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Worth checking out: in-house check printing: Among other things, it can cut customer costs, improve service, increase brand awareness ... and bolster your fee income.
Community banks should consider in-house check printing as a way to increase fee income, enhance customer service, provide a unique product and strengthen brand identity. In-house printing can also be a valuable tool for differentiating your institution from larger banks. Differentiation has always been great...

Check selection goes interactive.
Deluxe Corp., the check printing and supply company, is offering an interactive CD-ROM training program for use at the new accounts desk. The program, called "Check Selection Tips," is designed to make it easier for account representatives to help customers pick the right check products. Deluxe reports...

Recycling: into the mainstream.
More than just a slogan to spur the general public to action, "reduce, reuse, and recycle" represents a practical way to bring environmental ethics and cost-efficient practices into homes, schools, and corporate offices. Throughout the 1990s smart businesses will be changing their operations to minimize waste and divert recyclable...

It's from greenbacks to green banks.
Byline: Ambika Naithani & Preeti Iyer MUMBAI: It used to be that, for banks, only the colour of money was green. But no longer. Increasingly, banks are consciously lending to projects that are green (in the way they treat the environment), opening branches that are energy-efficient and...

Deluxe Amends Shareholder Rights Plan.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Deluxe Corporation announced today that its board of directors has amended and restated the Company's existing shareholder rights plan, which was set to expire by its terms on January 31, 2007. The amended plan will now expire on December 31, 2016. The...

Mitek Receives First Patent for Signature Forgery Detection.
First of Seven Patents Associated With Revolutionary Approach to Check Fraud SAN DIEGO, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mitek Systems, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: MITK) (http://www.miteksystems.com/), a leading provider of check image analytics and intelligent character recognition software, today announced that the company has been allowed its first patent...

Deluxe Announces Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Information.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Deluxe Corporation announced that it will report 2006 fourth quarter and full-year financial results on Thursday, January 25, 2007 prior to market open. On the same day, the Company will hold an open-access conference call at 11:00 a.m. EST (10:00 a.m. CST)....

Deluxe Introduces Calling Service to Help Financial Institutions Reach New Indirect Consumers.
DeluxeCalling(SM) enables financial institutions to build new relationships, increase new account openings and grow revenue ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Deluxe Financial Services today announced the launch of DeluxeCalling(SM), a consumer calling service offered to financial institutions as a first point of contact with new...

TROY Introduces New Security Printer With Patented Toner to Help Prevent Against Fraud.
SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TROY Group, Inc. , a Worldwide Provider in Secure Output Solutions, announces the TROY MICR 3005 Printer, the newest addition to TROY's line of Secure Printing Solutions. Based on the Hewlett-Packard P3005 LaserJet Printer, TROY's MICR 3005 offers a cost-effective printing solution...