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| HOME > Press Release > December 15, 2003 |
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 December 15, 2003 Plala Networks, Inc. Account aggregation service Agurippa to be provided on MSN portal site-initiation of MSN® Money Balance Check Service with broadest financial institution compatibility in JapanPlala Networks, Inc. (Koji Bandou, CEO; HQ: Toshima-ku, Tokyo), operator of Internet service provider Plala (http://www.plala.or.jp/), will provide account aggregation service Agurippa as an application service provider to portal site MSN®, operated by Microsoft Japan (Michael Rawding, CEO and President; HQ: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo). The service will be initiated at MSN® on Monday, December 15 under the brand name MSN Money Balance Check Service. Agurippa refers to the provision of the “INFOBOND” account aggregation system developed by NTT East Corporation by Plala Networks Inc. as an application service provider. It is currently the top such service by numbers of users and accounts in Japan. In addition to Japan Net Bank, Limited’s JNB Aggregation and NTT-X, Inc.’s goo Passbook and Statements, it is also being used by TelWel East’s TASCAL Home Accounting, and has built a strong reputation, steadily growing its user base in a variety of deployments. Now, with the development of the MSN Money Balance Check Service by MSNR which boasts 30 million users a month, an even greater expansion of the user base and further growth in user familiarity with account aggregation services is anticipated. ■Characteristics of the Agurippa account aggregation service (http://agurippa.com/) <Large number of companies with accessible information> The most significant characteristic in the success of the service is the ability to aggregate various types of information through the participation of companies across a variety of industries. Agurippa has the largest number of companies with accessible information in the Japan. <Solid operations and full support> A help desk and technical support that are considerate of the end user are standard practice. Agurippa has also realized a very stable operational environment, having built a robust error-detection system. This has resulted in the maintenance of very high standards with an information retrieval (scraping) success rate of 97%. <Flexibility of system to customization> Since the entire system, from development to operation, was done in country with the support of the developer NTT East, Agurippa has realized superb flexibility and mobility. <Highly secure and reliable> Based on the service’s track record in the financial services industry and elsewhere, Internet Service Provider Plala has integrated its technological and operational know-how cultivated over the years to build and maintain a highly-secure environment. ■For additional information please contact Plala Networks, Inc. Account Aggregation Promotion Office E-mail:agurippa@plala.co.jp  |
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