Jack Henry & Associates announced that its ProfitStars division has introduced Margin Maximizer Interactive (MMi), a completely re-engineered, web-based version of its loan and deposit pricing solution, Margin Maximizer Suite.

MMi leverages the latest Microsoft technologies—Silverlight as the application framework and Windows Azure as the cloud computing platform—to offer clients unlimited scalability, simplified implementation, and minimal support resource requirements.

ProfitStars’ Margin Maximizer Suite and new Margin Maximizer Interactive solutions help financial institutions bring greater control, discipline, and consistency to the pricing process, ultimately powering their ability to maximize net interest income and better identify growth opportunities. With the new hosted option, ProfitStars can allow users to access the configurable pricing capabilities of Margin Maximizer from any location, at any time.

By placing Margin Maximizer in a centralized, hosted environment, ProfitStars can aggregate critical decision-making information. Clients take on a lower total cost by not having to support an on-premise client/server application on their own network, also eliminating expenses associated with hardware purchase and software installation. ProfitStars’ MMi extends all the benefits of cloud computing, including the ability to be deployed in minutes, and a dynamic, limitless capacity to be scaled per demand with an unlimited number of seats at no additional cost. Additionally, MMi enables ProfitStars to more efficiently drive regular updates and enhancements to clients without the time and resources traditionally devoted to install new releases.