According to Viewpointe, the nation's leading provider of check image exchange and archive services, its image exchange volumes have grown nearly 5000 percent during the 18-month span between January 2006 and June 2007.

Across the industry, the latest Federal Reserve/ECCHO report shows a 913 percent increase from its reporting agencies over the same period of time. The total number of images exchanged in May 2007 exceeded 700 million items. This equates to an annualized volume of 8.7 billion items per year, or approximately 24 percent of all checks cleared. This powerful combination of rapid growth and large volume will push the industry to its tipping point.

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By storing images of checks and remittance documents in an archive, lockbox users may conduct information searches on the Web and improve customer service. RemitStream Solutions, the Fiserv lockbox processing company, has recently enhanced its image archive with increased storage capacity to meet this need for corporate customers of RemitStream Solutions' financial institution clients.

RemitStream Solutions' archive is accessed through LockboxOnline, which enables users to view images, conduct searches and obtain reports on daily lockbox processing activity -- all online. Images are accessible within two hours of processing and are now stored for a period of 90 calendar days. Plans are also underway for a seven-year archive.

For more information on creating a paperless work environment, call 312-660-7185 or visit the RemitStream Solutions web site at www.remitstream.com