JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - (November 8, 2006) - In collaboration with the Interactive Financial Exchange (IFX) Forum, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) is pleased to announce the release of the industry's first live, end-to-end IFX services-oriented architecture (SOA) reference site. The site will be offered to the IFX community (Forum members and non-members) free of charge via FIS' Web site, www.fidelityinfoservices.com, and the IFX Forum Web site, www.IFXForum.org.
The IFX Forum is a not-for-profit standards-development organization working to develop a robust framework for the electronic business-to-business exchange of data among financial institutions around the world. The IFX standard supports comprehensive XML message definitions that enable financial transactions through SOA interfaces, providing the ability to exchange financial data regardless of the technology platform. Standard SOA-based IFX services offer users a time-to-market advantage by immediately integrating all service-enabled components.
Consistent with FIS' enterprise banking strategy to provide highly scalable core solutions and integration solutions based on the IFX standard, FIS is the industry's first provider of banking technology and solutions to embrace industry standards across all product platforms.
FIS' IFX reference Web site provides a live demonstration and testing environment for services developed using the Interactive IFX standard that enables users to submit sample IFX services against FIS' Profile real-time core banking system. This is an end-to-end environment with the core banking system consisting of 100,000 customers and deposit and loan accounts. Users can also download an interface enabling them to submit services using a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) client interface.
"FIS has made an organizational commitment to IFX as our enterprise message standard for financial application integration," said Frank Sanchez, president of FIS' Enterprise Banking and Retail Solutions division. "IFX, combined with SOA, provides us with an industry-wide services standard to support application integration and on-demand banking utilities. The Web site we are supporting is designed to promote the understanding of standards-based utilities within the financial services industry and to showcase their benefits."
"The rapidly changing pace of the global marketplace demands a technical architecture that enables business applications of disparate functions to work together in standard business language," said Richard Urban, president of the IFX Forum. "The IFX Forum is extremely pleased with FIS' firm commitment and support of the IFX standard for enterprise messaging and integration."
About the IFX Forum
Membership in the IFX Forum is open to anyone interested in
contributing to the development of open financial standards that harness
the power of XML. The IFX Forum is currently organized into the
following working groups: ATM/POS; Business Banking; Branch Banking
Services, Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment; and Web Services. IFX
Forum Working Groups, in concert with an Architecture Committee to
coordinate their efforts, develop open Internet-compatible messages for
all sectors of the financial services industry. To learn more about IFX
Forum standards or the benefits of IFX Forum membership, please visit www.IFXForum.org.
About Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE:FIS) is a
leading provider of core processing for financial institutions; card
issuer and transaction processing services; mortgage loan processing and
mortgage-related information products; and outsourcing services to
financial institutions, retailers, mortgage lenders and real estate
professionals. FIS has processing and technology relationships with 35
of the top 50 global banks, including nine of the top ten. Nearly 50
percent of all U.S. residential mortgages are processed using FIS
software. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, FIS maintains a strong
global presence, serving over 7,800 financial institutions in more than
60 countries worldwide. For more information on Fidelity National
Information Services, please visit www.fidelityinfoservices.com.
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