MEL Mellon Finl Corp

PITTSBURGH, June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mellon Working Capital Solutions (WCS) is offering a new, on-demand cyberconference series designed to put participants in touch with the latest technologies and industry best practices to help them improve their business processes. Registration, which is free, can be done online at http://www.mellon.com/insight07 or by calling 1 800 424-3004. Mellon WCS' payments and investment experts are currently offering the following treasury briefings: -- "Advanced Technology for B2B Payments" - with Alan Evanish, Mellon WCS vice president and senior receivables product manager, who will explain how technology can help companies efficiently collect business-to- business remittances amidst unprecedented changes in the payments environment. -- "Global Treasury Management: Tools to Centralize, Control & Consolidate" - with Stefanie Kiley, Mellon WCS assistant vice president and international product manager, who will discuss tools to centralize, control and consolidate working capital banking solutions for companies with multiple banking relationships. Topics include how to gain visibility into worldwide account balances; ways to improve efficiency and control associated with convenience payments to foreign vendors; and methods for streamlining / simplifying bank communications via the SWIFT network. -- "Returns, Efficiency, Controls - Supercharge Treasury Investing with Portal Technology" - with Kirk Black, Mellon WCS vice president and senior investments product manager, who will describe how portal technology is streamlining the investment process for self-directed investors and compare and contrast marketplace offerings to help listeners understand how to identify the best options. Designed to facilitate interaction with participants, the cyberconferences offer viewers the opportunity to e-mail questions to presenters and includes a feedback form that enables viewers to provide their opinions about session content and value. Mellon Working Capital Solutions, a payments industry leader synonymous with quality performance and known for its innovation and expertise, designs comprehensive solutions through its broad line of cash management services to meet the specialized treasury needs of corporations, nonprofit organizations and financial institutions. Independently-administered customer satisfaction surveys consistently reveal that Mellon WCS continues to distinguish itself from its competition in the areas of operating quality, commitment to cash management and customer service. In addition, Mellon WCS was awarded A rankings for both products and bank perceptions in the 2006 Phoenix-Hecht(R) Quality Index(TM). Mellon WCS also is the only electronic payments services provider in the U.S. to successfully complete both a Level 3 Capability Maturity Model(R) (CMM(R)) assessment for its software engineering practices and attain ISO 9001:2000 Registration. More information on Mellon WCS is available at http://www.mellon.com/wcs. Mellon Financial Corporation (NYSE:MEL) is a global financial services company. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Mellon is one of the world's leading providers of financial services for institutions, corporations and high net worth individuals, providing asset management, private wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services and treasury services. Mellon has approximately $5.8 trillion in assets under management, administration or custody, including $1.034 trillion under management. News and other information about Mellon is available at http://www.mellon.com/. DATASOURCE: Mellon Financial Corporation CONTACT: Ron Gruendl, 412-234-7157, Web site: http://www.mellon.com/

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