Sterling Commerce Demonstrates How to Improve Profitability Through Integrated Payment Transaction Management

Business Wire, May 19, 2008

Presentation at PAYMENTS 2008 Details How to Optimize Efficiencies in a Payment-Agnostic Environment

LAS VEGAS -- Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), will present at PAYMENTS 2008, a conference dedicated to developing and implementing rules and standards, business practices, models, products and services to benefit all electronic payment stakeholders. The conference, created by NACHA -- The Electronic Payments Association, is the ideal backdrop for attendees to learn how to improve payment processing, including improved straight-through processing, shortened implementation timelines and elevated customer satisfaction across all payment types. The presentation will be made by Sterling Commerce and Silicon Valley Bank on May 20, in Las Vegas.

"Sterling Commerce has always focused on helping customers integrate their processes in a flexible manner for improved profitability that extends to their stakeholders around the globe," said Jim Gahagan, global industry executive for Financial Services for Sterling Commerce. "In this presentation, we will discuss innovative ways to improve straight-through processing, customer on-boarding and visibility and monitoring capabilities that enable banks to optimize their payment processes -- regardless of the technologies and standards used by their customers."

The presentation, "Optimizing Efficiencies in a Payment-Agnostic Environment," will be presented by Linda Coven CCM, head of Product Development, Silicon Valley Bank, and by Elizabeth A. Cronenweth AAP, CTP, product line manager for Financial Services Applications for Sterling Commerce. It will address how banks can quickly meet or exceed client expectations in a highly competitive market while meeting the challenge of processing the high-volume, time-critical financial data that banks exchange in a global market. Ideas on how banks can improve intelligent decision-making (using a rules-based engine driven by a business interface), visibility to all payments, customer self-service and scalability will also be discussed.

Banks and corporations alike seek every opportunity to maximize business returns and increase bottom-line results. They want to send a clear signal that clients can not only rely on the integrity of their data, but also keep pace with the inevitable changes and upgrades to the business. This presentation will address these requirements and take place Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at 1:45 p.m. in Room 106-107. In addition to the presentation, Sterling Commerce will be demonstrating its Sterling Total Payments solution at its booth, number 601.

About Sterling Commerce

Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), helps customers thrive in a global economy by connecting their business communities, processes, people and technology. More than 30,000 customers worldwide - including 80 percent of the Fortune 500 - use Sterling Commerce solutions for business process integration, multi-channel selling, and supply chain fulfillment to improve profitability inside and outside their company walls. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Sterling Commerce has offices in 19 countries and most major cities around the world. More information on the company can be found at www.sterlingcommerce.com.