iStream & Epson Partner To Bring Reliable Remote Deposit Capture Solutions to Small Business Market

Las Vegas, NV, April 21, 2009 –Today at the Electronic Transactions Association’s (ETA) Annual Meeting and Expo, iStream Financial Services, Inc., a financial technology company in the business of managing payments, announced its support for Epson, a leading supplier of value-added banking and payment solutions. By certifying and supporting Epson’s award-winning check scanners, iStream offers solid, robust options for virtually any-size customer looking to embrace remote deposit capture (RDC) solutions.

”iStream’s team certified Epson’s CaptureOne check scanner in just one day,” said Bud Weist, vice president of sales and marketing, Epson System Device Group. “We are thrilled to partner with an innovative company like iStream, and we’re confident that this partnership will promote more RDC adoption in the SMB market, and beyond.”

iStream Deposit®, the first integrated Application Service Provider (ASP) RDC solution, is currently certified to support Epson’s award-winning CaptureOne check scanner. The company plans to certify iStream Deposit for Epson’s new line of SMB products, including the CaptureOne Single-Feed check scanner, the Perfection™ V30 flatbed check and document scanner and the WorkForce™ 500 All-in-One Scanner. Introduced at NACHA Payments 2009, Epson’s new SMB suite offers three affordable scanning devices optimized for small business payment processing.

“Right from the beginning, we knew this was going to be a win-win partnership,” said Fred Joachim, President, iStream Financial Services. “We appreciate Epson’s world-wide presence and out-of-the-box thinking. They’ve been proactive in bringing best-of-breed, top-quality scanning solutions into the SMB market, and together we are looking forward to offering even the smallest businesses affordable, reliable RDC solutions.”

About Epson
Epson is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of highly reliable point-of-service technology, including printers, precision printing mechanisms and digital image scanners. For the third year in a row (2006-2008), retailers have ranked Epson first in POS peripherals in the RIS News “Hardware LeaderBoard.”  Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Long Beach, CA, Epson America, Inc. is the U.S. affiliate of Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, a global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality technology products that meet customer demands for increased functionality, compactness, systems integration and energy efficiency. For more information, please visit http://www.pos.epson.com/financial.

About iStream Financial Services
iStream Financial Services' core mission is to provide businesses and banks solutions to consolidate and manage various payment types. The company leverages its technology platform, knowledge and people to introduce new products that will help business and banks across the country. iStream complies with FDIC security standards and is audited annually. The company has also completed a SAS 70 Type II to validate the end-to-end controls of our Remote Deposit Capture process ensuring the integrity, reliability, and security of our application and systems. For more information, please visit http://www.istreamfs.com.


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iStream Deposit is a registered trademark of iStream Financial Services, Inc. Epson is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. CaptureOne is a trademark of Epson America, Inc. All other trademarks and/or registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.