10/05/2007 Corporate News EN
Thibaut Pajot

Capital One de Bankinter selects SHS VIVEON’s GUARDEAN

SHS VIVEON AG / MiscellaneousAnnouncement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.----------------------------------------------------------------------First international customer of new GUARDEAN 5 platformMartinsried, 10th of May 2007Capital One de Bankinter, a Spanish subsidiary company of the leading USfinancial services company Capital One and the Spanish credit institutionBankinter, chooses the SHS VIVEON's GUARDEAN solution for customer riskmanagement. The extensive solution optimizes the application and valuationprocess for new and existing credit card customers and automates thecomplete credit card issuing process by joining forces with Lombardi'sbusiness process application Teamworks®. By adding Capital One de BankinterSHS VIVEON extends its international customer base.Capital One de Bankinter will immediately employ the GUARDEAN solution ofSHS VIVEON in combination with Lombardi's business process applicationTeamworks®. The Spanish bank benefits from the dedicated collaboration oftwo product providers. Consequently, a unique platform emerges that adaptsto specific customer process requirements and features a high scalabilityand flexibility. The solution enables the automation of the full creditcard issuing process of Capital One de Bankinter. GUARDEAN provides aninnovative platform for Capital One and will facilitate the successfulimplementation of prospective business strategies, as for instance thelaunch of new financial products.According to Capital One the decisive factors for choosing SHS VIVEON wereits longtime experience in customer risk management as well as itsinternational orientation. Hence, the Madrid-based subsidiary SHS Polar,will be responsible for the project management and the completeimplementation of the solution.'After evaluating the leading providers for customer risk managementsolutions in detail we chose to cooperate with SHS VIVEON. During theselection process SHS VIVEON demonstrated to have the best understanding ofour processes which enables them to be most responsive to our needs' saysBill Horwitz, vice president of Capital One.'We are pleased to win Capital One as a new customer' explains DirkRoesing, CEO of SHS VIVEON. 'SHS VIVEON is willing to combine itstechnologies with products of other providers in order to provide asuperior customer service. Accordingly, Capital One is a clear example ofhow a company can benefit from a committed solution provider such as SHSVIVEON,' adds Mr. Roesing.Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One Financial Corporation(www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company, with more than 342locations in Texas and Louisiana. Its principal subsidiaries, Capital OneBank, Capital One, F.S.B., Capital One Auto Finance, Inc., and Capital One,N.A., offer a broad spectrum of financial products and services toconsumers, small businesses and commercial clients. Capital One'ssubsidiaries collectively had $47.6 billion in deposits and $112.2 billionin managed loans outstanding as of September 30, 2006. Capital One, aFortune 500 company, trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol'COF' and is included in the S&P 500 index.Bankinter, S.A.with its head office in Madrid is one of the six largestSpanish banks and since the 1990´s active in the fields of mutual funds andmortgages. The bank covers the segment customer business by itssub-segments individuals, private banking and personal finance; boththrough banca privada bankinter. The corporate banking segment includesbusiness with large and medium-sized companies, the public sector as wellas the SME sector, which has increasingly gained importance. Since 2003,the operating focus is on the three sectors private banking, smallenterprises and foreign clients living in Spain. Besides the establishedbusiness via its 332 branches, the bank offers the services also via mobilephone, telephone as well as E-banking via internet.SHS VIVEON AG is a full-service provider of Customer Management Solutionsand offers the market a unique service portfolio of consulting, softwareproducts and solutions. This includes the core topics Customer Risk,Customer Value and Customer Interaction Management, Customer Analytics,Customer Management Applications as well as Business Intelligence and DataWarehousing. With over 150 customers in 15 countries and its more than 600employees, SHS VIVEON belongs to Europe's leading suppliers in CustomerManagement. In 2006 the group recorded total output of EUR 43 million.Martinsried-based SHS VIVEON AG is listed on the Prime Standard of theFrankfurt Stock Exchange and operates with three subsidiaries at ninelocations in three European countries: SHS VIVEON GmbH (D), SHS VIVEONSchweiz AG (CH) and SHS Polar Sistemas Informáticos S.L. (E). The customersof SHS VIVEON AG include BMW Financial Services, Crédit Agricole, DAB Bank,Danone, Ingram Micro, o2, Orange, SüdLeasing, Telefónica, ToyotaKreditbank, T-Mobile, T-Online and other well-known companies in theautomobile, information and financial services sector. For moreinformation, see www.SHS-VIVEON.com.Lombardi is a leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software forGlobal 2000 companies as recognized by Forrester Research, in Human-CentricBusiness Process Management Suites, Q1 2006 research report. Lombardioffers award-winning BPM technology, know-how and services to help itscustomers become Process-Driven. Lombardi Blueprint is the only on-demandprocess improvement tool that enables companies to map processes, identifyproblems and prioritize improvement opportunities. Lombardi's TeamWorks® isbuilt on open standards and provides ongoing visibility and control ofbusiness processes, increasing the speed and flexibility with whichorganizations can manage their business process activity anddecision-making. Lombardi for Office™ makes it easy for anyone toparticipate in BPM using the familiar Microsoft® Office System products.The company is a Gold-Certified Microsoft partner, with an 'InformationWorker Productivity Solutions' Competency.Lombardi is behind some of the largest, most successful BPM implementationsin the world. Lombardi's customers include Allianz Life, Aflac, Dell,Hasbro, ING Direct, Maritz Travel, Reuters, Renault F1 Team, Sprint,T-Mobile, The UK Insolvency Service, Universal Music Group and the U.S.Government. For more information, visit: www.lombardi.com.SHS VIVEON AGKatrin KoberTel: +49  89 747 257 34E-mail: katrin.kober@SHS-VIVEON.com DGAP 10.05.2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Language:     EnglishIssuer:       SHS VIVEON AG              Fraunhoferstraße 12              82152 Martinsried bei München DeutschlandPhone:        +49 (0)89 747-257-0Fax:          +49 (0)89 747-257-10E-mail:       investor.relations@shs-viveon.comwww:          www.shs-viveon.comISIN:         DE0005072409WKN:          507240Indices:      Listed:       Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr              in Berlin-Bremen, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf End of News                                     DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------