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July 26, 2004 |
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 July 26, 2004 Plala Networks, Inc. Account aggregation service Agurippa becomes compatible with i-mode!-Initiation of i-mode compatibility for goo Passbook and Statements; number of sites with displayable content greatly increasedPlala Networks, Inc. (Koji Bando, CEO; HQ: Toshima-ku, Tokyo) today began offering compatibility with i-mode for its Agurippa account aggregation service, which it provides to operators of portal sites as an application service provider. Additional compatible financial institution site content partners have also been added. NTT-Resonant, Inc. (Katsuyuki_______, CEO; HQ: Chiyoda, Tokyo) will today begin offering i-mode compatibility and add additional compatible financial institutions to its goo Passbook and Statements (http://tsucho.goo.ne.jp/) account aggregation service which it provides using Agurippa. Furthermore, goo Passbook and Statements will become the first to provide these added features to users. １．About i-mode compatibility Recently, with the improvement of end-user convenience in mind, Agurippa has added a feature allowing the same information viewable from a browser on a personal computer to be accessed in i-mode as well. This effort to offer simultaneous compatibility to both personal computers and i-mode is the first such test among currently available account aggregation services in the industry. It is also the largest service by number of compatible financial institution content partner sites offering information on the i-mode screen. Users of goo Passbook and Statements are now able to access personal financial information as well as receive email notifications (alerts) about the increase or decrease in their account balance according their personal settings at any place or anytime and even from locations where computer access is not available. Such use of cellular phones is convenient for the user and will become an increasingly relevant tool for everyday life. ２．Additional sites offering displayable content As of today, goo Passbook and Statements has increased the number of online services sites offering to display of user financial information from the 47 existing companies to 54. This is largest such number among the account aggregation services offered in Japan. 【Compatible sites to be added】
３．Enhancement of the home accounting feature Beginning in September 2003, Agurippa and goo Passbook and Statements which uses Agurippa began offering service collaboration with A.I. Soft, Inc., developer and distributor of the Ukkari Mama Home Accounting 8 home accounting software product. This makes it possible to import data gathered on the aggregation site from the user’s banks, credit card companies, and utility bills into the home accounting software with one touch. This ground-breaking feature which enables the use of aggregated data to easily manage household expenditures has been very positively received. Today, 7 additional compatible financial institution sites have been added to the group of sites allowing import of account information into the home ledger. 【Compatible sites added】
４．Future plans At Plala Networks, in addition to focusing on expanding the number of compatible financial institution sites, we are also working to develop additional features that add to user convenience. Also, NTT-Resonant is working to further enhance features for goo Passbook and Statements.  |
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