Regional Missouri Bank chooses EZswitch® 2010 (Plus)

December 21, 2011

Marceline, MO: Regional Missouri Bank has selected EZswitch® 2010 (Plus) to meet their ATM/debit on-line interface needs to their Fiserv Precision core system. The implementation will include an on-line interface to Shazam that supports on-line ATM/debit issuer authorizations and real-time hot carding. Transmittal of Shazam's 78E batch plastics file will enable single point of card maintenance entry on Precision.

Citizens Bank of Kilgore agrees to EZswitch® 2010 upgrade

December 15, 2011

Louisville, KY: Kilgore, TX: Citizens Bank of Kilgore has agreed to upgrade their existing Solaris-based system to EZswitch® 2010 to meet their future ATM/debit on-line interface needs. The upgrade will include implementing new Shazam and on-line card maintenance (OLCM) interfaces that (when using Shazam's 78E batch plastics file) will support single point of card maintenance entry on Precision.

Commonwealth Bank chooses FraudBlock™ for real-time fraud prevention

December 13, 2011

Louisville, KY: Commonwealth Bank & Trust has selected FraudBlock™ to meet their fraud detection and protection needs. A rules-based solution, FraudBlock offers financial institutions the ability to setup rules for both real-time and background fraud detection. The real-time mode provides on-line authorization decisions to identify and prevent fraudulent activity before it occurs. The background mode collects historical data but does not perform real-time authorization decisions.

Boubyan Bank selects SWITCHWARE® 3.12

November 29th, 2011

Kuwait City, Kuwait: Boubyan Bank has selected SWITCHWARE® to provide for their future ATM driving, transaction switching and debit card management needs. Having previously outsourced these services, the bank will now perform these services "in-house." SWITCHWARE® is an enterprise wide electronic payment solution that also provides solutions for POS terminal and merchant management, PCI DSS and PA-DSS compliance, fraud prevention, alert notification and much more.

Mid-America Bank selects EZswitch 2010 (Plus)

November 15th, 2011

Baldwin City, KS: Mid-America Bank has selected EZswitch 2010 (Plus) to meet their on-line ATM/debit processing needs. EZswitch 2010 (Plus) will provide connectivity to the Shazam EFT network and a Fiserv Precision core system. Single point of card maintenance entry will be provided using a batch plastics card maintenance file transmittal to Shazam.

ValueBank Texas agrees to ADA compliance project

November 3rd, 2011

Corpus Christi, TX: ValueBank Texas has agreed to a project that will bring their network of Diebold ATMs into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prior to a March 15, 2012 deadline. The project will consist of converting their English-based ATM load to support text to speech functions.

Marfin Egnatia Bank approves remote ATM key loading project

October 4th, 2011

Athens, Greece: Marfin Egnatia Bank has agreed to implement SWITCHWARE's remote key loading solution for NCR's Aptra multi vendor software that will support their network of NCR, Diebold and Wincor ATMs. The solution will enable the bank to centralize their remote ATM key loading requirements to avoid manually loading the keys at each ATM and SWITCHWARE will also manage RSA authentication functions with their HSM.

Bank of Commerce selects EZswitch 2010 (Plus)

October 4th, 2011

Stilwell, OK: The Bank of Commerce has selected EZswitch 2010 (Plus) to meet their on-line ATM/debit processing needs. EZswitch 2010 (Plus) will provide connectivity to the TransFund EFT network and a Fiserv Precision core system. Single point of card maintenance entry will be provided using a card maintenance file transmittal to Elan. The system will also process ATM and debit issuer transactions for the Peoples Bank in Westville, OK.

PointBank uses FraudBlock™ to block fraudulent transactions attempted in Italy

September 16th, 2011

Pilot Point, TX: After confirming transactions had not been performed by one of their cardholders, Point Bank was able to successfully block fraudulent transactions that were originating from Italy. While the perpetrator’s methods for capturing cardholder data remained unknown, the customized rules in FraudBlock™ had successfully identified and blocked the transactions. FraudBlock™ is an integrated software solution designed to identify and protect banks against fraudulent cardholder use. FraudBlock™ uses a combination of parameterization and customized rules to scan each transaction for potential fraud, and if detected, can either block the transaction or send an alert notification to bank personnel.

