Columbia Ultimate and EPP Partner to Deliver Real-Time Electronic Payment Capabilities

Columbia Ultimate, the industry expert in providing software and integrated solutions for collecting money, today announced a partnership with Electronic Payment Providers, Inc., (EPP), an industry leader in payment processing, to provide clients with additional options to meet their electronic payment service needs.

Columbia Ultimate will deliver a secure real-time electronic payment interface through its collection software providing clients with a simplified and accelerated method for receiving electronic payments.   Collectors can enter debtor’s bank account or credit card account information and receive immediate approval and decline responses from their workstation while their debtor is on the phone.  In addition, Columbia Ultimate will also leverage EPP’s check conversion technology for the mail room to convert paper checks to electronic format for posting on The Collector System.

“Columbia Ultimate brings a powerful, cost-effective solution to their client base. Now with the integrated EPP payment solutions, users can accept every form of payment through a cutting-edge, real-time interface,” says Scott McCollum, president, EPP.

With EPP’s ACH and Credit Card processing capabilities, Columbia Ultimate clients will be able to further automate collections strategy, increase the percentage of agent-less payments received, and eliminate manual payment postings. The ability to accept credit card and ACH transactions can expedite the availability of funds and reduce the number of NSF transactions.

“We’ve seen ongoing, strong demands for electronic payment capabilities,” said R. Fred Houston, president and CEO, Columbia Ultimate.  “Working with an industry leader such as EPP, we can now offer our clients multiple ways of receiving payments, which will help improve overall productivity and collections rate while reducing internal processing costs.”

About Electronic Payment Providers, Inc.
The proven leader in on-demand payment processing, EPP’s Express Payments Suite empowers customers with competitive advantage through simplification of the receivables process. By integrating payment technology into existing business software EPP makes it easy and inexpensive to accept Card and eCheck payments. Our software-as-a-service (SaaS) model delivers industry leading payment solutions, proven integration and point-and-click simplicity. For additional information about EPP, visit www.expresspayments.com or call 1-877-377-2677.

About Columbia Ultimate
Columbia Ultimate is the industry expert in providing software and integrated solutions for collecting money.  Since 1979, collection agencies, debt buyers, banks, healthcare and retail organizations have relied on Columbia Ultimate’s comprehensive line of software and services to increase efficiency, profitability and success with their collections.  In addition, Columbia Ultimate is the leader in providing revenue recovery solutions for state, county and local governments across the country.

Headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., with an office in Atlanta, Georgia, Columbia Ultimate is a privately-held company with more than 500 customers worldwide. For more information, visit www.columbiaultimate.com.