Colorado Bank Acquires Self-Service Shredding Kiosks

First bank installations of The Self-Service Shredder help customers, public cut identity theft.

Colorado Springs (PRWeb) Feb. 5, 2007 - New Frontier Bank, based in Greeley, Colo., has become the first bank in the nation to acquire and install self-service shredding kiosks for customer and public use.

New Frontier Bank has installed The Self-Service Shredder, the first self-service shredding kiosk designed specifically for business and consumer use, at its locations in Greeley, Longmont, and Windsor, Colo. The kiosks, developed by Colorado Springs-based RealTime Shredding, Inc., cross-cut shred paper, cardboard, credit cards, paper clips, staples, CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. The industrial-strength shredder, featuring multiple control points for maximum safety, can shred up to 200 sheets of paper a minute.

Customers and the general public can use RealTime Shredding's kiosks at no charge. The kiosks are located in the banks' lobbies and are available for use during normal lobby hours of operation.

The service is a natural outgrowth of New Frontier Bank's commitment to help prevent identity threat, says Shelly Froggatte, senior vice president of marketing. Realizing the popularity of twice-yearly free "shredding days" that the bank has offered the general public in the past, she explains, New Frontier wanted to provide the service on a regular basis. "RealTime Shredding's kiosks are perfect fits for our customers and the public," she says, and have already seen consistent high use.

Businesses appreciate the ease of shredding with The Self-Service Shredder to help them comply with HIPAA and FACTA document destruction requirements, explains Amanda Verrie, president of RealTime Shredding. But whether it's someone who is ready to clean out the basement and destroy old phone bills or a business that needs to shred several years' worth of old documents, "it's easy, fast, safe, and makes sense," she says. Ability to see the material shredded in real time eliminates worries about personal information being lost or stolen.

New Frontier Bank (www.newfrontierbank.com), founded in 1998, is a locally owned community bank serving northern Colorado with products and services for small and medium-sized businesses and retail consumers. The Greeley-based bank, whose mission includes corporate citizenship, maintains total assets of $1.3 billion (12/31/06).

RealTime Shredding, Inc. (www.realtimeshredding.com) develops and markets The Self-Service Shredder as the nation's first self-service shredding kiosk designed specifically for consumers and businesses. The Self-Service Shredder provides a fast, convenient, inexpensive way to shred documents and other materials that must be destroyed. Based in Colorado Springs, the woman-owned and -operated company offers multiple kiosk models and options, with purchase, revenue-sharing, and lease plans available.

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