Originally appeared in Bank Technology News  |  April 2010 | By John Adams

Allied First Bank’s customers move thousands of miles while they’re at work. To keep its airline pilot-heavy customer base from using larger banks to deposit checks while away from the area, the $160 million-asset bank plans to automate remote check deposits through consumer capture for personal computers. Allied First’s vp of operations, Andy Harden, and Bluepoint’s evp, Dick Drew, explained to Bank Technology News how Allied First will this spring be the first bank to deploy Bluepoint’s Software as a Service consumer capture product. SaaS allows the bank to deploy consumer capture at a cost based on use, with little up front tech expense. With Saas, it is not necessary for the bank to develop an entire system, they can deploy consumer capture at a cost based on use, with little up front tech expense. Bob Meara, a senior analyst at Celent, Ellen Carney, a senior analyst at Forrester, and Nicole Sturgill, a research director for TowerGroup are also quoted. See Bank Technology News for the full story.