UNFCU to provide no envelope cash and check deposits to their members

August 25, 2011

Long Island, NY: United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) has agreed to a project that will provide no envelope cash and check deposits to members using their network of Diebold ATMs. The project will also include integrating the new ATM programs and receipts that support these functions into SWITCHWARE.

Gulf Bank subscribes to Gold 24-hour support plan

August 11, 2011

Safat, Kuwait: Gulf Bank of Kuwait has subscribed to the Gold 24-hour support plan providing the bank with 24-hour access to CSFi's support staff.

First Citizens Bank is live with IBM Informix RSS Replication for SWITCHWARE®

August 4, 2011

Port of Spain, Trinidad: First Citizens Bank Ltd. has successfully upgraded their production, test, and disaster recovery servers with Informix 11.5 FC8 using Informix RSS Replication. The bank has established an offsite Informix Remote Standalone Secondary (RSS) replication server using a 10 MPS circuit with an attached WAN optimizer to increase throughput. The remote RSS server is designed as a disaster recovery solution that synchronizes automatically to better handle communication line disruptions. This is the first SWITCHWARE® system to be installed with the Informix RSS solution.

First National Bank of Mount Vernon selects EZswitch 2010 (Plus)

July 13, 2011

Mount Vernon, Texas: First National Bank of Mount Vernon has signed contracts with CSFi to implement EZswitch 2010 (Plus) providing an online ATM/debit authorization interface into their Fiserv Precision core system. The bank will now be able to authorize issuer transactions (originated from the TransFund EFT network) using the most recent balances reflecting all other bank delivery channel activity. If the Precision core is unavailable, EZswitch 2010 (Plus) will stand in using a current balance file. Single point of card maintenance will be supported using a CACM file. Sentinel will provide bank personnel with alert notifications should any authorization or system disruptions be detected.

SwitchMind Limited new Authorized Reseller

June 1, 2011

Nicosia, Cyprus: SwitchMind Limited recently formalized agreements with CSFi to become an Authorized Reseller of CSFi products throughout Africa, Greece, Cyprus and Pakistan. Under the terms of this agreement, SwitchMind Limited will be responsible for all first and second line support to our mutual customers including sales, integration, account management and technical support.

Alma EPS new Authorized Reseller for Middle East

May 15, 2011

Dubai, UAE: Alma EPS recently formalized agreements with CSFi to become an Authorized Reseller of CSFi products throughout the Middle East including GCC countries and Iraq. Under the terms of this agreement, Alma EPS will be responsible for all first and second line support to our mutual customers including sales, integration, account management and technical support.

Commonwealth Bank Trust Co. to implement Informix with real-time HDR to meet their business continuity needs

May 2, 2011

Lousiville, KY: Commonwealth Bank Trust Company will be upgrading to Informix's Growth Edition to utilize it's real-time data replication (HDR) function for their disaster recovery and business continuity needs. During the same project, the bank will be migrating their Sun Solaris-based SWITCHWARE system to a new Linux OS under a VMware ESX environment.

Smart PayNetwork to implement Merchant Plug In (MPI) interface for 3D Secure Internet transactions

April 27, 2011

Bucharest, Romania: Smart PayNetwork will be implementing a new ISO 8583-based SWITCHWARE application interface that will allow the service center to interface to a Merchant Plug In (MPI) application that will forward Internet transactions to SWITCHWARE for CAVV verification and transaction routing to the Visa and MasterCard networks for authorization.

PointBank Live with SWITCHWARE 3.12

April 4, 2011

Pilot Point, TX: A project to migrate PointBank to SWITCHWARE Release 3.12 has just been completed. This highly anticipated software release has been certified by the PCI Security Standards Council as a PA-DSS compliant payment application and supports a new secondary authorizer function to perform on-line real-time fraud prevention functions when used with FraudBlock. The bank plans to implement FraudBlock immediately after this conversion to meet all of their fraud detection and prevention needs.

