Interactive Data, Latitude Software agreement aids collections process

Interactive Data (ID), a provider of integrated contact center solutions and Latitude Software, a leading supplier of collection software, today announced the signing of a joint marketing agreement, effective immediately.

Under terms of the agreement, ID will use the Latitude Software Gateway to provide creditors and collection agencies the necessary tools to locate elusive debtor accounts.

?By combining the Latitude platform with ID?s highly accurate contact data, we will offer Skip Tracers the most cost effective opportunity to find who they are looking for,? said John Schaeffer, president of Interactive Data.

?Thanks to Latitude, customers are no longer bound by the restrictions of legacy platforms. Now end users can gain access to advanced products provided by Interactive Data for the first time, and without undertaking a major engineering effort?

?Latitude Software and Interactive Data have put together a unique set of tools, using the latest database and development languages developed by Microsoft,? said Carl Harkleroad, president of Latitude Software.

Latitude is a powerful collection system designed for the debt collection and recovery industry, including support for legal, debt buyer and outsourcing. The platform was developed by continually growing the software to take advantage of the increasing technological advances available to the industry.