"We're not aware of any system, other than Secure Opening Plus, that would enable us to meet all of our business objectives for the account opening process," said Pat Parris, an Application Specialist with BankPlus.

This is an impressive statement, especially considering everything that BankPlus was looking to accomplish with their account opening system. This included the ability to:

- Standardize customer information to comply with Customer Identification Program (CIP) guidelines and reduce the time for a CSR to open and account.

- Upload information from the account opening process directly into the bank's core system.

- Run OFAC searches.

Secure Opening Plus (SOP), offered by BANKCARS, enables BankPlus to do all of this and more! With the swipe of a driver's license, SOP loads all the necessary information for account opening, creates a digital image of the license, provides a connection to the National Check Network, and runs the required OFAC searches.

SOP can be used in any area of the bank where someone's identification is taken, including account opening, the teller line, and lending.

"SOP has also helped us greatly improve the standardization of our customer information, "Parris continued. "We use SOP to populate our CIP form. Within that form, we've made certain fields required. If the proper information isn't entered, the rep can't go any further in the account opening process."

"Our policy is that a customer is not to be entered into our system unless it's done through SOP. That's how strongly we believe in the benefits of the system."

     -      BankPlus

"Opening new accounts is now secure, compliant, and efficient with BANKCARS SOP. We are happy to be the flagship bank for this exciting new product"

- First National Bank of Pontotoc

"Automating BSA Compliance made our regulatory exam a non-event."

      - Queensborough National Bank and Trust

"We started using BANKCARS about a year ago and our new accounts representatives love it!  It saves time and makes our account opening process uniform."

- Community Bank of Louisiana

"We have been with BANKCARS since 2005 and are very satisfied with their program. They are always very receptive and quick to follow through with any enhancement requests we've made."

- Spivey State Bank