Baiduri Bank to implement new Diebold ATM Handler

March 23, 2011

Brunei: Baiduri Bank has approved a project to integrate a new Diebold ATM handler into their SWITCHWARE system. The new ATM handler will support Bulk Note Acceptance (BNA) and a Check Deposit Module (CDM) for no envelope cash-in and check-in functions.

United Bulgarian Bank selects DART for their Temenos T24 stress testing needs

March 21, 2011

Sofia, Bulgaria: United Bulgarian Bank has selected DART to conduct performance and stress tests prior to migrating their existing SWITCHWARE authorization interface from Temenos Globus G13 to Temenos T24. The bank also plans to upgrade their VOLTDS system prior to the migration. DART will allow the bank to use captured transaction data to perform their benchmark testing and CSFi's u/MATCH will allow them to compare the results against their test system. TotalCARE services will also be available to the bank to assist in their migration effort.

United Bulgarian Bank subscribes to Bronze 24-hour plan

March 14, 2011

Sofia, Bulgaria: United Bulgarian Bank recently subscribed to CSFi's Bronze 24-hour support plan. The Bronze plan will provide the bank with immediate access to CSFi's technical support staff outside of normal business hours.

American Bank of Texas migrates to the Transfund EFT Network

March 1, 2011

Marble Falls, TX: CSFi just completed a project to migrate American Bank of Texas to a new EFT network provider. One of the benefits of the EZswitch solution is the ability to migrate to a new EFT network provider without disrupting the backend on-line authorization connection to the Precision core system.

Idaho Indepedent Bank chooses EZswitch 2010

February 8, 2011

Coeur D'Alene, ID: Idaho Independent Bank has selected EZswitch 2010 to provide an on-line ATM/debit interface between their Fiserv Precision core system and the Fiserv EFT network (using the company's EPOC platform). The solution will provide the bank's customers with access to their current Precision balances and a single point of card maintenance entry on Precision.

Frontier Holdings LLC chooses EZswitch 2010 (Plus)

February 7, 2011

Madison, NE: Frontier Holdings LLC has selected EZswitch 2010 (Plus) to provide an on-line ATM/debit interface between their Fiserv Precision core system and NETS. The solution will provide Frontier Bank customers (in Madison and Davenport, NE) with access to their current Precision balances. The "Plus" version provides the holding company with multi-institution support, single point of card maintenance entry and the Sentinel™ alert notification system.

Tompkins Trust Company moving towards ADA compliance

February 2, 2011

Ithaca, NY: Tompkins Trust Company and CSFi have agreed to implement ADA compliant solutions for the holding company's ATM network by next year's March deadline. The project will consist of SWITCHWARE modifications that support new ATM-resident software already supporting ADA functions and existing ATM software requiring text to speech conversion work.

American Bank & Trust chooses EZswitch 2010 (Plus)

January 31, 2011

Wessington Springs, SD: American Bank & Trust has selected EZswitch 2010 (Plus)to provide an on-line ATM/debit interface between their Fiserv Precision core system and The Advantage Network. The solution will provide the bank's customers with access to their current Precision balances and single point of card maintenance using a CAF/CMF file transmittal and stand-in authorization when Fiserv Precision is unavailable.

Lydian Bank & Trust subscribes to Silver 24-hour support plan

January 25, 2011

Palm Beach Gardens, FL: Lydian Bank & Trust has subscribed to the Silver 24-hour support plan providing the bank with 24-hour access to CSFi's support staff.

Bank Aljazira successfully completes EMV Issuer project with Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA)

January 7, 2011

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Bank Aljazira successfully completed an EMV issuer project with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA). CSFi's SWITCHWARE payment authorization and transaction switching system provided an interface to the Saudi Payments Network (SPAN2) national switch and created an EMV card emboss file using PinGen.

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