GUARANTY BANK SELECTS THE EDCOMM GROUP TO DELIVER ARGO BANKPRO SYSTEM CONVERSION AND PLATFORM TRAINING

(NEW YORK, NY) - Guaranty Bank has selected The Edcomm Group to deliver customized Argo BANKPRO System Conversion and Platform Training for its bank-wide training needs. Guaranty also chose to implement Edcomm’s own Learning Management System (LMS), Learning Link® for hosting and maintenance

Achieving Argo BANKPRO Conversion Excellence allows students to learn at their own pace in a non-threatening, simulated environment that looks and feels like the real system. By using Edcomm’s award-winning Observe-Practice-Demonstrate model, bank personnel are able to execute real transactions, and learn an assortment of tasks that are fundamental to fulfilling the requirements of today’s banking applications. The simulation program covers a series of real-world transactions including Check Cashing, Deposits, Teller Balancing, Account Opening and Customer Searches — ensuring that the bank staff is fully prepared and up to speed for conversion, even before the system is fully ready to deploy.

Achieving Platform Excellence is a comprehensive eLearning training program that teaches the knowledge, skills and attitude that make platform personnel successful. This program teaches participants the tools necessary for careers in banking and provides them with both the skill and professionalism to excel.

Learning Link®, Edcomm’s full-featured learning management system has an open architecture that builds on industry-standard SCORM and AICC compliance, but adds features and capabilities far beyond any competing products. Learning Link® maintains a complete record of every learning and administrative activity and offers a wide variety of customizable, real-time reports available both onscreen and in CSV formats for download and integration into any HR system. Learning Link’s servers have been issued a SAS-70 attesting to the quality of their security, business continuity and performance.

For more information about programs like these, or to find out how The Edcomm Group can customize any training program, log onto www.bankersacademy.com.

With approximately $17 billion in assets, Guaranty Bank is one of the largest financial institutions owned by a Texas-based company. It operates more than 140 banking centers in Texas and California, serving over 300,000 families. The Bank is active throughout the United States as a major real estate construction lender and as a provider of financing to middle-market businesses.

The Edcomm Group has had the privilege of assisting many distinguished clients with business solutions in the form of eLearning programs, classroom instruction, multimedia production and online and print based documentation. In addition to the development of customized programs, The Edcomm Group offers many off-the-shelf courses such as Teller Training, Compliance Training and Systems Training specifically designed for banks, credit unions and money services businesses that have proven themselves effective in organizations around the world.

The Edcomm Group is a 19-year-old multimedia education and communication consulting firm specializing in the development of creative business solutions that improve productivity, customer service and market share — providing bottom-line results. The Edcomm Group (www.edcomm.com) (www.bankersacademy.com) is headquartered in New York City with an Advanced Design Center located in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

For more information, please contact:

Linda Eagle
President, The Edcomm Group
1-888-4EDCOMM
linda.eagle@edcomm.com