AT&T, First Financial Bank N.A. ink contract

AT&T, First Financial Bank N.A. ink contract
Tags: Bank / Credit Union, Debit / Credit, EFT Networks, Multifunction ATMs, Networking / Connectivity, Public Companies, Security, Software, Transaction Processing
August 6, 2006

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - AT&T Inc. and First Financial Bank N.A., have signed a data-services contract that will affect 47 full-service banking centers and 95 FirstPlus ATMs throughout Indiana.

Under the terms of the three-year contract, AT&T Indiana will implement a managed data network solution at all branch locations, using multiprotocol label switching private network Transport. The services will deliver expanded bandwidth, added redundancy and security to the bank's private network.

Through the MPLS-based Internet protocol network, the enhanced solution will provide a unified and centralized wide-area network infrastructure, supporting the transport of data from the hub location to any bank branch.