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January 2008 | The Brink’s Journal | Page 5 Technology Toolkit Brink’s, Incorporated announced yet another milestone in the company’s check imaging service. Just eight months after launching the service. Brink’s is now processing over 1 million items per month. “Breaking through the one million items per month barrier is signifi cant, particularly for an armored transportation provider,” says Fred Purches, senior vice president of strategic solutions and product development. “It underscores our technology leadership and our commitment to helping fi nancial institutions transition from paper to image processing so they can take advantage of the effi ciencies and cost savings created by Check 21 legislation.” Under the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act of 2004, popularly known as Check 21, fi nancial institutions can now process check information electronically. In addition to minimizing the transportation costs associated with moving paper-based payments, Check 21 accelerates cash fl ow, promotes early detection of potential fraud, and speeds settlement. Brink’s check imaging solutions also help fi - nancial institutions compete in new markets without expanding their branch network. Combining cash processing and logistics, Web-based information tools, and armored transportation, Brink’s can provide check image capture and electronic presentment throughout its network of more than 100 cash vaults around the country. “Image capture is just part of the reason banks choose Brink’s,” says Purches. “Our end-to-end solution enables fully integrated cash and check processing virtually anywhere in the nation—all from one of the most trusted names in the business. This is the ‘total package’ many fi nancial institutions have been waiting for.” According to the Electronic Check Clearing House Organization (ECCHO), the adoption of check image exchange is accelerating. In a 12-month period ending September 2007, the number of institutions receiving electronic check images increased 96%, from 5,585 to 10,940. Brink’s utilizes Metavante’s Sendpoint, an industry-leading distributed image capture service for the remote image capture and exchange of deposits and payments received at Brink’s vaults. The cash-in tickets and paper checks are truncated as they are image-captured, then the check deposits are balanced, adjusted and forwarded to the Metavante Sendpoint service where the check images are formatted as custom X9.37 fi les for posting or bank-to-bank image exchange. This scalable, full-service solution improves commercial customer fl oat, provides real-time Web access to information, and reduces the costs associated with transporting and processing paper checks. “We’re excited about this milestone, but we’re not surprised,” says Brian Hurdis, president of Metavante Image Solutions. “Brink’s cash vault service makes them a very strong national provider and they are positioned to innovate and deliver new electronic payment services to both fi nancial institutions and high-volume corporate depositors.” Brink’s check imaging services are in operation at several of the nation’s top 10 banks, and the company is in discussions with several others. Adds Purches, “We are on track to service at least six to ten of the top 25 banks within the next 12 months.” Brink’s Check Imaging Service sets new record About Metavante Metavante Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: MV) is the parent company of Metavante Corporation. Metavante Corporation delivers banking and payments technologies to over 8,600 fi nancial services fi rms and businesses worldwide. Metavante products and services drive account processing for deposit, loan and trust systems, image-based and conventional check processing, electronic funds transfer, consumer healthcare payments, electronic presentment and payment, and business transformation services. Metavante (www.metavante.com) is headquartered in Milwaukee. Page 6 | The Brink’s Journal | January 2008 www.brinksinc.com Awards & Recognition U.S. Ambassador Ann Wagner sponsors a commercial outreach program that incorporates American enterprises operating in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and major Luxembourg trading partners with the United States of America. As part of the Ambassador’s outreach program, Ambassador Wagner visited Brink’s Luxembourg where she received facility tour, including a presentation on the firm’s alarm monitoring center. Over the past two years in Luxembourg, Ambassador Wagner has participated in 144 company outreach activities as well as numerous international economic business conferences and events. The Embassy recognizes that the Luxembourg-U.S. business partnership is an important one. Trade between the two nations has doubled during the last decade and continues to grow. In 2006, Luxembourg exports to the United States were $534 million and Luxembourg residents spent $579 million on American goods and services. The Luxembourg-U.S. commercial partnership currently includes more than 100 American businesses with operations in Luxembourg, such as Brink’s. Brink’s Luxembourg employs approximately 1,000 people, and during the past 35 years has positioned itself as one of the key players in the security industry in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. In a letter to Brink’s Luxembourg, Managing Director Carlo Weisen, Ambassador Wagner expressed her gratitude towards Brink’s Luxembourg for their corporate citizenship and generous contribution to the U.S. Embassy – Private Sector Scholarship Program in association with the University of Luxembourg. Ambassador Wagner also bid Brink’s Luxembourg continued success and future growth. Brink’s Luxembourg hosts U.S. Ambassador Ann Wagner. (From left to right) Jeffrey Rusinek, Regional Security Officer, U.S. Embassy; Laurent Turmes, Business Development Director, Brink’s Luxembourg; H.E. Ann L. Wagner, U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg; Carlo Weisen, Managing Director, Brink’s Luxembourg; and Arsène Kubiak, Director Security Services, Brink’s Luxembourg. H.E. Ambassador Ann Wagner Visits Brink’s Luxembourg |