CKFR Checkfree Corp (MM)

ATLANTA and LONDON, June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CheckFree Corporation (NASDAQ:CKFR) today announced that its CheckFree eVent(TM) product, a powerful automation and workflow solution for corporate actions processing, now offers an ISO 15022 compliant interface to the Fidelity ActionsXchange(SM) corporate actions data feed. CheckFree eVent empowers clients to automatically receive, validate and process corporate actions, from announcement through entitlement calculation to notification and instruction processing, resulting in significant time and cost savings. ActionsXchange, a Fidelity Capital company developed by Fidelity Investments, is a premier provider of global corporate actions event information. Fidelity ActionsXchange's ActionService product uses multiple commercial data sources to provide accurate, consolidated and client-specific corporate action records on more than 2.5 million securities in the U.S. and overseas. The CheckFree eVent interface helps make it possible for ActionsXchange's corporate action information to be delivered to CheckFree clients using the industry-standard ISO 15022 message format, enabling a complete solution for end-to-end automation and operational risk mitigation. Dave Birdsall, president at Fidelity ActionsXchange, said, "We are committed to developing relationships with industry leaders such as CheckFree that have extensive experience in SWIFT messaging and share our mission of providing high-quality solutions. CheckFree clients that implement this new format can capitalize on the benefits offered by market standards such as ISO 15022 to better manage risk and the complexity associated with corporate actions processing." Geoff Harries, director of STP product management at CheckFree Software said, "By working with premier providers such as Fidelity, we are offering CheckFree eVent customers high-quality pre-scrubbed data feeds to enhance the announcement capture functionality delivered through our powerful automation and workflow solution. Thus, we can continue to deliver on our commitment to provide innovative solutions for complex problems that meet the needs of our clients." With the help of CheckFree eVent, organisations can receive, compare and validate corporate actions data from multiple sources without manual intervention, a process that can otherwise be time-consuming and prone to error. The solution is designed to automate the electronic receipt of notifications and provide online management facilities to direct the entire process. CheckFree eVent brings valuable benefits for fund managers, custodians and brokers involved in both domestic and cross-border securities activity by providing more efficient announcement validation. This can significantly reduce the inherent risk of incorrect downstream processing associated with conflicting announcement data. CheckFree eVent is SWIFTReady accredited, built on the same financial platform as the SWIFTReady Gold accredited CheckFree TradeFlow(TM) solution. More recently, CheckFree eVent has achieved the CityCompass Research B.I.S.S. Gold Accreditation for Corporate Actions Systems. This designation, along with the SWIFT accreditation, further reflects CheckFree's commitment to technology leadership in the corporate actions space. For more information about CheckFree eVent, visit http://www.checkfreesoftware.com/. About ActionsXchange (http://www.actionsxchange.com/) ActionsXchange, a Fidelity Capital company, is a premier provider of global corporate actions event information. Developed for Fidelity Investments, it receives corporate actions data from multiple sources and uses experienced industry professionals to compare data, resolve conflicts and augment information. ActionsXchange's products and services provide over 30 Global Financial Organizations with the most timely, accurate and comprehensive global corporate action information available. Leveraging partnerships and integrating its product with all of the major end-to-end securities providers, ActionsXchange is able to enhance existing software packages and thereby provide a complete solution to any organization's corporate action needs. For additional information on ActionsXchange and our services, contact Chris Madigan at (617) 563-5360 or visit our Web site at http://www.actionsxchange.com/. About CheckFree (http://www.checkfree.com/) Founded in 1981, CheckFree Corporation (NASDAQ:CKFR) provides financial electronic commerce services and products to organizations around the world. CheckFree Electronic Commerce solutions enable thousands of financial services providers and billers to offer their customers the convenience of receiving and paying their household bills online or in person through retail outlets. CheckFree Investment Services provides a broad range of investment management solutions and outsourced services to thousands of financial services organizations, which manage about $1.3 trillion in assets. CheckFree Software develops, markets and supports software applications that are used by financial institutions to process more than two thirds of the 12 billion Automated Clearing House transactions in the United States. The division also provides operational risk management, financial messaging, corporate actions, and regulatory compliance software to more than 1,500 organizations across the globe. Certain of the Company's statements in this press release are not purely historical, and as such are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include statements regarding management's intentions, plans, beliefs, expectations or projections of the future. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, the various risks inherent in the Company's business, and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2005 (filed September 2, 2005), Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 (filed November 8, 2005), Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2005 (filed February 8, 2006) and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 (filed May 9, 2006). One or more of these factors have affected, and could in the future affect the Company's business and financial results in future periods, and could cause actual results to differ materially from plans and projections. There can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements made in this press release will prove to be accurate, and issuance of such forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company, or any other person, that the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved. All forward-looking statements made in this press release are based on information presently available to management, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: CheckFree Corporation CONTACT: Media relations, Judy DeRango Wicks, +1-678-375-1595, or Investor relations, Tina Moore, +1-678-375-1278, both of CheckFree Corporation Web site: http://www.checkfree.com/ http://www.checkfreesoftware.com/ http://www.actionsxchange.com/

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