CheckWorks, Inc. of Georgia and CONIX SYSTEMS, Inc. announce Image Enabling of On-Line Reconcilement Banking System (ORBS)™

Demonstration given at CONIX SYSTEMS User Conference

Orlando, FL – Sept. 26, 2000 – CheckWorks, Inc. of Georgia, and CONIX Systems, Inc., today announced Image Enabling software for CONIX’s On-Line Reconcilement Banking System (ORBS)™ system. This joint effort between CheckWorks and CONIX brings state-of-the-art image viewing and manipulation functions to ORBS™ balancing operators. As shown in the live demonstration at CONIX’s annual User Conference in Orlando, Florida, this solution allows an ORBS™ operator to display a check image on their Windows™ workstation by simply clicking an Icon on the screen or by pressing a Function key on their keyboard. Image Enabled ORBS™ operators will realize a significant productivity gain while greatly improving the accuracy of reconcilement adjustments.

The development of this interface has been a joint effort between CheckWorks and CONIX Systems. CheckWorks is providing the "Image Viewer" software, which contains Image retrieval, Image viewing, and Image manipulation functions, while CONIX is providing the necessary information from its products and the PC Workstation interface to enable the Image Viewer to retrieve the image of the desired check.

CheckWorks and CONIX plan to expand this "image enabling" function to other CONIX products where the operator is researching specific check information, such as CONIX’s On-Line String Inquiry (OLSI)™ system.

"CONIX Systems, Inc., selected CheckWorks as a partner company to develop this unique software because of their experience in developing Windows™ based image retreival software. Adding image capability to our products will allow our customers to obtain the advantages of using check images without requiring operators to learn new software, systems and procedures", said Mike Charles, President/CEO of CONIX Systems, Inc. ORBS™ and SuPRRB™ Balancing Operators will research and process work as they do now, then instantly confirm their research with an image of the check. This is a great increase in productivity for our clients."

"As institutions migrate to an image enabled check processing environment, it is vital that main-stream functions, such as reconcilement, are redefined to meet the new demands of the market," said Brian Heiss, CheckWorks Inc. Executive Vice President and software architect.

"The migration of image capabilities in the check processing world has driven financial institutions and software vendors alike to find more and more ways to take advantage of check images," added Allan Edmonds, President of CheckWorks, Inc. of Georgia. "The strategic alliance between CONIX Systems and CheckWorks is a great example of two specialist providers coming together to create a significant value-add for their clients."