Farmers State Bank of Calhan is Live with EZswitch G4 and STAR EFT

Calhan, CO: Dedicated to employing the most advanced technology available to provide the best customer experience possible, Farmers State Bank of Calhan (CO) is live with EZswitch® G4. The new online interface connecting the bank’s Finastra Phoenix core banking system to the STAR EFT network which enables a host of new EZswitch features proven to lower costs, boost revenues, and improve operational efficiency.

Established in 1918, the bank has remained dedicated to meeting the evolving banking needs of local Colorado residents and businesses for several decades. With 3 branches the bank continues a long tradition of exceeding customer expectations.

The virtualized VMware install of EZswitch G4 improves operational efficiency and the cardholder experience by taking advantage of the latest features and enhancements. The solution includes CSFi’s latest version of Sentinel™ alert notification solution that supports a new Windows service and provides a greater system redundancy for high availability.

The G4 platform provides a highly customizable solution for institutions aiming to minimize costs, expand revenue sources, and maximize data and transactional security. The systems features and options for reducing fraud losses and streamlining management of debit card operations include:

  • FraudBlock integrated, rules-based, real-time fraud detection and prevention system
  • Sentinel™ Alert Notification System providing unattended monitoring of ATM’s, core system interface, EFT network connection(s) through email and SMS-text notification
  • G4 Web-based Apps real-time transaction and cardholder research and reporting, full system monitoring and automated job/task schedule managing
  • On-demand ATM/EFT Network Denial Rules for immediate protection against a wide range of fraud sources
  • Stand-in authorization using a positive balance file (PBF) and/or card limits (the system will authorize using a PBF or card limits when the host authorizing system is unavailable)
  • Secure, single point of card maintenance entry
  • Advanced “drill down” capability for transaction and cardholder research and reporting
  • Reconciliation subsystem
  • System health check monitoring including all connections and database status
  • Automated job/task schedule management
  • Integrated support for full EMV functionality
  • Audits and logs of all user activity and much more…

G4 Web-based Applications

The EZswitch® G4 upgrade ensures that the bank and its cardholders have the most secure and scalable end-to-end debit card management solution available. Providing a real-time graphical “at-a-glance” view of the entire debit payment network, the powerful G4 front-end’s intuitive navigational tools enable every user to easily utilize the new system’s full capabilities, including: real-time system wide monitoring, automated job/task scheduling, and advanced card maintenance and transaction research and reporting.

See for Yourself

Contact Us to view G4 in action. See why customers taking advantage of G4 report exponential improvement in ease of use, transaction processing management and general system control.

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