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Fidelity National Information Services Announces New Triple Play Mobile Banking Offering
FIS Offers Full-Service Mobile Banking Solution
| Source: Fidelity National Information Services
JACKSONVILLE, FL--(Marketwire - May 20, 2008) - Fidelity
National Information Services, Inc. (FIS) today announced the launch of
its new comprehensive two-way mobile banking and bill pay product suite,
FIS Mobile Banking and Bill Pay. The advanced product offering encompasses
the three modes of mobile banking -- SMS/text, mobile Web and downloadable
application solutions. This new, state of the art suite will address the
varied needs of all clients and allow financial institutions to target
different segments of their client-base with the most appropriate mobile
banking solution.
To provide the most advanced mobile banking and payments offering in the
market, FIS teamed with two leading mobile banking and payment providers,
ClairMail, Inc. and mFoundry. The two providers had
previously announced a partnership and offer complementary, advanced mobile
solutions, integrating ClairMail's two-way mobile banking and payments
platform and SMS/text and mobile Web solutions with mFoundry's downloadable
Spotlight application. As a result of the combined ClairMail-mFoundry
solution, FIS will have a single platform to implement, manage and support
for its clients. Additionally, the ClairMail platform will allow "wake-up"
of the mFoundry application and its Event Engine will enable user-defined
two-way actionable alerts.
"In conjunction with mFoundry, ClairMail's complete mobile banking and
payments offering and revolutionary two-way alerting Event Engine now give
FIS customers the solution they need to appeal to the broad banking
consumer base and drive adoption," said Joseph Salesky,
chief executive officer of ClairMail. "Whether a bank is looking to enter
the mobile arena or strengthen an initial pilot effort with a full-service
mobile banking and payments offering, FIS can now provide that integrated
solution."
As a leading provider of core technology services in the financial
industry, FIS is poised to offer a core-based mobile solution that will
ensure consistency between the mobile channel and core banking transaction
data. The FIS Mobile Banking solution will be available as a managed
service offering or an on-premise implementation, allowing flexibility
based on the financial institution's needs. The hosted platform will be
interfaced with FIS solutions, including core, internet banking, commercial
cash management, bill pay, prepaid, debit and credit card.
"The demand from financial institutions for a secure and comprehensive
mobile banking and payments solution has risen dramatically over the past
year," said Anthony Jabbour, executive vice president for FIS Core
Processing and eBanking. "When deciding among mobile banking and payments
solution providers, we selected ClairMail given their unique, best-of-breed
capabilities, including two-way functionality across all three mobile user
interfaces and their innovative Event Engine. Our previously announced
alliance with mFoundry for mobile banking and payments via an advanced
downloadable application rounds out the triple-mode solution, which will
provide all of our clients, regardless of size, with an affordable,
state-of-the-art mobile solution."
"Core processing vendors are uniquely positioned to drive best-in-class
mobile banking solutions because of the role they play as technology
integrators and ecosystem conductors," said Virginia Garcia, research
director of TowerGroup. "FIS is presently the only core processing vendor
offering a mobile banking solution on all three mobile user interface
modes. TowerGroup believes that deploying a multi-modal mobile banking
solution is essential to serving the differentiated needs of all consumer
market segments in the highly fragmented mobile marketplace."
About ClairMail
ClairMail optimizes any mobile phone for two-way customer interaction. Only
the ClairMail System offers mobile banking and payments applications that
utilize any phone's existing messaging and mobile web software and extend
the capabilities of third-party native client applications. On one platform
with a single implementation, ClairMail empowers financial institutions to
provide their customers with easy and immediate two-way access to secure
information, account management, no-hold customer service and Actionable
Alerts™. Unlike other proprietary and inflexible point solutions, the
ClairMail System is a standards-based offering that securely integrates
with existing systems, delivering rapid time to value and providing an
alternative to more costly channels like call centers and IVR. Founded in
2004, ClairMail is headquartered in Novato, Calif. The company is privately
held and funded by Norwest Venture Partners, Outlook Ventures and JAFCO
Ventures. For more information call (415) 884-7270 or visit
www.clairmail.com.
About Fidelity National Information Services
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE : FIS ), a Fortune 500
company, is a leading provider of core processing for financial
institutions; card issuer and transaction processing services; mortgage
loan processing and mortgage-related information products; and outsourcing
services to financial institutions, retailers, mortgage lenders and real
estate professionals. FIS has processing and technology relationships with
35 of the top 50 global banks, including nine of the top 10. FIS is a
member of Standard and Poor's (S&P) 500® Index and has been ranked the
number one overall financial technology provider in the world by American
Banker and the research firm Financial Insights in the annual FinTech 100
rankings. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., FIS maintains a strong
global presence, serving more than 9,000 financial institutions in more
than 80 countries worldwide. For more information on Fidelity National
Information Services, please visit www.fidelityinfoservices.com.