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Save the Date for Connections 2010: Make plans to attend Connections 2010 in Nashville, TN. Our annual user conference will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel August 16-19, 2010. While the financial services industry continues to experience challenges, systemic change is underway, creating an abundance of opportunities. Join us to explore topics that are impacting our industry today, including compliance burdens, risk management, efficiency improvement, integration and more. In addition, benefit from networking sessions and hear from some of the leading minds in the industry today. Registration for Connections will open in mid-May. So save the date, and we will see you in Nashville!

The New Reality - A Discussion with Industry Experts:

Harland Financial Solutions’ Vice President of Market Development Sam Kilmer recently sat down with three financial institution executives to get their take on current industry issues and explore how their organizations are thriving amidst today’s challenging business environment.

He was joined by Kay Spieler, Vice President and Cashier of Lee County Bank & Trust (Iowa), Todd Erickson, Chief Operating Officer of First Flight Credit Union (North Carolina), & Mark Nelson, Chief Information Officer for Horicon Bank (Wisconsin). Click here to read what they had to say.

Counterparty Risk Assessments: Using Benchmarking Techniques and Simulations. At the Risk Minds annual conference, held December 8 – 10, 2009 at the President Wilson Hotel, Geneva, Switzerland, Yaron Lavie, VP of Business Development at Harland Financial Solutions Worldwide gave a presentation on the importance of benchmarking for making accurate assessments of counterparty risk. Certain risk indicators vary greatly across counterparty types, and thus become more meaningful if placed within a frame of reference. The importance of creating and applying simulations in order to assess future counterparty risk was also stressed. Practical advice for the creation of benchmarks as well as examples were offered. Several common simulation scenarios along with suggested practical applications were discussed. Click here to download the presentation.

Delivery Capabilities to Help Customers and Win Market Share: At the recent BAI Retail Delivery conference in Boston, a panel session was moderated by Sam Kilmer, Harland Financial Solutions’ Vice President of Market Development. The panel consisted of executives from TD Bank, National Bank of Kansas City and Hanscom Federal Credit Union, all clients of Harland Financial Solutions. The panel discussed top trends and best practices in retail delivery in areas such as relationship management, branch automation, business intelligence, self-service delivery and risk management, and how to gain market share in a dynamic, shifting market. To learn more, click here to download the presentation.

Encore! Ranked Best Overall in New Report by Celent:

In Celent’s new report, “Branch Automation Vendors – Comparing Solutions for Large Banks”, Harland Financial Solutions’ Encore! Suite is ranked “Best Overall” among the seven branch automation providers reviewed. The report’s author, Bob Meara, notes that branch automation “activity has been greater on the platform side, with a number of CRM initiatives designed to improve branch staff’s ability to effectively sell and service customers”. Read the report.