Wincor Nixdorf and Alogent Co-Develop the Industry's First Smart Client ATM Deposit Automation Solution.

LAS VEGAS -- Wincor Nixdorf AG and Alogent Corp. today announced a new straight through check processing partnership featuring the industry's first smart client ATM.

"We view Wincor as one of the forerunners in offering innovative and state-of-the-art multi-channel straight through check processing solutions to the market," said Brian Geisel, CEO of Alogent Corp. "Our partnership delivers industry-leading point of presentment options that extend beyond ATMs and reach into other deposit channels. Now, banks can leverage the strategic benefits of Check21 through increased customer service and decreased costs, while simultaneously leveraging multi channels for real-time deposit automation."

The solution provides a real-time dialogue between the deposit channel and the check processing back end, using web services technology. This allows a specialized check processing platform to be implemented in the branch, item processing center or data center. Any changes to bank specific business rules can be updated and centrally deployed with real-time distribution and availability across the enterprise, thus eliminating the requirement to manually update the client software. As a result, the complexity of managing ATM and branch networks is reduced and solution silos for these channels are streamlined and thus eliminated.

"In a multi-channel environment, it is imperative that consistent and efficient centralized verification procedures are available to ensure the validity and security (e.g. image quality, fraud verification) of all transactions," states Reinhard Rabenstein, CTO of Wincor Nixdorf. "It is critical that interfaces to the bank's host systems, item processing systems and external interfaces such as the X9.37 image exchange format are also available. Alogent's deposit automation solution provides all these necessary functions and is proven in many of the world's top financial institutions."

Rolf Scheer, Director Product Management Solutions of Wincor Nixdorf states, "This solution is designed to run in traditional fat client environments, as well as in modern smart client infrastructures. The API can be combined with Wincor Nixdorf's proven multi-vendor software platform to support devices of multiple source and type."

About Alogent

Founded in 1995, Alogent Corporation is a leading global provider of enterprise payment processing solutions that enable financial institutions and processors to accelerate the conversion of paper to electronic processing. The company's Sierra suite of solutions automates payments and deposits at every point of presentment (including branches, ATMs, merchants, corporations and cash vaults) while optimizing electronic data and image processing and settlement. Alogent is the deposit automation market leader with our platform processing billions of payments annually with over 45,000 desktop points of presentment sold. The company's customers include HSBC, KeyCorp, Lloyds TSB and SunTrust, among others. Alogent brings proven delivery and leadership to help customers worldwide address mission-critical challenges. For more information, visit www.alogent.com or call 800-333-6030.

About Wincor Nixdorf

Wincor Nixdorf is one of the world's leading suppliers of IT solutions to the retail and banking industries. The company's extensive portfolio, consisting of hardware products, software, consulting, maintenance and other services, is aimed at reducing the cost and complexity of business processes while improving customer service. Wincor Nixdorf is the world's third largest supplier of POS systems and automated teller machines and the number one supplier of POS systems in Europe (source: Clarendon Report, April 2005). With more than 7,700 employees and net sales of [euro]1,948 million last fiscal year, Wincor Nixdorf operates in over 90 countries with manufacturing plants in Germany, China and Singapore. Worldwide headquarters are in Paderborn, Germany and North American headquarters are in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.wincor-nixdorf.com/usa.