CKFR Checkfree Corp (MM)

CheckFree PEP+ reACH/BOC Module Speeds Collection Process, Reduces Costs, Providing Significant Benefit to Bank's Corporate Customers ATLANTA and LAS VEGAS, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Association of Finance Professionals Conference, Booth #623 -- CheckFree Corporation (NASDAQ:CKFR) today introduced a new module, CheckFree(R) PEP+(R) reACH/BOC, that will enable banks to streamline the process of check conversion for their corporate customers. The new module will enable organizations to support NACHA's new Back Office Conversion (BOC) Standard Entry Class Code, which goes into effect on March 16, 2007. Back Office Conversion aligns Check 21 and Automated Clearing House (ACH) processing to facilitate best-path routing decisions on many checks presented at the point of sale. Growth in the BOC sector is expected to be significant in the near future, with estimates that market adoption will reach three billion back-office conversions in the next five years, delivering a five-year net benefit to the banking industry of $320 million, according to the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) - The Electronic Payments Association. With BOC rules incorporated into CheckFree's PEP+ reACH/BOC solution, financial institutions can now convert eligible checks presented at the point of sale to ACH transactions for deposit. This streamlined approach reduces costs associated with items deposited through image exchange and those printed as Image Replacement Documents (IRDs), while increasing ACH origination. "CheckFree's goal, as embodied in our Applied Operational Intelligence(SM) approach, is to continually deliver innovation to our customers in response to growing marketplace needs and ever-changing regulations," said Esther Pigg, vice president of global product management for CheckFree Software. "As a result, we can increase the value of the ACH processing and check conversion solutions that customers already have in place from CheckFree. CheckFree's new PEP+ reACH/BOC module strategically positions our customers for current and future check conversion initiatives with the secure, proven and scalable PEP+ reACH infrastructure, and further aligns check, Check 21 and ACH processing." To help corporate merchants and retailers accomplish these business objectives, CheckFree's PEP+ reACH/BOC module provides several key capabilities, including: - Leveraging proven end-to-end check conversion capabilities and architecture of the leading Accounts Receivable Conversion solution, PEP+ reACH. - Integrating NACHA requirements for BOC to enable high conversion rates with low administrative return rates and rapid, superior decisioning results. - Integrating BOC rules into the PEP+ reACH application programming interface (API) to allow a bank's transaction routing engine to identify and convert eligible BOC items to ACH. - Providing an enhanced Electronic Remittance File format to allow ACH eligible BOC transactions to interface with PEP+ reACH, designed to ensure timely and accurate processing of eligible BOC transactions within PEP+. - Integrating BOC transaction schemes in PEP+ reACH to reflect actual Financial Institution transaction activity, minimizing returns and enabling the correction of parsing errors. CheckFree's Applied Operational Intelligence(SM) approach helps clients drive profitability and performance through a combination of innovative software, industry expertise and collaborative partnership. This approach is built on CheckFree's core competencies of reconciliation, exception management, transaction process management, corporate actions processing, payments processing, risk management and compliance. Applied Operational Intelligence is expressly designed to manage risk and efficiency, while leveraging valuable 'operational intelligence' to achieve measurable return on investment. CheckFree PEP+, together with its comprehensive range of add-on modules, provides a complete solution for quickly and efficiently originating and receiving payments through the Automated Clearing House (ACH), improving operating effectiveness and decreasing costs. CheckFree PEP+ reACH also provides an end-to-end Accounts Receivable Conversion (ARC) solution that converts paper payments to electronic payments and enables them to be processed via the ACH payment network. PEP+ reACH enables organizations to implement an ARC solution with minimal organizational impact, while gaining great value and benefit. This system ensures the correct capture of routing information, maximum conversion of paper check items with decisioning impact, and an end-to-end solution built upon traditional remittance processes that leverage existing ACH operations. About CheckFree (http://www.checkfreecorp.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 $1.4 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 14 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, 2006 (filed September 8, 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, Judy DeRango Wicks, +1-678-375-1595, or , or investors, Tina Moore, +1-678-375-1278, or , both of CheckFree Corporation Web site: http://www.checkfreecorp.com/

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