June 20, 2002
Hutchinson, Kansas
Contact: Mark Harris, Marketing Director, DCI (620) 694-6771
For Immediate Release:

HUTCHINSON, KS (June 20, 2002) -DCI and Bankers Systems, Inc. have announced an agreement to link Bankers Systems' ARTA^® Lending and Deposit Documentation Systems with DCI's popular iCore™ processing and information management system. The partnership is designed to deliver significant gains in workflow efficiency and control to iCore and ARTA customers by connecting the products in an integrated setting.

"This partnership brings great technology and management benefits to community bankers," said AJ Krail, president and chief executive officer of DCI. "Together, the products fill gaps in workflow and technology. iCore customers can enhance their deposit and lending workflow with the efficient ARTA Lending and Deposit software systems. ARTA users can also enhance their bank management capabilities and technology efficiencies by using the iCore system. This approach connects strong solutions for a best-of-breed approach, giving bankers a better choice of features, flexibility and options."

"This partnership allows each company to focus on what they do best," said Scott Jacobs, director of Indirect Sales and Alliance Management at Bankers Systems. "That means the customer is the clear winner."

Krail and Jacobs say the iCore and ARTA connection creates a technology and document workflow with more banker control and one that helps reduce many of the irritations related to managing the bank's compliance, information resources and technology. DCI's Krail points out that iCore's relational Oracle database and native Windows operation enhance the ARTA experience to maximize the bank's technology investment and empower better information management. iCore simultaneously manages transactions and processing needs and gives users control of all bank information-without separate, proprietary databases, screen-scraping, add-on security or emulation software. The iCore Executive Information System, integrated Library and management tools also add another dimension of intelligence and control, expanding the usefulness of integrating these products into the same bank technology setting.