UniCredit Bank In Hungary Selects Diebold As Exclusive ATM Provider

23 March 2012

UniCredit Bank In Hungary Selects Diebold As Exclusive ATM Provider

Bank is Hungary’s first financial institution to deploy deposit automation technology

BUDAPEST, Hungary – To enhance the consumer experience and streamline operations, UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt. launched a service that enables consumers to deposit cash via an automated teller machine (ATM) to their bank accounts. UniCredit Bank also selected Diebold, Incorporated as its exclusive ATM provider to set-up the new ATMs. The new ATMs deployed by Diebold supported UniCredit Bank to be the first financial institution in Hungary offering automated deposit services.

A successful pilot of envelope-free transactions that authenticated and validated deposit of banknotes in real-time on approximately 10 Diebold Opteva^® ATMs was completed in early 2011. These ATMs were equipped with Diebold’s Agilis^® multi-vendor softwareapplication and enhanced banknote acceptor (ENA). Following the pilot, the bank ordered 25 additional terminals with ENA modules. The bank plans to continue the deployment of additional modules, with the goal to increase the number to 60 by the end of 2012. These cash deposit-enabled ATMs will help the bank improve efficiencies and provide new services for its customers.

The agreement also includes maintenance and professional services for approximately 180 Opteva ATMs deployed across the country. Additionally, UniCredit Bank is deploying personalized ATM marketing which will enable it to deliver targeted marketing campaigns to its customers, empower customers to personalize their ATM experience and extend the bank’s brand. UniCredit Bank is the first financial institution in Hungary to implement Diebold’s Agilis Campaign Office one-to-one marketing solution.

UniCredit Bank was recently named “The Most Innovative Bank of the Year” by MasterCard for integrating deposit automation into its self-service offerings to consumers.

“When we started envelope-free deposit transactions in February 2011 it was clear during the pilot period that customer demand is significant for this kind of service,” said Gyula Bunna, managing director of the retail marketing and segments, UniCredit. “Branches where these new types of ATMs are installed reported an increased percentage of terminal usage instead of cash-desk.”

Diebold has leveraged its strong deposit automation experience and technology expertise to design the ENA to deliver deposit automation improvements, such as simplified servicing and ease of operation. The ENA enables the deposit of up to 50 mixed-denomination notes in an easy, envelope-free transaction that authenticates and validates deposits quickly and accurately, which will continue to allow UniCredit Bank to make deposits available immediately to customers. Diebold’s ENA was certified to accept Hungarian currency by the local central bank.

“Deposit automation technology is key to transforming the branch’s role within the retail banking industry,” said Gerhard Gierer, area sales manager, Central Europe, Diebold EMEA.  “We are excited to partner with UniCredit Bank in Hungary to provide it with innovative products and services that will streamline operations and enhance the consumer experience.”

About UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt.

UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt. is a determining player in the Hungarian banking market, which offers comprehensive and flexible financial products and services under favourable conditions. It provides its customers with a wide range of state-of-the-art banking products and services from loans for private and corporate customers and factoring services to big development projects realized with supports from the European Union, from bank accounts and deposits through asset management to investment banking services. This offer is completed by the services of the Hungarian leasing company of UniCredit Group, UniCredit Leasing Hungary Zrt. and also of Pioneer Fund Management Ltd., and is also supported with financial resources by UniCredit Jelzálogbank Zrt.

UniCredit Bank has been awarded several times in recent years. It earned the title of “Superbrands” in 2008, 2009 and 2010, the title awarded to top brands of sectors by a jury consisting of Hungarian professionals. In addition it was also awarded the title of “Business Superbrands” in 2009. Moreover UniCredit Bank won the title of “The retail saving product of the year” in the competition of “The bank of the year” in 2008 and also in 2010, while 2011 brought an all time record for the bank. In the competition “The bank of the Year 2011” UniCredit Bank Hungary won first place in the categories of “The most innovative bank of the year 2011” and “The retail credit product of the year 2011”, while finished second in “The retail bank account of the year 2011” and in “The retail saving product of the year 2011” categories.

All these further strengthen UniCredit Bank’s commitment to providing customers with high-level services and to innovation, and supports the success of its strategy.

