finPOWER Connect - v. 3.04.00 - released 30 June 2021

Intersoft Systems Limited have introduced a major release of finPOWER Connect. Version 3.04.00 includes an updated database along with significant new features for finPOWER Connect, finPOWER Connect Cloud and finPOWER Connect Web Services.
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Note: We recommend that you contact MBSL in the first instance if you are considering upgrading to this latest version.
finPOWER Connect
Clients
- Contact Methods
- Email and phone contacts now only support a single Home, Work or Mobile flag.
- Personnel/Employment
- Added ability to capture both individual and organisations (previously you could only capture individual for an Organisation and Organisations for an Individual).
- Statistic Sets
- Added option to audit changes.
- Client Warnings
- Now includes expired identification items.
Accounts
- Account Type Promotions
- Added ability for a Promotion to override Default Interest and Default Fees.
- Standard Transactions
- New "Per Annum" option for Percentage basis rates.
- Deposit Accounts
- New option to roll Interest Payout dates forward if they fall on a non-business day.
- Schedule now adjust Withdrawal Standard Transaction so not to take Balance into Negative.
- Australian Annual Investment Income Report (AIIR) updated to version 13.0.01 (for 2021 Tax Year)
- Credit Enquiry Quotation Confirmations
- Updated matching logic
- Direct Debits
- Now processes "reduced to zero" value transactions
- Refunds
- Option to set Element to be not Due immediately
- Added new fields
- Added UserDecimal0 to 9 fields; allows easier SQL Query for Sum() etc.
- Search 0 to 4 fields; set via script, used in quick Search (for SQL Server databases)
- Account Archives; added Archive Note field
Entities
- Added second Logo and Resource fields
Branches
- Added second Logo and Resource fields
Workflows
- Added new "Send Web Mail" Item Type
Credit Bureaus
- RealAML
- Identity Verification service added
- Supports Identity Verification, Biometric Face Match and PEP
- Centrix (New Zealand)
- Commercial Report - updated to include Positive Data and Score information
- Added Positive Commercial Bureau Data Upload and Response File import
- ABN Lookup (Australia)
- Configuration moved to Cost Centres
- Credit Sense (Version 2)
- Added option to extend Quicklink expiry
- Added "Refresh" facility
- Creditworks (New Zealand)
- Removed service, as no longer supported
- GreenId (Australia)
- Configuration moved to Cost Centres
- Updated to Version 3 of the API
- illion/Dun and Bradstreet Consumer (Australia and New Zealand)
- Removed service
- Use "illion Australia" and "illion New Zealand" services instead
- Motorweb (New Zealand)
- New option to use Trade-Me valuations
- NZ Companies Office
- Removed service
- Use "NZ Government" service instead
- NZ Government
- Financial Service Providers API removed, as no longer supported by MBIE
- NZBN Entity Details - Updated to include Business Ethnicity Identity information
Messaging Interface
- Removed Beta warning
- Added support for multi-line text messages
Reports
- Deposit Trial Balance Report
- Added optional "Withholding Tax rate" Column
- Security Statement Reports
- Added filter and exception for Insurance Renewal date
- Transaction List Report
- Added "LogPK" , i.e. Statement Log, column
- PCI DSS Compliance Report
- New report introduced
Word Documents
- Added new Branch and Entity Logo and Resource bookmarks
- Added ability to set a Bookmark to an image from byte array
HTML Widgets
- New HTML /Widgets
- GreenId (Australia) Individual Credit Enquiry
- RealAML Identification Enquiry
- PPSR New Zealand
- Amend, Discharge and Renew
- Search
- Update
- Also available as a background process
- PPSR B2G Australia
- Search
- Update
- Also available as a background process
- Client Personnel/ Employment HTML Widget
- Support added for Individual and Organisation
- New Account HTML Widget
- Added Financial page, Options
- Bank Entry HTML Widget
- Non-Administrator Users unable to save Batch
- Security Statement Edit HTML Widget
- Now includes PPSR Page (for both Australia and New Zealand)
- Default jQuery version updated from 2.1.4 to 3.6.0
Portals
- Added support for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Maps
- Added support for Google Embedded Maps
Service Logs
- Removed link between Service Log and Audit Log
- Audit Search Updated
- New options to filter Service Log searches by Chargeable, Windows User, Machine Name and IP Address
User Security
- New option to automatically lock finPOWER Connect if left inactive for a period of time
finPOWER Connect Cloud
General
- File downloads
- Better handling in IOS when running as a PWA
- Ability to email to yourself instead of downloading to a device
- The Downloads tab on the Reporting and Processes views now allows files to be shared with other Users
- Administration View
- Is now available to any User who has permission to view Admin forms
- Visual Cue
- Indicates when a custom HTML Widget is being used
- "Go" URL
- New - supported to allow URL-based Quick Searches
- Login Form
- Now detects when Web Services are not available and displays a friendly "Unavailable" message
Security
- SMS Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) method added
- Multi-Factor Authentication simplified and bought in line with Portal changes
- Uploading of files can be disabled (more for demonstration installations than a production feature)
- Subresource Integrity (SRI) can now be applied to external resources where possible
- Content Security Policy (CSP) can be enabled
- All main record forms (Accounts, Account Applications, Clients, Security Statements and Workflows) now have a permission key allowing access to be restricted
- Permission keys added to restrict access to Email Message and SMS Message forms
Processes
- The Processes view now shows HTML Widget Scripts that are configured to show in the Process menu
- The Processes view icon now spins when a background process is running
- Running a background or long-running process such as Account Processes will now email the User once the process is complete or has failed
- New "Downloads" tab to show files generated by background processes or HTML Widgets
Clients
- Web Password can now be updated from the Web Access page
- Portal Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) can be reset and and emergency code generated from the Web Access page
Workflows
- "Skip" and "Unskip" item functionality added
- "Send Web Mail" now supported
- BankStatements "Bank Account Enquiry" items and other services are now supported correctly
Source: Intersoft Systems Limited - "Release History" - https://finPOWER Connect - Release History
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