Wachovia Corporation - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

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Wachovia launches interactive ID theft tool

Wachovia launched today an interactive identity theft quiz on the Customer Protection Section of wachovia.com.

01 June 2005

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Wachovia revamps Web banking site

Wachovia's homepage is getting a facelift.

25 April 2005

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Wachovia to extend branch business hours

Wachovia Corp. (NYSE:WB) CEO Ken Thompson announced today at the Best Practices in Retail Financial Services Symposium in San Diego that selected Wachovia branches will stay open later to better serve customers and win more business.

04 March 2005

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RemitStream to provide Wachovia with lockbox processing in Chicago

RemitStream Solutions, a receivables management unit of Fiserv, Inc. (Nasdaq:FISV), said Wachovia Bank, Charlotte, N.C., has selected the company to provide wholesale and "wholetail" lockbox processing services in Chicago.

17 February 2005

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Nova acquires SouthTrust Bank merchant portfolio

NOVA Information Systems (NOVA) today announced that it has acquired SouthTrust Bank's existing payment processing portfolio from Wachovia Bank and has simultaneously renewed and extended a long-term marketing alliance agreement for Wachovia Bank's merchant referral business.

16 February 2005

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Wachovia turns to Cadence for energy expense management

With oil price volatility fluctuating at record highs, top executives with leading financial and banking institutions have increasingly recognized the need to develop strategic energy management programs. As part of his recent "Call To Arms" initiative, Cadence CEO Jeffrey Hart challenged executives of multiple site organizations to take the necessary steps to decrease energy, leasing and telecommunications expenses through a more comprehensive expense management program.

18 November 2004

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Wachovia implements Callidus incentive management system

Callidus Software Inc. (Nasdaq: CALD), the industry leader in Enterprise Incentive Management (EIM), announced today that Wachovia General Bank has completed implementation of Callidus’ TrueComp® solution to manage incentive compensation programs for more than 25,000 payees, and to better address its most recent compensation needs created by the company’s growth. TrueComp has replaced Wachovia’s existing incentive management system to streamline operations, bringing better flexibility and visibility to incentive management processes and performance. With TrueComp, Wachovia is now able to process more than two million transactions per month and manage more than 30 compensation plans – replacing costly and time-consuming manual efforts with the automation afforded by the market’s leading EIM software solution.

16 November 2004

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Wachovia introduces ARC capabilities for retail lockbox customers

Wachovia's Treasury Services Division announced today the availability of an Accounts Receivable Conversion (ARC) service for retail lockbox customers that converts eligible check payments to Automated Clearing House (ACH) debits when processing customer remittances.

29 October 2004

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Wachovia boosts online applications with Web analytics

WebSideStory, a leading provider of on-demand Web analytics, today announced that Wachovia Corporation is using the company's analytics service, HBX, to improve its online business performance.

13 October 2004

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Wachovia live with AFS cheque image exchange technology

Wachovia Corp. (NYSE: WB), the nation's fourth largest bank, today announced that it has begun receiving check images from the Federal Reserve Bank using technology from Advanced Financial Solutions (AFS).

29 September 2004

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Wachovia launches Spanish-language Web site

Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) announced today it has launched a financial Web site in Spanish, http://www.wachovia.com/espanol , offering Hispanic consumers and other Spanish-speaking customers in the United States access to a full-service site where they can manage many of their banking needs on the Internet.

22 July 2004

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Wachovia extends CheckFree contract for electronic billing and payment services

CheckFree Corporation (NASDAQ:CKFR) today announced that it has signed a five-year contract extension with Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) to provide fully outsourced electronic billing and payment services to Wachovia's entire online banking customer base.

08 July 2004

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