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Apollo’s Web-Based Collection
System to Deliver The Affirm Card ®, a Branded MasterCard®
Balance Transfer Program
Irvine, CA March 12, 2007—Apollo
Enterprise Solutions LLC, the leading provider of web-based payment
and collection technology, announced today that it has entered into
an exclusive strategic partnership with Card Acquisition, LLC, a
leader in providing alternative debt recovery solutions to the Accounts
Receivable Management industry. This partnership will provide debtors
access to Card Acquisition’s already successful The Affirm
Card® Balance Transfer Program through Apollo’s web-based
Intelligent Debt Solutions™ (IDS™) system. This combination
of these industry-leading collection tools is expected to increase
the recovery and netback to portfolio owners up to 30% or more,
while reducing the cost of collections by as much as 60%.
Edward Fontaine, Apollo’s Vice President of
Sales for the Collection Vertical, commented, “Apollo’s
solution presents customized payment or settlement offers to debtors
over the Internet or IVR that are matched to the client’s
collection guidelines and each debtor’s individual ability
to pay. The addition of The Affirm Card® Balance Transfer Program
provides an additional option for debtors, which will increase recoveries
while providing the debtor with the opportunity to establish a positive,
unsecured, major bankcard trade line and, therefore, improve their
credit.”
Recognized as one of the most efficient new technologies,
the Apollo IDS system has transformed the way the industry thinks
about the role of technology in collections and recovery. This first-of-its-kind
system utilizes a hosted application that integrates historical
account and payment information, optional real-time credit bureau
data, and collection rules and guidelines to optimize self-service
payment options. As a result, the Apollo IDS system delivers an
immediate lift in the collections and recovery portfolios of its
current roster of clients that includes credit card issuers, finance
companies, debt buyers and collection agencies.
Michael Philippe, Card Acquisition’s President
and CEO, commented, “This exclusive partnership will allow
us to provide our clients with a scalable virtual collection solution
by delivering The Affirm Card ® Balance Transfer Program through
Apollo’s complete self-service channel. Of the virtual solutions
we investigated, Apollo’s system offered the intelligence
and flexibility we require to not only expedite the processing of
our applications but also to rapidly expand our program.”
Card Acquisition’s The Affirm Card ®, a
branded MasterCard®, is a core product used to provide consumers
with a “balance transfer” option when settling delinquent
accounts. The “balance transfer” product is a proven
recovery tool used by many of the industry’s largest debt
buyers. Card Acquisition has demonstrated that The Affirm Card ®
program adds a liquidation “lift” to virtually all types
of consumer debt portfolios over and above traditional cash collection
efforts.
About Apollo Enterprise Solutions
Apollo Enterprise Solutions, LLC, headquartered
in Irvine, California, provides enterprise-class web-hosted solutions
for a variety of industries involved in receivables management and
debt collections. At the heart of Apollo’s Intelligent Debt
Solutions™ system is the patent-pending IDS Decision Engine™
which provides Decisioning Intelligence™, a revolutionary
process that delivers more debtors for recovery and settlement and
more dollars per settlement by creating individual, customized offers
that reflect a debtor’s most realistic ability to pay.
About Card Acquisition, LLC
Founded in 2002 by Mr. Philippe, along with several
industry veterans and investors, the company offers The Affirm Card
® through exclusive agreements with select third-party agencies
within the ARM sector. For more information, visit the company's
website at www.cardacquisition.com.
Contact
Jeff Dickey
Executive Vice President —Sales & Marketing
Apollo Enterprise Solutions, LLC
(949) 399-1000 x220
Michael Philippe
President/CEO
Card Acquisition, LLC
(605) 336-2144
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