20th Annual ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum 2012, Phoenix, AZ, USA

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ECS will demonstrate their next generation product suite electra iTx series at booth # 128. electra iTx series platform is a next generation transaction platform, built from the ground-up on open standards and industry best-practices to support the service oriented architectures (SOA) that are fast becoming the technology backbone of today’s leading organizations. It bridges the divide between the old and new payment worlds by increasing the agility and flexibility of traditional payments technologies. The iTx series provides flexibility and speed to market for the entire payments chain.

Expanded functionality of the iTx series includes the ECS answer to the Software Development Kit (SDK) and brings a powerful business rules engine and workflow manager called electraRULES Business Manager, which eliminates customization and shortens the time to launch new services. electraRULES model-driven development environment enforces granularity and reuse of business assets unseen in traditional approaches allowing for seamless composition and decomposition of processes and business services. The Java engine at the core of electraRULES is proven to support massive degrees of scale and parallelism, and allow our customers to extend and customize the platform to fit their needs. It also comes with a highly configurable message transformation engine called electraMAP, which maps message formats and protocols to integrate with external systems using online messages, offline extracts and SOA services.

When asked about electraSWITCH iTx, Dale Van Stratten, Sr. Vice President for ECS Americas stated, ‘iTx is game changing technology and puts the user in control of their application and EFT environment which drastically reduces time to market for integration or to roll out new services.’

The ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum has evolved to become the go-to event for the retail payments market. More than 1,200 attendees from banks, merchants, payment networks, ATM industry, prepaid community and leading solutions/service providers plan to gather at this year's ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum.

About ElectraCard Services

ElectraCard Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Opus Software Solutions, provides third party processing services for credit and payments management across the world. ECS is a PCI DSS certified Third Party Processor (TPP) for MasterCard® and VISA® across the issuing and acquiring side. Its deep domain knowledge, extensive global experience and cost effective solutions address the speed to market and flexibility challenges of today’s market.

ElectraCard Services enables financial institutions, retailers, finance companies and corporations to electronically process, in real-time, any type of payment transaction, including credit, debit, pre-paid, smart cards, and ACH. In addition to typical back office processing, ECS also offers ecommerce gateway and switching solutions. Its solutions support multiple institutions, multiple currencies, and varying processing requirements on a single platform.

By providing comprehensive and flexible solutions that can be deployed to a market of one, ElectraCard Services offers unmatched services and solutions.

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