OneShield, Inc., a provider of policy and billing core systemsfor property & casualty insurers, and BNY Mellon announce analliance whereby OneShield will integrate a suite of BNY Mellon'sadvanced ePayment solutions into the OneShield Dragon Billingplatform.

OneShield's Dragon Billing manages the billing lifecycle frombilling instruction to close, and manages direct and agency billingacross all lines of business. Automation of commissions, exceptionhandling, promise and delinquency processing, carry forwards,write-offs and refunds are a sample of Dragon Billing'sfunctionality.

With Dragon Billing, insurers can provide flexible billingoptions, payment plans, and features to help resolve customerissues quickly and easily. Under this alliance, OneShield Dragonwill be enhanced to include an integrated suite of BNY Mellonpayment solutions, including electronic payments, automatedclearing house payment processing, disbursements, and lockboxservices.

"The BNY Mellon-OneShield alliance significantly enhances thebilling and accounts receivable capabilities previously availableon our Dragon platform," says Steve Forte, director global productmanagement and alliances. "Because of Dragon's component-basedarchitecture, we're able to provide BNY Mellon's advancedelectronic bill payment processing capabilities in a seamlessmanner. Our alliance with BNY Mellon is leveraging a key feature ofour technology to give our clients fully-integrated access to arobust array of bill payment processing solutions."

"Our alliance with OneShield moves us an important step forwardin our strategic development of solutions for insurance industryclients," says Susan Skerritt, executive vice president and head ofglobal product management and strategic development for BNYMellon's Treasury Services group. "We've always put a premium oninnovation and continuous product improvement. Now we're expandingour focus to include creative collaborations with companies whosetechnologies are uniquely responsive to the needs of clients instrategically important market spaces. The end result is a win forus, our alliance partners, and our clients."