VSoft Corporation, a global information and technology provider of process-improvement tools for financial institutions, announced at the 2006 Retail Delivery Conference and Expo that Bank of Tennessee has chosen to implement its Branch Item Capture, Merchant Capture and Genesis (Check 21) solutions.
Bank of Tennessee is a locally owned and operated financial institution serving Davidson, Sullivan, Washington and Unicoi Counties with an eleven-branch network. Using the eDesk solution, Bank of Tennessee will capture check images at remote locations rather than physically transporting them to their central back office.
"We are excited about remote check capture capabilities because it allows us to operate branches in locations that we previously could not serve," said Phil Haumiller, senior operating officer and executive vice president, Bank of Tennessee. "Our decision to implement VSoft's eDesk remote capture solutions has resulted in new business opportunities to serve other banks, as well as merchants. With these imaging capabilities, we are processing checks for 11 other banks in Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and one bank in the Virgin Islands. In addition, we have reduced much of our back-office work and have introduced same-day funds availability for our commercial clients."
Branch personnel use small scanners to capture the item's data and image. As checks are imaged and captured throughout the day, the images and MICR data are sent electronically to Bank of Tennessee's central location. The VSoft Archive solution enables bank employees to research images for all checks captured at specific branch locations and provides access to reports generated.
Merchant Capture enables Bank of Tennessee's corporate customers to capture deposits at their location and send them electronically, eliminating the need to drive to the bank to make a deposit. Corporate customers use a low speed scanner to capture the check images and transfer the images and data to the bank through a secure transmission. Businesses can consolidate their deposits into a single preferred financial institution, averting any geographic dependency. Funds become available sooner as personnel can simply scan the checks as they receive them.
"VSoft's remote capture solutions allow Bs allow Bank of Tennessee to reduce processing and transportation costs, extend the window for accepting deposits into the evening, and lower risk," said Murthy Veeraghanta, president, VSoft Corporation. "It also eliminates the geographic boundaries that exist when physical checks have to be transported to and from the bank locations. VSoft's eDesk software provides an end-to-end solution for image capture needs."
Using eDesk Genesis software, Bank of Tennessee can exchange images received from its branch and merchant locations in compliance with Check 21. eDesk Genesis allows Bank of Tennessee to exchange electronic cash letters with images directly, through exchange organizations, or print substitute checks if an endpoint cannot receive electronic cash letters.