Industry's Largest Provider of Funds Transfers and Online Account Opening & Funding Supports Health Savings Account Solution
New York, NY - September 12, 2006 —CashEdge Inc. (www.cashedge.com), the pre-eminent provider of online funds transfers and the pioneer behind opening and funding accounts online, has been selected by Thrivent Financial Bank to support the opening and funding of their Health Savings Account product.
Thrivent Financial Bank's HSA Solution leverages CashEdge's secure technology platform, which is currently used in more than 450 institutions including six of the top 10 banks and seven of the top 50 credit unions.
"We plan to leverage the same CashEdge technology we already rely on to support our new HSA offering," said Stacey Koehler, assistant vice president with Thrivent Financial Bank. "HSAs present a tremendous opportunity and Thrivent Financial Bank will deliver an efficient, competitive solution for streamlining the opening and processing of new health savings accounts."
According to Tower Group, the HSA revenue opportunity for financial institutions will reach $308 million a year by 2010. Moreover, the PNC Financial Services Group e-Health Study found that 40% of insurance executives said their organizations could save between $1 million and $10 million a year by improving their billing and payment systems. As financial institutions respond to this demand, CashEdge's solutions for opening and funding new accounts and executing funds transfers will provide the requisite technology for powering online HSA financial administration tools.
"CashEdge has more experience conducting secure online funds transfers, and opening and funding new accounts online than any company in the industry," stated Sanjeev Dheer, chief executive officer of CashEdge. "This use of our applications by Thrivent Financial Bank is a natural extension of the technology solutions and expertise that make CashEdge such an attractive partner for financial institutions striving to deliver the most advanced online financial services."
CashEdge® provides innovative, online financial applications to banks, credit unions and wealth management firms. CashEdge's solutions include end-to-end online account opening and funding, funds transfer, small business payments and invoicing, and data consolidation. These proven solutions are flexible, scalable and supported by extensive risk management capabilities.
CashEdge has been ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing private companies in the United States for two years in a row. In 2007 it was also recognized by the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and Fast 50 as one of the nation's 500 fastest growing private companies and one of the 50 fastest growing companies in the New York area, respectively. The company currently serves hundreds of leading financial institutions including four of the top five banks, 23 of the top 100 banks, and 20 of the top 100 credit unions. CashEdge has offices in New York, Silicon Valley and India. For more information, please visit www.cashedge.com.
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