Sterling Commerce Discusses Financial Supply Chain Trends at NACHA

At the NACHA Payments 2007 conference in Chicago on April 15-17, Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), and Financial Insights, an IDC Company, will share insights into what North American banks and corporations see as key challenges to corporate payments and the supply chain. Sterling Commerce sponsored the Financial Insights research study to identify the major trends in financial services and the types of integrated financial supply chain services North American and international corporations want from banks. The initial findings, presented at NACHA, will identify the strategies financial institutions are using to generate bottom-line improvements and create competitive advantage. The presentation will highlight the major trends in financial supply chain management from both the corporate customer and bank point-of-views.


The presentation, "Payments & Finance Meet the Supply Chain" is scheduled for Monday, April 16 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Acapulco room, Session 137. Presented by Maggie Scarborough, research manager for Corporate Banking at Financial Insights and Jim Gahagan, global industry executive, financial services at Sterling Commerce, the session highlights trends for improving growth from commercial payments and services in North America. It will be extremely valuable for banks looking to defend and expand commercial banking revenues, and corporations looking to meet increasing demands for improved corporate-to-bank connectivity in treasury, cash and liquidity management solutions. Gahagan and Scarborough will discuss views from both a bank's and corporation's perspective about these new trends.

"The research, conducted by Financial Insights, validates that to succeed in today's complex banking environment, banks need to realize that partnering with their commercial customers is the next opportunity for value-added revenue," said Gahagan. "Sterling Commerce has taken an aggressive approach by delivering the only technology, Sterling Multi-Enterprise Finance Gateway, that can address the collaborative processes required to manage today's complex commercial payments services and the associated value-added, information-based services to their corporate and commercial clients today."

"The integration of the financial supply chain between banks and corporations represents the next logical evolution of the management of the physical supply chain," said Maggie Scarborough, research manager, Corporate Banking at Financial Insights. "Buyer-supplier collaboration is a frontier for banks; the Sterling Commerce solution enables organizations to collaborate with their partners in a secure, reliable fashion while meeting challenging financial supply chain demands and overall business priorities."

Sterling Commerce is a leader in providing high-value solutions to the banking industry. The company has been serving the banking industry since 1976, and has more than 340 banking customers globally, including 74 percent of the world's top 100 banks and 90 percent of the Fortune® 500 banks. More information about the Multi-Enterprise Finance Gateway solution can be found online: www.riskaverted.com

About Financial Insights, an IDC Company
Financial Insights provides independent research, custom consulting, and detailed multiclient studies on the technology issues and challenges facing the financial services industry. Our global research covers topics of strategic importance to corporate and retail banks, insurance carriers, asset management firms, securities and brokerage firms. Our local practices in Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and Canada add an in-depth regional viewpoint. Financial Insights, an IDC company, is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading IT media, research, and events company.

About Sterling Commerce
Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), helps 80 percent of the FORTUNE® 500 thrive in a global economy by solving complex process integration challenges. The company's innovative software and services integrate customers' systems ― inside and outside the four walls of the enterprise ― so companies can conduct business without borders. Sterling Commerce solutions help customers adopt best practices in e-sales, supply chain execution, payment processing and business-to-business integration. The solutions also give executives and front-line managers greater visibility inside and outside the enterprise in order to improve profitability, reduce costs and minimize risk. Sterling Commerce enables businesses to innovate key processes in real time, while continuing to deploy ERP or transaction system infrastructures. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, Sterling Commerce has unparalleled experience in retail, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, financial services, supply chain, logistics, and telecommunications.

Sites :
www.financial-insights.com  
www.sterlingcommerce.com

Mercredi 25 Avril 2007


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