Factors" in the company's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , latest 10-Q, and S-3 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These factors should be considered in evaluating the forward-looking statements, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. |
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