Home Financial Network Announces One of the First 100% Pure Java Verified Web
Banking Solutions to Deliver 'Write Once, Run Anywhere' Benefit
(PR Newswire; 08/03/98)
HFN's Java Platform Version of Home ATM to Run on PCs, Network Computers,
Web TV, Hand Helds, PDAs, Web Kiosks, or Any Internet-Enabled Devices
WESTPORT, Conn., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ Home Financial Network, Inc. (HFN),
the leading developer of mass market Internet banking software, today announced
the "100% Pure Java" verification of it's Home ATM(TM) software. Home ATM is
the first Web banking application to fully exploit Java(TM) technology's "Write
Once, Run Anywhere(TM)" capability. As such, the availability of Home ATM on
the Sun(TM) Connect(TM) architecture offers banks the opportunity to provide
personal banking solutions on a wide variety of Internet devices. HFN
illustrated this flexibility at several recent industry conferences, where the
company demonstrated Home ATM running on a PC, a Network Computer, Web TV, a
personal digital assistant (PDA), a UNIX(R) workstation and other Internet
access devices. Comerica Banks, Detroit MI will be the first bank to implement
the Java version of Home ATM, using a Sun server.
Home ATM's simple navigation and large, on-screen buttons make it easy to
use on any Internet device, from a television's low resolution screen to the
limited viewing area of a PDA or screen phone. For consumers, using the same
version of Home ATM, regardless of access device, means there's nothing new to
learn and no confusion from multiple interfaces. For the banks, this common
interface dramatically reduces technical support requirements, in that they
need not support multiple interfaces as is the case when HTML pages or PFM's
are used with screen phones or Internet-enabled TVs.
The addition of the Home ATM interface to the SunConnect(SM) program line-
up represents the latest move by Sun to integrate a full range of delivery
channels for secure financial transactions via the web. HFN is the first
SunConnect ally to offer an Internet banking solution designed expressly for
the requirements of the great majority of on-line banking customers, those who
prefer a simplified, quick-to-learn solution for their financial interactions.
Home ATM is also the first stand-alone user interface in the SunConnect
program. This provides financial institutions with an opportunity to select
the middleware that best meets their needs from an expanded menu of choices.
Banks can see the Java platform version of Home ATM at Sun Labs in San
Francisco, at HFN's technology center in Orem, UT or by calling HFN.
"The SunConnect program is about enabling financial institutions to exploit
the Web to reach the broadest possible range of customers," said Rob Hall, vice
president, worldwide financial services marketing, at Sun. "The Sun Connect
architecture provides a secure, platform-independent environment for Internet-
based financial transactions. Home Financial Network's technological prowess
and commitment to bringing Internet banking to the mass market makes them an
important ally in the Sun Connect initiative."
"Banks that are serious about developing the Internet channel to reach as
many customers as possible will appreciate the connectivity options provided by
the Sun Connect program in conjunction with Home ATM," said Daniel M. Schley,
chairman and CEO of Home Financial Network. "The Java technology- based,
server-centric architecture of Home ATM enables banks to reduce both software
distribution and telecom costs. With the security, back-end connectivity and
delivery device options provided by the Sun Connect architecture, you've got a
solution that meets the needs of both banks and their customers."
"For Comerica, the Java version of Home ATM completes our strategy of
allowing our customers to choose the channel they prefer for remote banking by
providing a Web alternative to the dial-up version of Comerica Home ATM," said
Richard G. Lyons, Jr., senior vice president Electronic Banking and Marketplace
Technology for Comerica. "We selected a Sun server because it provides us with
the robust, highly reliable platform we demand to serve our Internet banking
customers."
Home ATM was verified "100% Pure Java" by Sun Microsystems through an
independent testing and confirmation process performed by Key Labs. The 100%
Pure Java verification process indicates to both banks and banks' customers
that Home ATM meets Sun's strict standards for Java applications.
"Our goal to drive the adoption of 100% Pure Java solutions into the
enterprise will require solutions like Home Financial Network's Home ATM," said
George Paolini, director of corporate marketing at Sun Microsystems' Java
Software. "100% Pure Java verification indicates to customers that Home ATM is
a truly platform-independent application."
Home ATM
Home Financial Network's home banking software looks and functions like the
ATMs consumers already know how to use. The software is designed specifically
to enable banks to serve the preferences of the middle/mass market customer
the largest and fastest growing segment of PC-banking customers. Characterized
as "transactors," this segment overwhelmingly prefers simple, task-oriented PC
banking that allows them to "get the job done." HFN's Home ATM suite of
Internet and dial-up banking software is engineered from the ground up to offer
these consumers the simplicity they want. HFN's product design includes full
customization to promote the bank's unique, proprietary brand names and brand
image.
The Sun Connect Architecture
Sun Connect is a framework based on the Java platform providing a complete
and secure foundation for building and deploying Web-based financial services.
The Sun Connect architecture allows financial services organizations to exploit
the Web as a powerful new delivery channel, reaching a new range of customers.
The Sun Connect architecture supports all industry-leading specifications for
online transactions, including Open Financial Exchange (OFX) and other
messaging specifications.
About Home Financial Network, Inc. (www.homeatm.com)
Home Financial Network of Westport, CT, is the premier developer of
Internet banking software tailored to middle/mass market customers. HFN
provides fully customized, bank-branded solutions to financial institutions,
home banking outsourced service providers, and bill-payment processors. HFN
has formal alliances with CheckFree, Integrion, Security First and First Data
Corporation, as well as leading home-banking platform vendors. HFN offers
technology leadership to banks through state-of-the-art transactional and
marketing functions, sophisticated user interface features, economy and speed
of implementation, and low technology support costs. HFN products are Y2K-
compliant and conform to all major home banking protocols, including ADMS, OFX
and Gold.
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