LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zumbox and
Computershare Communication Services Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Computershare Limited (ASX: CPU), today announced the
availability of Digital Postal Mail powered by Zumbox to
Computershare's nearly 7,000 U.S. clients.
Powered by Zumbox, Digital Postal Mail is a bank-level secure,
web-based postal delivery and archiving system that offers a
digital alternative to physical mail. The free channel delivers
electronic versions of paper documents to investors, replacing
physical mail with interactive digital communications. Anyone with
an address in the U.S. can sign up for Digital Post Mail for free
at www.digitalpostalmail.com.
"We produce millions of financial paper communications annually,
and many have requested a paperless alternative that is both easy
to use and has security as part of the offering," said Bernie
O'Connor, President of Computershare Communication Services. "This
is beyond electronic communications: This is a secure way to access
all of your mail digitally allowing consumers to archive and
transact in a new and easy manner. Digital Postal Mail is taking us
to the next level of interactive transactional mail
communications."
For users of Digital Postal Mail, once the digital mailbox for a
consumer household address is verified, investor and financial
documents are automatically delivered digitally as soon as they are
available. The documents are digitized before they ever reach print
production, so Digital Postal Mail truly reduces the use of paper
and many other resources.
Specific benefits for shareholders and financial institution
customers include:
- Single location for financial account documents, eliminating
the need to visit multiple websites and remember various usernames
and passwords
- A permanent, free archived environment that also enables other
documents to be uploaded and stored in the cloud environment
- Anytime access to a Digital Postal Mail account, including
mobile devices
- Easy search to find any document exactly when it is needed
Specific benefits for issuers include:
- Offering investors a choice for statement delivery, improving
investor interactions
- Tools, such as automated reminders, to help drive paperless
adoption and potential for increased proxy response with a link to
the InvestorVote website
- Enhanced social responsibility by dramatically reducing paper
waste and distribution resources
"Consumers receive many important documents in the mail beyond
bills and statements and shareholder communications are an
important example of that," said John
Payne, CEO of Zumbox, Inc. "The ability to deliver
shareholder documents electronically to a permanent archive and
make them available any time from any device, including tablets and
smartphones, is a major convenience for those shareholders. They
can search and find documents quickly and easily and can quickly
get to the proxy voting site through the link at the 'Vote Now'
button on the digital document."
About Computershare
Computershare Limited (ASX: CPU) is a global market leader in
transfer agency and share registration, employee equity plans,
proxy solicitation and stakeholder communications. We also
specialize in corporate trust services, tax voucher solutions,
bankruptcy administration and a range of other diversified
financial and governance services.
Founded in 1978, Computershare is renowned for its expertise in
data management, high volume transaction processing, payments and
stakeholder engagement. Many of the world's leading organizations
use these core competencies to help maximize the value of
relationships with their investors, employees, creditors, members
and customers. Computershare is represented in all major financial
markets and has over 10,000 employees worldwide. For more
information, visit www.computershare.com.
Computershare Communication Services Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Computershare Limited, produces more than 200 million
print and digital communications annually for US public companies
from their facilities in Burr Ridge,
IL, Edison, NJ,
El Segundo, CA, and Memphis, TN.
About Zumbox and Digital Postal Mail
Zumbox, Inc. is leading the global migration of traditional
postal mail to the digital cloud. Its core offering, the Digital
Postal Mail service, delivers an exact facsimile of paper mail to
consumer households, which is archived and instantly available in
the cloud, forever and for free. Based in Los Angeles, the company operates a system
with reach to 120,000,000 consumer households in the United States and operates around the
world via licensing and Joint Venture arrangements through its
subsidiary, Zumbox Software Inc. Digital Postal Mail is available
on the web at www.digitalpostalmail.com and the Digital Postal Mail
app for the iPad® mobile digital device can be found on the Apple
Store at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id517438820?mt=8
.
iPad is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Digital Postal
Mail is a registered trademark of Zumbox Inc.
Media Contacts
Jeff Stein
Media Relations, Computershare
jeff.stein@computershare.com
+1-212-805-7271
Lauren Grassetti / Amy Robinson
LEWIS PR for Zumbox
zumbox@lewispr.com
+1-619-677-2700
SOURCE Computershare Investor Services LLC.