About DieboldDiebold, Incorporated is a global leader in providing integrated self-service delivery and security systems and services. Diebold employs more than 16,000 associates with representation in nearly 90 countries worldwide and is headquartered in the Canton, Ohio region, USA. Diebold is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘DBD.’ For more information, visit the company's website at www.diebold.com or follow the company on Twitter: http://twitter.com/diebold_inc.

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ACI Worldwide Delivers Industry’s Most Powerful Retail Payments Solution with Newest Release of BASE24-eps

Latest Version Expands Offering and Enhances Market-leading, Multi-channel Payment Processing Platform

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

(New York, N.Y. – March 20, 2012) – ACI Worldwide (Nasdaq: ACIW), a leading international provider of payments systems, today announced the availability of the latest version of BASE24-eps®, its integrated payment solution for acquiring, authenticating, switching, and authorizing financial transactions across multiple channels. Drawing on more than 35 years of experience in payments software, BASE24-eps 11.1 demonstrates ACI’s continued commitment to its flagship solution for retail banks, ATM and POS transaction processors and merchant acquirers worldwide.

BASE24-eps 11.1 extends ACI’s market leadership in supporting the global payments market with new connections to support local payment schemes and device types.  Among other benefits, the new version is designed to lower customers’ total cost of ownership while expanding choice, through its enhanced multi-platform architecture that supports various deployment options.  

David Morem, Executive Vice President, Global Products and Maintenance , ACI Worldwide said, “We’re extremely proud of the progress and latest improvements we’ve made with BASE24-eps. The product is now proven in some of the largest environments across a wide range of payment applications, delivering business flexibility without compromising the reliability, scalability and performance our customers expect.”

“In this age of rapid competitive, regulatory and technological changes, the payments business demands increasing flexibility,” notes Rick Oglesby, Senior Analyst, Aite Group.  “With BASE24-eps, ACI has made a significant investment in their payments platform in order to enable users to adapt rapidly to changing conditions domestically and across the global marketplace.”

Customers rely on BASE24-eps for performance and platform flexibility
“BASE24-eps is a proven, scalable solution enabling us to provide our customers with continuous product compliance with regulatory mandates, and adaptability for new market trends. BASE24-eps is recognised for its combination of reliability and flexibility and we are confident this will help us grow our business,” said Yves Perrachon, Head of Operations at Cedicam, the Crédit Agricole Group’s payments platform. “We look forward to the increased support for various platforms and interfaces in this latest release.”

“We are happy to see ACI continue to advance BASE24-eps in support of our payment needs,” said Ray Zapata, Senior Vice President, Frost Bank, one of the largest banks headquartered in Texas.  “BASE24-eps has set a high standard for performance, and we are pleased to take advantage of its platform flexibility.  We look forward to taking advantage of the new capabilities in this latest release.”

Key new features of BASE24-eps 11.1 include:

Flexibility with new platform and technology options – BASE24-eps 11.1 includes new support for DB2® on IBM System p®, which gives customers greater flexibility in their choice of platform and infrastructure, and enables them to leverage existing investments in technology and support resources.

Expanded global capabilities for ATM and POS acquiring – BASE24-eps 11.1 includes new support for NCR’s newest NDC standard message interface, extends EMV and key management support, and adds a new POS ISO acquiring interface. These capabilities enable customers to offer new features and services that increase revenues, through added transaction acquiring and processing flexibility. 

Regional enablement and new endpoints  – BASE24-eps 11.1 now supports 40 global and regional networks and provides enhanced EMV acquiring and key management support. 

BASE24 ® to BASE24-eps migration tools – BASE24-eps 11.1 offers enhanced data conversion support and enhanced ISO Host (1987) Interface features to further enable phased migrations from BASE24 to BASE24-eps.

BASE24-eps 11.1 is available immediately.  BASE24-eps continues to serve as ACI’s flagship solution for serving the most complex global payments needs.  BASE24-eps was named the “Most Innovative Financial Services Solution” at the 2011 Financial World Innovation Awards in December 2011.  

For more information visit: www.aciworldwide.com

About ACI Worldwide
ACI Worldwide powers electronic payments and banking for nearly 1700 financial institutions, retailers and processors around the world. Through our integrated suite of software products and hosted services, we deliver a broad range of solutions for electronic payments, transaction banking, mobile, branch, and voice banking, fraud detection and trade finance. To learn more about ACI and understand why we are trusted globally, please visitwww.aciworldwide.com. You can also find us onwww.paymentsinsights.com or on Twitter  @ACI_Worldwide.