Client Profile:
Information Technology, Inc. (ITI) was founded in 1976 and operates out of Lincoln, Nebraska. The company provides software technologies and services to thousands of financial institutions throughout the United States. It is a subsidiary of Fiserv Inc., which operates in the financial and health benefits industries. ITI focuses exclusively on the banking business and markets its software solutions to financial organizations of all sizes. These solutions are engineered with an emphasis on flexibility in order to keep up with the fast pace of the financial world. The company has achieved success by placing value on dynamic, service-oriented architecture and a customizable, feature-rich design.

Project Opportunity:
"Millennials," those born between 1982 and 2000, approach social communication and interaction differently than previous generations. Today, Millennials have extended communication beyond phone calls and emails to text messaging and online social networking. Their expectations have already begun to drive changes in many industries, including the financial industry. As wealth transfers from the Baby Boomers to the Millennials, and as the Millennials and following generations enter the workforce, the financial industry must employ concepts like online social networking, mobile transactions and SMS communication.

Project Solution:
The purpose of the Raikes School Design Studio team is to provide ITI with ideas and prototypes about the future of banking. ITI will leverage the youth and talent of the student team to develop a new banking solution that is more mobile, interactive, and ubiquitous. The completed solution will provide ITI with a head start on the Millennial Banking revolution.

Technologies:
PHP
MySQL
Flash
JavaScript (AJAX/DHTML)
CSS