Corillian Corp. (NASDAQ: CORI), the top provider of online banking, online payments and anti-fraud solutions to the financial services industry, and Getronics, a global leader in workspace management IT services, announced their signing of a multi-year reseller and systems integration agreement to deliver comprehensive online financial services to financial institutions worldwide.
Getronics will resell and implement Corillian's Voyager platform and online banking applications as its preferred offering for financial institutions looking for a comprehensive, next-generation online solution. Financial institutions will be able to benefit greatly from the addition of the Voyager platform to Getronics' unique retail banking solution that includes their Globalfs multi-channel branch software, as well as comprehensive security, IP communications, and workspace management infrastructure services. This powerful combination will enable financial institutions to gain the customer sales and service benefits of a truly integrated retail delivery environment, backed by an arrangement that ensures that the environment will be maintained and expanded.
"Our clients are looking for ways to not only deploy but also continuously improve their customers' multi-channel banking experience," said Jean-Paul Adans, senior vice president, Getronics Financial Services Industry Practice. "Corillian's industry-leading online banking solutions and understanding of the multi-channel experience and its challenges are a great asset to Getronics and our clients. We are excited about integrating Corillian's online applications into our unique retail banking software and services offering. This agreement strengthens our ability to deliver our solution with a single point of accountability and maximum flexibility."
Corillian's industry-leading Voyager platform and online applications enable financial institutions to deliver innovative online financial services to their various customer segments - consumers, small businesses and corporations. Corillian's online banking applications integrate hundreds of best practices developed over the last eight years through its experiences in serving some of the most innovative financial institutions in the world. Corillian's applications integrate market-leading practices in usability and functionality from industry-leading firms and other acknowledged industry experts. With these solutions, financial institutions deliver innovative and compelling online banking services to their users, while maintaining the ability to tailor the solution through flexible configuration. This enables the financial institution to gain a competitive advantage in the online channel and meet the growing needs of its unique user base.
Getronics' Channel Renewal retail banking solution addresses the long-standing challenges associated with deploying and evolving a multi-channel customer-centric banking environment. Getronics is unique in its ability to minimize risk and cost through a combination of its Globalfs software, project management and ongoing managed IT services that address the complexities found in today's retail banking delivery environment, including:
* application integration
* end-to-end network security
* voice and data communication integration
* local and mobile device deployment and support
Today, Getronics serves 17 of the world's top 20 financial services institutions, providing software and services to more than 50,000 branches worldwide.
"Getronics has industry-leading expertise and a proven track record in helping financial institutions grow revenues and enhance competitiveness within their branch-oriented software and services," said Alex Hart, president and CEO of Corillian. "The Getronics and Corillian combination provides a best-of-breed approach that offers financial institutions one of the most complete multi-channel offerings in the industry. We believe this strategic partnership will allow us to expand our presence and increase revenues in new markets around the world."
About Getronics
With some 25,000 employees in over 30 countries and approximate revenues of USD $3.1 billion, Getronics is one of the world's leading providers of vendor independent Information Technology (IT) solutions and services.
Getronics designs, deploys, and manages flexible and innovative end-to-end solutions, working together with our partners and clients, in order to optimize and increase the productivity of our client's mobile knowledge workers.
Getronics headquarters are in Amsterdam, with regional offices in Boston, Madrid, and Singapore. Getronics' shares are traded on Euronext Amsterdam ("GTN"). For further information about Getronics, visit www.getronics.com/us.
About Corillian Corporation
Corillian is the market leader of online banking, bill payment and fraud prevention solutions to the financial services industry. With 28 of the top 100 U.S. banks and 20 of the top 100 U.S. credit unions as customers, Corillian serves over 25 percent of the online banking community. Corillian provides the most flexible, scalable and secure set of online banking applications across multiple lines of business, integrating best-practice functionality developed for some of the most innovative financial institutions in the world. Corillian features integrated applications across Consumer Banking, Small Business Banking, Wealth Management, Credit Card Management, and Corporate Cash Management, as well as enterprise wide solutions, including Fraud Detection, Payments Warehouse, Alerts, eStatements, and OFX. Corillian's fraud prevention solutions use Preemptive ForensicsT to protect web sites from phishers, hackers, and fraudsters. Corillian's strong authentication solution provides a low-cost solution for multi-factor authentication while maintaining high user satisfaction. For more information about Corillian Corporation, visit the company's Web site at www.corillian.com.