West.brom 6.15% Regulatory News (WBS)

21 Jun 2007 07:01

Intelligent Environments Group PLC21 June 2007 For immediate release 21 June 2007 West bromwich building society selects iE's savings & investments system West Bromwich Building Society (The West Brom), the UK's 8th largest buildingsociety, has confirmed that it will be deploying iE's NetFinance productplatform for e-savings and investments. The contract, initially for 5 years,will deliver both instant application and online account management to The WestBrom's customers. The West Brom contract also signifies the first live customer for iE'spartnership with Unisys Ltd. The West Brom is an existing customer of Unisys'UFSS back office system. As part of the e-savings project iE will deploy astraight-through interface to UFSS to deliver real-time information to The WestBrom's customers. New savers can now open their account instantly and startsaving. Phillip Blundell, Chief Executive, iE, commented, "Our contract with The WestBrom is testimony to the attractiveness of iE's e-savings and investmentscustomer-centric proposition. We look forward to working with The West Brom onthis and further projects." David Johnson, Director of Savings, The West Brom, said, "We chose iE'sNetFinance platform as it gives The West Brom a complete e-savings andinvestments system. Its wider financial services capability also offers us thepotential for future product developments as part of our ongoing relationshipwith iE." Elton Birden, VP & GM Vice President & General Manager, UK Financial Services,Unisys Ltd, said "We are delighted to have secured such a quick partnership winwith iE with a key client in the building society sector. We continue to workwith iE to promote an integrated NetFinance/UFSS proposition to both our currentand prospective clients." ENDS Further information For iE: Phillip Blundell, Chief Executive +44 (0)20 8614 9822 Christian Taylor Wilkinson, Conduit PR +44 (0) 207 429 6609 For Unisys Ltd: Claire Daplyn, PR Manager, UK + 44 (0) 1895 865735 Notes for Editors Further Information: www.ie.com iE: Online financial services software for multiple distribution channels iE's products are part of the NetFinance platform* delivering: • Instant online application and decisioning for retail financial services products • Real-time online account management for customers • Integration with existing business processes such as call centre support, workflow and case management • Across multiple distribution channels - Internet, call centre, intermediary, branch and in-store Clients include: Barclaycard, HSBC, The Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS, First DataInternational and The Principality Building Society. iE has developed a suite of products that cover all aspects of delivering asecure, accessible and fully integrated Internet solution to its clients for oneor many financial services products. The Internet is now a key distributionchannel for financial services companies and iE's browser-based software enablesits clients to sign new customers instantly and manage existing customeraccounts more profitably. Clients benefit from an outsourced, pre-built productplatform that can be delivered quickly. *NetFinance technology NetFinance is built using the latest Microsoft .NET technology by a company with10 years experience delivering web-based systems to financial servicescompanies. The software seen today is using a fourth generation platform thatprovides a proven, secure and scaleable environment on which all products aredeployed. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange