BBVA Compass Announces Development of Native Application for BlackBerry PlayBook - MarketWatch (press release)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- BBVA Compass today previewed an early version of a native mobile banking application for the BlackBerry PlayBook(TM) at the Future of Mobile Banking Conference in London. BBVA Compass is the first U.S.-based financial institution to announce the development of a native application for the BlackBerry PlayBook and is one of just a handful of financial institutions with a native application for BlackBerry® smartphones. The BlackBerry PlayBook application joins a stable of native mobile banking applications offered by the bank, including those for the aforementioned BlackBerry smartphones, as well as iPad® and iPhone® mobile digital devices, and the Android(TM) mobile technology platform.

"We are committed to providing our customers the ability to bank via their mobile device of choice," said Alex Carriles, SVP and director of mobile and internet strategies at BBVA Compass. "We are also equally committed to a quality experience which fully utilizes the capabilities of each unique mobile platform in order to create an unparalleled user experience. We're thrilled to be the first U.S. financial institution to announce the development of a native application for the BlackBerry PlayBook as it is a tangible representation of how we deliver on our 'banking built for you' experience."

The free BlackBerry PlayBook application will empower users with a fast and convenient way to manage their BBVA Compass accounts - deposits, loans and credit cards - in a striking setting. Users will be able to check balances, view posted and pending transactions, view check images and statements, transfer funds between BBVA Compass accounts and locate BBVA Compass branches.

For more information on additional BBVA Compass Mobile Banking applications, visit http://bbvacompass.com/go/mobile . BlackBerry® and BlackBerry PlayBook(TM) are trademarks of Research in Motion Limited Corporation Canada; iPad® and iPhone® are trademarks of Apple, Inc.; and Android(TM) is a trademark of Google, Inc.

ABOUT BBVA COMPASS

BBVA Compass is a Sunbelt-based financial institution that operates more than 717 branches including 379 in Texas, 93 in Alabama, 65 in California, 78 in Arizona, 45 in Florida, 36 in Colorado and 21 in New Mexico. BBVA Compass ranks among the top 20 largest U.S. commercial banks based on deposit market share and ranks among the largest banks in Alabama (3rd), Texas (4th) and Arizona (5th). BBVA Compass has been recognized as one of the nation's leading Small Business Administration (SBA) lenders, earning 'Lender of the Year' honors in 2009 and 2010. Additional information concerning BBVA Compass can be found on our website www.bbvacompass.com .

BBVA Compass is a subsidiary of Compass Bancshares, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BBVA /quotes/zigman/254684/quotes/nls/bbva BBVA -1.12% (mad:BBVA). BBVA is a financial services group with approximately $770 billion in total assets, 48 million clients, 7,400 branches and approximately 109,000 employees in more than 30 countries. BBVA ranks among the top 20 largest financial institutions in the world based on market capitalization and 21st in Global Finance magazine's list of the "World's 50 Safest Banks" for 2010. BBVA provides its customers around the world with a full range of financial services, including commercial and wholesale banking, retail banking services, consumer loans, mortgages, credit cards, securities brokerage, wealth management, pension plan management and insurance. The BBVA Group maintains a leadership position in Spain, Mexico, Latin America and the Sunbelt Region of the United States, as well as operations in China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. More information about the BBVA Group can be found at www.bbva.com .

Editor's Note:BBVA Compass is a trade name of Compass Bank. Compass Bank, member FDIC.

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Mangospring Announces Four Major Additions to its Collaboration & Social ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

MangoSpring today unveiled the version 4.0 release of its popular business communication, collaboration and social networking suite. Designed to help teams collaborate more effectively, the new and improved version includes WYSIWYG Wiki, online document reader with support for over 300 file formats, new project management features (Gantt chart and time tracking), additional task management tools and new mobile applications for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

"Everyone wants to work in an environment where they can easily share and collaborate with coworkers across the company," said Anup Kejriwal, CEO of MangoSpring. "We believe that true collaboration occurs only when employees' communication is integrated with daily workflow applications. Packaged in a highly intuitive user interface that requires zero training, MangoApps 4.0 is the industry's most advanced productivity suite."

MangoApps 4.0 adds over 100 new features and improvements to its previous release. Some of the key features that are new to version 4.0 include:

Hierarchical wikis: Create professionally formatted web documents for project collaboration cleanly in MangoApps 4.0. A simple, full featured WYSIWYG design console and the ability to save documents to PDF makes this the preferred method of web document authoring.

Document reader supporting 300+ file types: Open the most popular file types inside MangoApps with no supporting software to download or install. All versions of Microsoft Office, all common image file types, and even AutoCAD documents can be quickly opened and viewed with zoom and document search capability inside MangoApps.

Gantt chart: The Gantt chart is the most prevalent visual analysis chart type for scheduling and time management and it makes its debut in MangoApps 4.0. See when tasks start, finish and overlap, then quickly view the entire task details in a single click.

Recurring tasks: Everyone has tasks they do repeatedly as part of their daily workflow. MangoApps 4.0 now supports creating and managing recurring tasks from the web or from the Desktop Client.

New MangoTalk & MangoTask Applications for iPhone, iPad and Android devices: When users are on the go and just want to access their status updates or task updates, MangoTalk & MangoTasks stand-alone applications for iPhone, iPad and Android are a great solution.

"MangoApps has become core to our workflow and has been integral in enabling our team of 300+ people to collaborate more effectively," said Andi Sherwood, Co-Founder of Choffy. "As Choffy is dispersed over 5 time zones, MangoApps really is a life-saver. Best of all, since the entire MangoApps suite is fully hosted, we don't have to worry about maintaining hardware, which has helped to significantly reduce our total cost of ownership."

MangoApps 4.0 is an integrated suite of social communication and productivity applications, which includes its flagship communication platform, MangoTalk. In addition to MangoTalk, MangoApps includes several other powerful collaboration tools to help teams manage tasks, projects, documents, ideas and events.

MangoTalk - Provides microblogging and secure instant messaging that allows users to communicate and share information within a powerful, private and secure social network.

MangoDocs - Provides document management functionality to the entire company. Employees can upload documents, leave comments for authors, request updates, or follow a document, knowing that they always have the latest version.

MangoTasks - Provides task management for every employee. Knowledge workers can keep track of their specific tasks and managers can assign work and follow employee progress, making status reports a thing of the past.

MangoProjects - Provides project management capabilities, allowing employees to focus teams on a specific goal, assign tasks, and upload documents. Teams can chat publicly, instant message privately or create instant polls all with a single click of the mouse.

MangoIdeas - Provides a workflow to capture ideas from across the company, allowing public discussion using microblogging while encouraging fresh and innovative ideas to new projects.

MangoEvents - Allows companies and employees to plan and organize events like team summits, company meetings, training sessions, business trips and office parties.

In addition, unlike other collaboration solutions, version 4.0 of MangoApps allows users to purchase applications in an a-la-carte fashion. Since many teams are not comfortable committing themselves to an entire suite of products all at once, this allows them to use just what they need and add more functionality as desired.

About MangoSpring
Founded in 2007 in Bellevue, Washington, MangoSpring is a privately held company that transforms the way teams work together. The company's suite of online applications called MangoApps enable businesses to improve productivity and execution. MangoApps currently serves over a million unique users a month and have already been adopted by over 3,000 businesses and departments within enterprises in a wide range of industries, including technology, media, finance, health, education, non-profit and government. For more information please visit www.mangospring.com.

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