13.10.2015

Munich, 13.10.2015 - SHS VIVEON, solution provider for comprehensive customer management, announces cooperation with OnGuard, a credit management software provider in the Netherlands. As a partner, OnGuard will offer the credit management software GUARDEAN DebiTEX from SHS VIVEON across all sectors in the Dutch market, while SHS VIVEON sells the Connext product from OnGuard in the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland). This will enable both partners to offer customers an extensive solution package for value-orientated credit management in their target markets.

OnGuard was founded in the Netherlands in 1993 and is a leading provider of sophisticated software, which enables companies to integrate credit, collections & complaints management and cash allocation in a single solution. With customers all over the world, OnGuard offers an internationally tried-and-tested software solution, which helps to maintain a positive relationship with end customers with the goal of securing long-term competitive ability.

As a leading internationally active solution provider for comprehensive customer management, SHS VIVEON offers companies the option of controlling their credit management efficiently and automatically - including across country borders - with its own software GUARDEAN DebiTEX. In addition to the reduction in process costs, the reduction of default risks and the sustainable reduction in credit costs, the focus is always on the end customers and their long-term value creation potential.

'We are certain that the cooperation with SHS VIVEON will be a success. In addition to our long-standing expertise, we also have the same business goals: We provide state-of-the-art solutions and offer customers the option of integrating these solutions in existing processes. We selected SHS VIVEON as a partner because our products compliment each other extremely well on a technical level and, together, we can offer an even better service for our customers. We also believe that, with SHS VIVEON, we have found the perfect partner, who will represent our solutions optimally in the Germany, Austria and Switzerland region with its market know-how.', states Edwin Merk, Director Channel Development at OnGuard.

'The OnGuard collection software is complementary to our credit management solution DebiTEX and therefore makes the perfect addition to our portfolio in this market segment. Through the partnership with OnGuard, we will be able to offer customers even more flexible solutions in the future and help them to make the right decisions quickly when faced with the increasing complexity in the field of credit and risk management. We are also adding the Netherlands to our international presence, which is an extremely important market.' says Wilm Schweer, Head of Partner Management at SHS VIVEON.

Stefan Gilmozzi, Chairman of the Board at SHS VIVEON AG, adds: 'Increasing globalization and the rising number of special situations at customers are setting new standards in credit and risk management. To live up to these requirements, we are relying on strong partners, in addition to the continuous further development of our products and market expertise. I am delighted to have found such a competent partner in OnGuard, who we can work with to offer our customers tailored solutions and extend our value creation chain. For us, the partnership with OnGuard is another important step towards growing in the Dutch market and expanding our solution expertise in the field of international credit management.'

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