Bill Payment

E-bill and recurring online payment usage impact customer retention, profitability and on-time bill payments

HERNDON, Va. - (allCUnews) If employees signed up to use Direct Deposit, individually they would save almost a pound of paper every year.

Driving more choices for billers and consumers

Tulsa, OK and Fairfield, NJ, October 15, 2007 (www.allCUnews.com) – ChoicePay, Inc. an electronic bill payment services provider today announced an expansion of their strategic partnership with IPP of America (IPP), a leading provider of electronic payment services. ChoicePay and IPP will leverage their payment solutions to deliver full service multi-channel payment capabilities to billers and their customers from a single network.

ATLANTA, Sept 10, 2007 (www.allCUnews.com) -- Firethorn Holdings, LLC, (www.firethornmobile.com) the mobile banking and payments enabler, and CheckFree Corporation (Nasdaq: CKFR), a leading provider of financial electronic commerce services and products, announced today that Ogden, Utah- based America First Credit Union, one of the nation's 10 largest credit unions, will offer the Firethorn mobile banking solution to its 432,000 members.

Combination will accelerate strategic transformation and deliver greater value to customers

BROOKFIELD, Wis. & NORCROSS, Ga.--(www.allCUnews.com)--Aug. 2, 2007--Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading provider of technology solutions, and CheckFree Corporation, (NASDAQ: CKFR), a leading provider of financial e-commerce services and products, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Fiserv will acquire CheckFree in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4.4 billion. Under terms of the agreement, CheckFree shareholders will receive $48.00 in cash for each share of common stock.

Unprecedented Ease of Use, Control and A Trusted Network of Nearly 6,000 Billing and Credit Card Companies

SANTA CLARA, California – July 16, 2007 (www.allCUnews.com) – Billeo, Inc. today announced that the company has launched a series of solutions which give consumers unprecedented choice and control in online bill payment. Billeo lets you pay virtually any bill online, using any payment method desired, including credit cards and debit cards. If paying by credit card, the average Billeo user can reap over 5,000 additional points per year as part of their increased card activity, allowing them to redeem points faster and at higher levels. The Billeo directory is featured by VISA, JP Morgan Chase, Wachovia, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Target, and many others.

OMAHA, Neb., Apr 16, 2007 (www.allCUnews.com) -- First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in electronic commerce and payments, today announced plans to acquire FundsXpress, a premier provider of online banking and bill payment services for consumers and small businesses. FundsXpress has more than 500 financial institution customers, consisting primarily of community financial institutions, and First Data currently serves thousands of similar institutions coast-to-coast. The complementary capabilities of First Data and FundsXpress will result in a broad and robust suite of products for secure electronic commerce and Internet Banking transactions.

2007 Consumer Bill Payment Trends Survey: Volume of Electronic Bill Payments

Reach 39%; Check Bill Payments Decline to 34%

Record 74 Percent of U.S. Online Households Pay at Least One Bill Online

CheckFree Corporation and Sovereign Bank today affirmed their commitment to the environment by launching the "Go Paperless" campaign.

(www.allCUnews.com) - As part of the Go Paperless campaign, developed to educate consumers about the green-friendly benefits of paperless bills, Sovereign Bank and CheckFree will donate $1 to The National Arbor Day Foundation for each new electronic bill (e-bill) that customers activate at Sovereign Bank from April 1 through May 31, 2007. Each donation will help cover the cost of planting one new tree.

ATLANTA, April 2 (www.allCUnews.com) -- S1 Corporation, a leading global provider of customer interaction financial and payment solutions, today announced a strategic alliance with Andera, Inc., the leading provider of account opening and funding solutions to the retail financial market. Delivered through Postilion, Inc. and its S1 Enterprise divisions, all of S1's Internet banking solution customers can capitalize on the power of Andera's new account opening capabilities to facilitate easy account opening via the Internet.

ATLANTA, April 2 (www.allCUnews.com) -- CheckFree Corporation (Nasdaq: CKFR) today announced it has completed its acquisition of Carreker Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, CheckFree has acquired all of the outstanding shares of Carreker common stock at a price of $8.05 per share, for a total purchase price of approximately $206 million on a fully diluted basis.

DALLAS, March 30 www.allCUnews.com) -- Carreker Corporation (NASDAQ: CANI) (the "Company") announced that its stockholders have voted to approve and adopt the previously announced merger agreement providing for the merger of the Company and a wholly owned subsidiary of CheckFree Corporation (NASDAQ: CKFR) at the Company's special meeting of stockholders held today in Dallas, Texas.

SAN FRANCISCO-(www.allCUnews.com)-March 27, 2007 - Many Americans take the start of Spring to organize and streamline their lives to gain a little more free time for the things they really enjoy. However, according to a new Visa USA survey, finding that free time is becoming increasingly difficult as more than half of Americans spend one to two hours each month paying household bills.

Combination Will Enhance Online Banking, Billing and Payment Experience for Consumers and Small Businesses, and Deliver Greater Flexibility for Financial Institutions
ATLANTA and PORTLAND, Ore., Feb 14, 2007 (www.allCUnews.com) -- CheckFree Corporation (Nasdaq: CKFR) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Corillian Corporation (Nasdaq: CORI), the leading provider of Internet banking software and services. Under the terms of the agreement, CheckFree will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Corillian at a price of $5.15 per share, for a total purchase price of approximately $245 million on a fully diluted basis.

Credit Union Serving Microsoft Employees Selects BioPassword Software to Identify Online Members Based on Typing Rhythm
SEATTLE, WA -- (www.allCUnews.com) -- February 12, 2007 -- BioPassword, Inc., the only software company providing secure authentication and anti-fraud solutions based on the behavioral biometric of keystroke dynamics, today announced that First Tech Credit Union is deploying BioPassword Internet Edition to authenticate online users by the rhythm of their typing. First Tech boasts more than 150,000 members at 15 branches throughout the Pacific Northwest and is deploying BioPassword to ensure secure access while complying with new FFIEC guidelines.