Harland Financial Solutions to Market Compliance Coach’s Identity Theft Red Flags Rule Solution

Compliance Coach Inc., a provider of automated regulatory compliance solutions to the financial services industry, today announced that Harland Financial Solutions, Inc., will market its industry leading software, CompliancePal.  CompliancePal is the industry’s first software solution to enable compliance with the FACT Act Identity Theft Red Flags Rule.   

The Federal regulation imposes new responsibilities on businesses to prevent consumer identity theft.  The impact is broad and the rule affects every single bank, credit union, mortgage lender, auto dealer, credit card lender, payday lender, utility company, phone company, and any consumer or small business lender in the country.  

The compliance deadline is November 1, 2008.  Failure to comply can lead to civil money penalty for each violation, regulatory enforcement action, private plaintiff lawsuits, negative publicity and loss of business.

“CompliancePal uses a unique five step system to enable faster and easier compliance with the Red Flags Rule,” said Sai Huda, chairman and CEO, Compliance Coach.  “We are honored to partner with Harland Financial Solutions, an industry leader in compliance and risk management, to introduce CompliancePal to the financial services industry,” continued Huda. 

“Complying with the Red Flags Rule will be challenging for financial institutions and affected businesses. We are delighted to partner with Compliance Coach to be able to offer to our clients an innovative solution that makes it easier for them to comply,” said Helen “Rusty” Beckel, senior vice president, Strategy and Market Development, Harland Financial Solutions.   

CompliancePal is a Web-based software that walks the user through a series of questions and produces: the required risk assessment, the mapping of red flags to appropriate detection and response procedures, the written program, the training materials and the compliance status report, everything necessary to pass an audit. 

The software is updated regularly for new identity theft schemes and red flags so a company can easily update its identity theft program and maintain compliance.  To use the solution, companies simply sign-up online and access the software via the Internet.  A demo can be viewed at http://www.compliancepal.com.

About Compliance Coach
Compliance Coach, Inc., is a leading provider of automated regulatory compliance solutions to the financial services industry.  Five of the top 10 banks and hundreds of financial institutions throughout the U.S. rely on Compliance Coach’s solutions and services to mitigate compliance risk. 

Compliance Coach provides risk assessment software, e-learning and other tools to enable compliance with applicable laws and regulations.  Its products and services are supported by an in-house team of nationally recognized legal, compliance and technology experts.  CompliancePal is the company’s latest revolutionary web-based software that uses a unique five step system to enable compliance with the new FACT Act Identity Theft Red Flags Rule, quicker and easier. 

The company is privately held and venture capital backed by four of the top 10 banks:  Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citigroup and Washington Mutual are the company’s primary investors.  It is based in San Diego, California and has a regulatory relations office in Washington, D.C.  For further information, visit http://www.compliancecoach.com.

About Harland Financial Solutions
Harland Financial Solutions, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. and M & F Worldwide Corp., (NYSE: MFW). The company supplies software and services to thousands of financial institutions of all sizes, offering its solutions in both an in-house and service bureau environment. It is a leader in core systems, item processing, enterprise content management, branch automation, customer relationship management, business intelligence, origination and document solutions, risk management, compliance training, financial accounting, open documents, mortgage solutions, electronic funds transfer (EFT), electronic banking and advisory services.