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Scott B. Walker, President
and CEO of BillMatrix Unit of Fiserv, Named Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur of the Year® 2006 Award Winner in Southwest
Area
Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence
in Services Category
Dallas, Texas, June 27, 2006 – BillMatrix
Corp., a provider of outsourced telephone and Internet-based
payment services and a business unit of Fiserv Inc. (Nasdaq:
FISV), today announced that Scott B. Walker, president and
CEO of BillMatrix, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur
of the Year® 2006 Award in the services category for the
Southwest region. According to Ernst & Young, the award
recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and
leading dynamic and growing businesses. Walker was selected
by an independent panel of judges and the award was presented
at an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 20th anniversary
gala event at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas on Saturday, June
17, 2006.
“I am truly honored to have won this award and to share
that honor with my colleagues at BillMatrix,” Walker
said. “We have remained focused on a singular objective
of helping our biller clients simplify the payment process
for their customers. By not wavering from that idea, the company
has become a great success story.”
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award program
celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2006 and continues to honor
entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary
success in such areas as innovation, financial performance
and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
“Ernst & Young is proud of its history in recognizing
these outstanding leaders and their companies,” said
Larry Haynes, southwest area partner and leader of the strategic
growth markets for Ernst & Young.
“Scott's vision and leadership has been the driving
force behind the exceptional growth of BillMatrix,”
said Mark Taber, a partner with Boston-based Great Hill Partners,
who invested in the company in 2003. “He has built an
organization that has evolved from a small, entrepreneurial
firm into a market leader that continues to set the pace for
innovation in a rapidly changing industry.”
As a Southwest area award winner, Walker is now eligible for
consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the
Year 2006 national program. Award winners in several national
categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur of the Year award winner, will be announced at
the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, Calif., on November
18, 2006. The overall national Entrepreneur of the Year Award
recipient is then considered for the world event held in Monte
Carlo.
About the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Awards
The Entrepreneur of the Year? Award program was created and
is produced by professional services firm Ernst & Young
LLP. As the first award of its kind, the Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur of the Year Award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs
who are building and leading dynamic and growing businesses.
The program honors entrepreneurs through regional, national
and global award programs in over 100 cities and 35 countries.
About BillMatrix Corp.
Founded in 1994, BillMatrix Corp. provides outsourced alternatives
to traditional payment methods using the latest automated
technologies. BillMatrix, which became part of Fiserv Inc.
in August 2005, works with more than 140 companies to supplement
paper-based methods of remittance with convenient, efficient
and cost-effective electronic payments. Consumers, customer
service representatives and other third-party agents are able
to make payments via hosted Internet and telephone systems
using credit cards, ATM debit cards and electronic check payment
options. For more information, visit www.BillMatrix.com.
About Fiserv Inc.
Fiserv Inc. (Nasdaq: FISV), a Fortune 500 company, provides
information management systems and services to the financial
and health benefits industries. Leading services include transaction
processing, outsourcing, business process outsourcing, software
and systems solutions. The company serves more than 17,000
clients worldwide and is the leading provider of core processing
solutions for U.S. banks, credit unions and thrifts. Fiserv
was ranked the largest provider of information technology
services to the financial services industry worldwide in the
2005 and 2004 FinTech 100 surveys. Fiserv Health provides
health plan management, pharmacy benefits management, and
BPO services to the managed care market and self-funded commercial
and government employers and health plans. Headquartered in
Brookfield, Wis., Fiserv reported more than $4 billion in
total revenue for 2005. For more information, please visit
www.fiserv.com.
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