WalletSizing® Enterprise Edition strengthens negotiating power of companies with banks by enabling ongoing BRM-initiatives

Basel, 6 July 2011 - Vallstein AG, the leading provider of Bank Relationship Management (BRM) solutions, launches Generation 5 of its WalletSizing® Enterprise Edition. The holistic BRM solution is now available as software-as-a-service (SaaS) and marks a milestone in the development of BRM-solutions. This innovative solution allows CFOs and Treasurers to execute their overall bank activities on the basis of comprehensive and consistent transparency, control and compliance.

The impact of the global financial crisis and the new Basel III rules means that making the right choice of bank partner(s) and products is now a critical success factor for enterprises. According to the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Treasury Survey, enterprises now consider BRM to be one of their top three business priorities. Consistent BRM initiatives enable CFOs to manage the relationship and the value their companies are getting from their banks, thus ensuring secure access to funding facilities despite market conditions and minimising risks.

Using Generation 5 of the WalletSizing® Enterprise Edition, CFOs and treasurers can quickly and effectively solve the challenges of everyday BRM as it provides valuable insight into business-critical information, such as Share of Wallet, Return on Solvency, current bank evaluations and ratings, as well as reports and graphics. This new on-demand solution enables CFOs and treasurers to execute comprehensive analysis and reports on the corporate bank landscape in order to ensure corporate-wide control and compliance.

Generation 5 - Features at a glance

•Secure login based on roles, preferences and languages

•Fast and simple creation of reports and queries across the entire bank landscape for current and future business scenarios

•Central uniform bank reporting for in-depth negotiations with banks

•Definition of goals in terms of expected revenues and quality levels within fixed time frames

•Potential to drive corporate-wide compliance with regard to banking strategy

•Reporting that complies with Basel II and Basel III in terms of capital requirements

•Easy-to-update evaluation matrix of the performance of bank services and products

•Simple modelling of alternative business scenarios, what-if scenarios and forecasts based on a range of economic conditions

•Optimum distribution of business volumes with the right banks based on in-depth data parameters (Return on Solvency, strategic relevance etc.)

"With Generation 5 of WalletSizing® Enterprise Edition we are able to offer enterprises a holistic approach, enabling them to optimise their corporate banking landscape and improve overall visibility", said Patrick Adams, Chief Commercial Officer of Vallstein AG. "Companies are able to make like-for-like comparisons of bank relationships, thus gaining actionable information that helps them negotiate far more effectively with banks. Used in conjunction with externally stored data, such as benchmarks and scoring systems, companies are able to strategically optimise their bank activities, thus resulting in considerably lower operating expenses, better security and compliance and a significantly improved operating result.