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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Marvin (Mickey) Goldwasser
Open Solutions Inc.
860.652.3153
mgoldwasser@opensolutions.com
GFG Group and Open Solutions Inc. Announce Partnership
- Strategic alliance provides
competitive edge, expands product offering to clients -
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND and GLASTONBURY, Conn., June 18, 2008 – GFG Group and Open Solutions
Inc.® announced a new strategic partnership between GFG Group and Open
Solutions Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of Open Solutions Inc. Under
the terms of the new partnership, Open Solutions Canada will refer GFG
Group’s Simfonie (Mobile payments), Cadencie (card management) and
Finsim (certification engine) products and services to its North American
and international clients.
Open
Solutions Canada operates one of the country’s largest off-premise
ATM and point-of-sale networks. Open Solutions is a leading provider of
integrated enabling technologies for financial service providers across
the United States, Canada and internationally. “This strategic partnership with GFG will give both
organizations a competitive edge in the marketplace and provide us the
ability to offer additional services to our valued clients,” says Rob Palin, general manager of the Payment
Solutions Group at Open Solutions Canada.
GFG
Group is a global leading provider of mobile, card management and testing
solutions. ”We see this as a strategic relationship that will
support our growth in important markets. Our products are complementary
to those of Open Solutions, and we are very excited about working with
them in pursuit of new opportunities,” says Grant Halverson, the
Group Chief Executive Officer for GFG Group.
The
new partnership provides both GFG and Open Solutions the opportunity to
support their business growth initiatives in their chosen markets. The
groups will initially focus on the Canadian and North and South American
markets where Open Solutions has a strong presence. Focus will also
be given to supporting opportunities in Asian and other emerging markets
where GFG’s strengths lie. GFG and Open Solutions are already
cooperating on new initiatives in the Asian, North American and South American
markets.
About Open Solutions Canada
Open
Solutions Canada designs, builds, integrates and operates advanced
banking and payment technologies for financial institutions, retailers,
independent sales organizations (ISOs), third-party organizations and
processing centers worldwide. Open Solutions Canada’s Payment
Solutions Group supports and markets state-of-the-art, industry-standard
payment transaction processing solutions internationally. The Payment
Solutions Group operates one of the largest ATM and POS payment switches
in Canada. In addition, it directly supports more than 30 Canadian
financial institutions through a network providing shared cash
transaction processing, ATM monitoring and 7/24 support.
About Open Solutions Inc.
Open
Solutions Inc. offers a fully featured strategic information management
product platform that integrates core data processing applications built
on a single centralized Oracle relational database, with Internet
banking, cash management, CRM/business intelligence, financial accounting
and management tools, profitability tools, wealth management, imaging,
digital documents, interactive voice response, network services, HSAs,
payments and loan origination solutions. Open Solutions’ full suite
of products and services allows banks, thrifts, credit unions and
financial services providers in the United States, Canada and internationally to better compete in today’s aggressive financial services
marketplace, and expand and tap their trusted financial relationships,
client affinity, community presence and personalized service.
For
more information about Open Solutions or its financial product line,
contact Mickey Goldwasser by email at mgoldwasser@opensolutions.com or by
phone at 860.652.3153 or via fax at 860.652.3156. Visit Open
Solutions’ Internet site at www.opensolutions.com.
Open
Solutions Inc. is a registered trademark of Open Solutions Inc. All other
company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Copyright 2008 Open Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
About GFG Group
GFG
Group is an innovative provider of electronic payments software and
services to Banks and Mobile Network Operators. GFG leverages its deep
knowledge of banking, payments, security, and switching to develop innovative software solutions for Mobile and Card payments. Today, GFG’s Card and Mobile payments solutions have
been successfully deployed for 44 Banks and Mobile Network Operators in
13 countries.
GFG’s software platforms enable payment
systems that can operate securely across mobile phones, credit, debit and prepaid
cards, and have been successfully deployed in both banking and telecom
networks. The Card Management solution provides comprehensive card
issuing services including credit, debit, private label, proprietary, and
Prepaid & Gift Cards, and merchant acquiring services, including full
scheme support.
For
more information about GFG Group and it’s solutions and services,
contact Antone Homan, Group Sales Manager at ahoman@gfg-group.com or visit
GFG’s website www.gfg-group.com
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no longer uses the acronym of OSI to refer to the company.
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