News and Resources

OBS News

OBS Demonstrates ACH and Wire Payment Services at NACHA Payments Conference in Seattle 

April 26th and 27th 

              At the upcoming NACHA PAYMENTS 2010 conference in Seattle, Wash., Online Banking Solutions (OBS), will hold private demonstrations of its recently launched ACH and Wire payment initiation services. The new service completes its Messenger Financial Center offering, a Web 2.0 cash management and business banking portal based on Online Messenger. OBS provides next-generation cash management and revenue-generating business banking solutions for banks, including eight of the top 50 U.S. commercial bank holding companies.

Built to meet contemporary scale, channel, security and integration requirements, OBS’ Messenger Financial Center enables banks to move beyond classic barriers to leverage delivery channels for files and transactions without limitation. Banks’ business customers can perform any financial transaction with ease. In addition, OBS’ Messenger Mobile Services allows banks to leverage and deliver the new Payment Services through the mobile channel as well as other licensed delivery channels. Messenger Financial Center provides transaction initiation including stop payments and account-to-account transfers and payment initiation of vendor payments, payroll and domestic wire transfers.  OBS plans to continue building out their payments capabilities to include a full range of domestic and international payment types.

Messenger Financial Center Payment Services is deployed with a contemporary administration and control infrastructure supporting entitlements with separation of duties and dynamic approval levels designed to meet the needs of small companies or large companies.  As an extension of the Online Messenger platform, Messenger Financial Center Payment Services provides extensive security and audit capabilities and reporting.

When:    April 26-27, 2010

Where:  Grand Hyatt Seattle

              721 Pine Street

              Seattle, WA. 98101


Tues
day, March 23, 2010 8:00a | Joe Spatarella

OBS Exhibits at AFP Annual Conference in San Francisco, October 4-7

Tthe OBS management team Dan Myers, Joe Spatarella, Scott Graf and Tracy Hetrick demonstrated the 4 new product lines for 2010 to an impressive number of interested bankers.

Learn more about the range of services OBS can offer, including:

  1. Online Messenger (version 3.0 multi-channel delivery with the new Web 2.0 channel)

  2. Messenger Financial Center (Business Banking and Cash Management Portal) 

  3. Messenger Mobile Services (for the iPhone and Blackberry smart phones)

  4. M-Secure Banking And Customer File Transfer

Monday, January 18, 2010 8:00a | Joe Spatarella

Mobile Banking for Business: OBS Adds a New Delivery Channel to Online Messenger

Online Messenger is a multi-channel event based information and file delivery platform providing commercial clients with a central access point for all online banking to view and execute financial transactions.  It consists of a base system for bank and customer administration and various services and delivery channels.

The new Mobile Banking Channel complements other channels by allowing users to view account information, initiate payments, and receive notifications and alerts while away from their computer.  Users may choose the mobile channel for the services and functions such as: Account information,  balance reporting, special reports, account transfers, payments, bulletins, alerts, advices and notifications.

Additional features include: incoming wire notifications, password or one-time pass code security, entitled accounts and services, transaction approvals and Positive Pay decisions.
 
We will continue to provide support of TEXT/SMS notifications supported by Online Messenger as we have for the last 7 years.
 
Messenger Mobile Services will provide a mobile banking channel with applications for the iPhone TM and Blackberry TM smart phones.

Commercial availability is scheduled for December of this year.



OBS Rolls Out Web 2.0 Cash Management Portal 

Online Banking Solutions (OBS), a provider of next-generation cash management and business banking revenue-generating solutions for banks, announced the availability of its new Messenger Financial Center, a Web 2.0 cash management and business banking portal based on its latest version (3.0) of Online Messenger™. Online Messenger is a multi-channel event based information and file delivery platform providing commercial clients with a central access point for all online banking to view and execute financial transactions. 


Built to meet contemporary scale, channel, security and integration requirements, OBS’ new Messenger Financial Center enables bankers to move beyond classic barriers to leverage delivery channels, files and transactions without limitation. Banks’ business customers can perform any type of financial transaction with ease, and the portal provides a powerful integration layer, designed to replace multiple Web application interfaces with a unified user experience. Additionally, Messenger Financial Center is designed for, and built on, a custom Web 2.0 framework that delivers a smooth and feature-rich user experience for an enterprise banking software solution. 


Monday August 3, 2009 8:00a | Joe Spatarella



OBS Expands Team with Payments Expertise and Developers to Support New Portal Product

Online Banking Solutions (OBS), a provider of next-generation cash management and business banking revenue-generating solutions for banks, has appointed Tracy Hetrick as Director of Product Management.

OBS also expanded its facilities with additional office space to support the company’s rapid growth.

OBS has been in business for seven years and remains private and profitable.

Monday May 19, 2009 8:00a | Joe Spatarella



Online Banking Solutions (OBS) Completes SAS 70 Type II Audit for Online Messenger and Reports 100% System Availability During 2008

Online Banking Solutions (OBS) today announced the successful completion of an independent SAS 70 Type II audit confirming the Online Messenger Platform's operational controls and compliance. Online Messenger provides online, event-based and multi-channel banking services to financial institutions and their customers in a 100% hosted or application service provider environment. In addition to meeting these stringent service organization standards for its outsource business, OBS reported 100% system availability, which is critical to its many major U.S. banking clients. The successful completion of the SAS 70 - II audit (Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70: AICPA) means that an independent auditor has confirmed OBS's service organization's adherence to adequate internal controls including security for its operations and Online Messenger Platform.

Monday March 9, 2009 8:00a | Joe Spatarella