FNF Fidelity National Financial Inc

Fidelity Integrated Financial Solutions Provides Integrated Banking Services for First Community Services JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity Integrated Financial Solutions (Fidelity), a division of Fidelity National Financial , announced today that First Community Services, L.P. (FCS) has selected the HORIZON Banking System as the foundation for their information technology platform. FCS is the service company for First National Bank Texas and Fort Hood National Bank. These institutions have more than $600 million in assets and over 90 bank branches between them. In addition to the HORIZON Banking System, FCS will utilize Fidelity's DASH offering to process their significant ATM delivery channel; the ACquire and ALLVIEW enterprise content management suite; Online Banking and Cash Management with Wireless Notifications and Alerts; and Fidelity's Business Continuity Services for disaster recovery. "Integration was fundamental to the selection of our core processing solution," said David Epke, CEO of FCS. "I want my technology resources focused on new services that provide a competitive advantage, not building bridges between disparate technologies. Reduced time to market, lower cost of ownership, and consistent information across all delivery channels are but a few of the benefits we expect from the HORIZON Banking System." "Fidelity is committed to our partnership with FCS," said President of Fidelity IFS, Gary Norcross. "FCS was looking for an IT solution provider whose team not only understands today's technology, but is already delivering tomorrow's in an integrated environment. The HORIZON Banking System will provide the bank with a competitive edge, allowing growth and improved customer service, while helping to improve the FCS bottom line." Fidelity is a leader in providing solutions that work together to satisfy the needs of the financial services community. Fidelity's flagship product, the HORIZON Banking System, is a fully integrated platform designed specifically to fulfill the requirements of banks at any asset size. The Fidelity offering integrates HORIZON with ancillary products and services, from customer-initiated channels, such as online banking, cash management, and ATM/debit card access, to banking support services, such as profitability analysis, item processing, and document management. Fidelity National Financial, Inc., number 326 on the Fortune 500, is a provider of products and outsourced services and solutions to financial institutions and the real estate industry. The Company had total revenue of $5.7 billion and earned more than $665 million in the first nine months of 2003, with cash flow from operations of nearly $1 billion for that same period. FNF is one of the world's largest providers of information-based technology solutions and processing services to financial institutions and the mortgage and financial services industries through its subsidiary Fidelity Information Services, Inc. Fidelity Information Services processes nearly 50 percent of all U. S. residential mortgages, with balances exceeding $2.5 trillion, has processing and technology relationships with 46 of the top 50 U. S. banks and has clients in more than 50 countries who rely on its processing and outsourcing products and services. Additionally, FNF is the nation's largest title insurance company and also provides other real estate-related services such as escrow, flood and tax certifications with life of loan monitoring, merged credit reporting, property valuations and appraisals, default management, relocation services, flood, homeowners and home warranty insurance, exchange intermediary services, mortgage loan aggregation and fulfillment, multiple listing services software, mortgage loan origination software, collateral scoring analytics and real property data. More information about the FNF family of companies can be found at http://www.fnf.com/ and http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/. This press release contains statements related to future events and expectations and, as such, constitutes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be different from those expressed or implied above. The Company expressly disclaims any duty to update or revise forward- looking statements. The risks and uncertainties which forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not limited to, the effect of governmental regulations, the economy, competition and other risks detailed from time to time in the "Management's Discussion and Analysis" section of the Company's Form 10-K and other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: Fidelity National Financial, Inc. CONTACT: Daniel Kennedy Murphy, Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations, Fidelity National Financial, +1-904-854-8120, or ; or Ashley Rankin, Marketing Manager, Marketing- Communications, Fidelity Integrated Financial Solutions, +1-501-220-5917, or Web site: http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/ http://www.fnf.com/

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