About Us
History
In late 2000, the John H. Harland Co, the original parent company of Harland Financial Solutions, acquired Concentrex, Inc., a leading provider of software and services to financial institutions. This acquisition, combined with Harland's existing software businesses, became Harland Financial Solutions, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the John H. Harland Company.
In May of 2002, Harland Financial Solutions acquired Easy Systems, Inc. Easy Systems, a leading provider of turnkey branch automation solutions for the community bank market.
On September 23, 2002, Harland Financial Solutions entered the Bank Core Systems market with its acquisition of SPARAK Financial Systems, LLC. With over 260 community bank clients, SPARAK® is a leading provider of in-house core systems for banks.
On October 15, 2002, Harland Financial Solutions acquired INTERLINQ® Software Corporation and its industry-leading mortgage loan origination and servicing platforms.
On June 2, 2003, Harland Financial Solutions acquired Premier Systems, Inc (PSI) of West Des Moines, IA., a leading core processing service bureau that runs Harland Financial Solutions’ UltraData® System on behalf of credit union clients nationwide. PSI is the first company added to Harland Financial Solutions newly created Enterprise Services Center, a service bureau and ASP Product offering for Harland Financial Solutions clients.
On May 3, 2004, Harland Financial Solutions acquired certain assets of Grand Rapids, MI based Greatland Corporation related to their electronic mortgage document business.
On July 7, 2004 , Harland Financial Solutions acquired the assets associated with the electronic item processing and enterprise-wide document management solutions from Poway , CA based Mitek Systems, Inc. Included in the acquisition were the CheckQuest® and CaptureQuest® software solutions.
On November 15, 2004, Harland Financial Solutions expanded its core system offering with its acquisition of Fair Isaac Corporation's Core System Business Unit, anchored by the PhoenixTM System.
On April 4, 2005, Harland Financial Solutions acquired Cincinnati, OH based Intrieve®, Incorporated. Intrieve is a leading provider of technology for financial institutions, serving over 800 clients primarily in an outsourced environment. Intrieve has facilities in Cincinnati, St. Louis and Cotuit Massachusetts. Also, Intrieve’s outsource facilities located in Orlando, FL and Cincinnati, OH, have joined the Harland Financial Solutions’ Enterprise Service Center and provide service bureau and ASP product offerings for core and item processing, including processing for Intrieve®Advantage and the Phoenix System.
On June 13, 2005, Cavion® Plus joined Harland Financial Solutions as a result of the John H. Harland Company's acquisition of Liberty Enterprises, Inc. Cavion is a leading provider of Internet banking and financial institution web site development and hosting.
On February 1, 2006 , Harland Financial Solutions acquired Carmel, IN based Financialware, Inc., a trusted innovator in enterprise content management solutions, serving more than 80 domestic and international financial institution clients.
On May 1, 2007 M & F Worldwide Corp. MFW completed its acquisition of John H. Harland Company. Harland became a wholly owned subsidiary of Clarke American Corp., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of M & F Worldwide.
Clarke American Corp. was renamed "Harland Clarke Holdings Corp." and will be the holding company supporting the operations of Harland Clarke, Harland Financial Solutions and Scantron. Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. will be headquartered at the existing Harland campus in Decatur, Georgia.
M & F Worldwide Corp. is a holding company that, in addition to Clarke American and Harland, wholly owns Mafco Worldwide Corporation, which is the world's largest producer of licorice extracts and related products