ldleaf Technologies Partners with Intelligent Banking Solutions

NICB & Goldleaf Partner to Enhance Value-Added Member Services

BRENTWOOD, TN., Feb. 19, 2004. Providing channels for members to operate as viable, progressive banks and enhancing each franchise's value form the mandate of the Nebraska Independent Community Bankers (NICB) association. With its endorsement of and partnership with Goldleaf Technologies Inc., NICB now provides its members with Web design and hosting services at more advantageous terms, prices, and conditions than are otherwise available to the general public. The new partnership with Goldleaf enables members to capitalize on Goldleaf's knowledge and experience to advance their Inter net presence and/or efficiently process ACH payments.

As community bank leaders, NICB began with a complete redesign of the association's Web site, which has just been completed and is fully operational (view the results at www.nicbankers.org or www.nicbonline.com). The previous NICB Web site, designed and managed by another company, lacked the expertise of the more sophisticated Web solution Goldleaf offered the association. And, of course, better pricing was also a big factor. “The former company's pricing for just several of the features, which we considered requirements, was extremely high. If we stayed with the current provider, the association would be paying more money for less functionality,” said NICB Events Director Tracy Pickering. “The decision to change Web providers was based on Goldleaf's ability to offer numerous design options, a magnificent content management tool for immediate updates, and user-friendly navigation tools. An added feature, which was on the “wish” list, was a members-only section. To our surprise, all our necessities as well as the “wish list” turned out to be within our budget,” said Pickering .

A provider's ability to supply a product and/or service is one thing; however, NICB also wanted a strategic partner with a sense of excellence after the sale of the Web site development. NICB staff members were not disappointed; Goldleaf delivered genuine expertise throughout the process—true to their reputation of excellent customer service. “The professionalism of the staff, their handle on project time management, the quick response to personalization requests, and the prompt response to email communications were phenomenal. I felt confident with every move I made throughout the entire Web site development,” said Pickering. Now that the site is up and running, NICB is considering the acquisition of the Web security monitoring package, wherewith member information is guaranteed to remain confidential and compliance issues are totally monitored for foolproof audits.

In summary, NICB chose Goldleaf as a partner because it had the right company philosophy, future strategic direction, and synergy with NICB's continual efforts to keep ahead of industry trends. Goldleaf's standard of excellence fulfilled the strategic goal to provide services and products for members for the next five years. Through Goldleaf, NICB members can now enhance existing sites, offer true Internet banking, and add additional functionality and products at a competitive price.

The NICB endorses products and services based on an endorsement qualification process, which eliminates hours of research by individual member institutions. Only high-caliber companies with unblemished references and solid financial background backed by audited financial disclosures are accepted into the coveted endorsement program.

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