BBVA Compass One of First Adopters of mBanking iPhone Application

 
 
 

DUBLIN, Calif. - November 3, 2009 - Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY), the global leader in mobile messaging and mobile commerce, today announced the release of its mobile banking application for the iPhone available to financial institutions worldwide through the Sybase® mBanking 365TM platform. The new application serves as a turnkey mobile banking solution for financial institutions, allowing them to quickly and easily roll-out full-service banking capabilities to their customers with Sybase 365 managing the entire infrastructure. Sybase 365 also announced BBVA Compass as one of the first adopters of the Sybase 365 mBanking iPhone application solution.

            "It was most efficient for us to turn to Sybase 365 to manage the entire project and deploy all of the technologies," said Chris Causey, Vice President, Internet Banking Department BBVA Compass. "This new service helps BBVA Compass retain and attract new customers, providing another avenue of banking for users beyond visiting branches, calling by phone, or accessing accounts via the Internet."

            With the deployment of the Sybase mBanking 365 iPhone application, BBVA Compass customers can now check balances, view posted and pending transactions, transfer funds between accounts, and interact securely with bank representatives, from the convenience of their iPhone.

            Delivering connectivity across all mobile banking channels, including SMS, mobile browser and a downloadable mobile client, Sybase 365 is the only mobile banking provider that offers built-in global network connectivity by working with 800 mobile operators around the world to ensure customers can always access their banking information and services.

            "Mobile banking allows banks and financial institutions the ability to interact with their customers on the one screen they carry with them all day - their mobile device," said Matthew Talbot, vice president, mCommerce for Sybase 365. "For financial institutions, we're a one-stop shop. Sybase 365 provides a wide span of both software and expertise across all elements of mobile banking, and our operator-grade network allows financial institutions the ability to reach 100 percent of their mobile customers anywhere around the world."

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Mobile Commerce World, San Francisco, CA, November 2-4, 2009. 

iPhone Developer Summit, Santa Clara, CA, November 2-4 Booth # 113

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ABOUT BBVA COMPASS

BBVA Compass is a Sunbelt-based financial institution that operates 767 branches including 411 in Texas, 92 in Alabama, 84 in California, 77 in Arizona, 45 in Florida, 36 in Colorado and 22 in New Mexico. BBVA Compass is the 15th largest U.S. commercial bank based on deposit market share and ranks among the largest banks in Texas (4th), Alabama (3rd) and Arizona (5th).

BBVA Compass is a subsidiary of Compass Bancshares, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BBVA (NYSE: BBV) (MAD: BBVA). BBVA is a financial services group with more than $750 billion in total assets, 48 million clients, 8,000 branches and approximately 108,000 employees in more than 30 countries. BBVA ranks among the top seven largest financial institutions in the world based on market capitalization and 13th in Global Finance magazine's list of the "World's 50 Safest Banks" for 2009. BBVA provides its customers around the world with a full range of financial services, including commercial and wholesale banking, retail banking services, consumer loans, mortgages, credit cards, securities brokerage, wealth management, pension plan management and insurance. The BBVA Group maintains a leadership position in Spain, Mexico, Latin America and the Sunbelt Region of the United States as well as operations in China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

About Sybase 365

Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), is the global leader in enabling mobile information services for mobile operators, financial institutions and enterprises.  We provide our customers with the widest offering in SMS, MMS and GRX interoperability, end-to-end mobile commerce solutions, innovative text messaging, mobile marketing and content delivery services.  Sybase 365 processes more than one billion messages per day, reaching 800 operators and 3.4 billion subscribers around the world. For more information, visit: www.sybase.com/365.  Read our blogs: http://blogs.sybase.com

Sybase, Sybase 365 and Sybase mBanking 365 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sybase, Inc.  All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. ® indicates registration in the United States.

Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this release concerning Sybase 365 and Sybase, Inc. and their new products, new business relationships, prospects and future growth are forward-looking and involve a number of uncertainties and risks. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those suggested by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the performance of the global economy and growth in sales of mobile banking and mobile commerce product and services; market acceptance of the company's products and services; customer and industry analyst perception of the company and its technology vision and future prospects; the success of certain business combinations engaged in by the company or by competitors; political unrest or acts of war; possible disruptive effects of organizational or personnel changes; and other factors described in Sybase, Inc.'s reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual repo