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Pitney
Bowes Incorporates CyberCash
Internet Payment Services Into Digital
Document Delivery (D3) System
"Statement
Rendering & Remittance Processing Combined in One Integrated
Platform"
Stamford,
Conn., November 10, 1998 -- Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:
PBI) the world leader in mail and messaging management, and
CyberCash, Inc., the leading provider of Internet payment
solutions, today announced the introduction of a breakthrough
end-to-end Internet bill presentment and payment solution.
Pitney
Bowes will incorporate the CyberCash suite of Internet payment
services into Pitney Bowes Digital Document Delivery (D3)
platform. The D3 solution provides billers with a comprehensive
platform for rendering, distributing, tracking and processing
bills previously distributed on paper through electronic channels
such as the Internet. D3 is part of pb.commander, a suite
of hardware and software products, services and financing
options to help high volume mailers design and implement document
factories.
"The incorporation
of CyberCash into the D3 solution will allow billers to render
their electronic bills with payment capabilities, thereby
streamlining the entire billing process," said John F. Kwant,
Director of Business Development for Pitney Bowes. "Now both
statement rendering and remittance processing can be managed
in one integrated system for a truly end-to-end solution,"
Kwant said.
One of
the unique benefits of the D3 solution is its sophisticated
workflow tracking capabilities. This allows a biller or a
billing service provider to closely monitor and optimize every
step in the statement rendering process, whether the bill
is delivered on paper or through electronic delivery channels.
The D3 solution also creates tailored, "one-to-one" personalized
documents to maximize their impact for cross and up-selling
potential.
Using
CyberCash PayNow Secure Electronic Check ServiceTM
or Credit Card service, a biller can embed an electronic payment
key on an Internet presented bill. The CyberCash Internet
payment functionality takes advantage of a biller's own enrollment
efforts while controlling one of the most critical functions
in the Internet bill presentment and payment process, namely
remittance processing and collection. As a result, billers
can use multiple Internet delivery channels, such as their
own Web site, e-mail, third party bill concentrators and homebanking
services to distribute its bills, with the assurance that
the embedded payment capability will bring the payment directly
back to the biller for processing.
"Historically,
the printing and mailing of a statement were separate and
distinct functions from remittance processing," according
Richard Crone, Vice President & General Manager of CyberCash.
"Now, with this partnership, these functions are joined together
into one integrated solution for Internet bill presentment
and payment."
About
CyberCash
CyberCash is the world leader in secure, convenient payment
technologies and services, enabling e-commerce across the
entire market spectrum from electronic retailing environments
to the Internet.
CyberCash
provides a complete line of software products and services
allowing merchants, billers, financial institutions and consumers
to conduct secure transactions using the broadest array of
popular payment forms. Credit, debit, purchase cards, cash,
checks, smart cards and alternative payment types (e.g., "frequent
buyer" or loyalty programs) are all supported by CyberCash
payment solutions. Leading brands of CyberCash include ICVERIFY®,
PCVERIFY™, CashRegister™, NetVERIFY™, CyberCoin® and PayNow™.
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