Jack Henry & Associates, a technology services and payment processing services provider, said that the California-based bank will deploy the platform through its banking division outsourced offering.

Bank of the Sierra president and CEO Jim Holly said that the technology was selected after a year-and-a-half evaluation, which will help the lender to fulfill the required functional requirements and meet its performance and growth goals.

Jack Henry Banking sales general manager Stan Viner said, "We are confident a SilverLake-based platform will seamlessly support this progressive bank’s evolving business strategies, growth opportunities, and dynamic customer and market needs.

Other Jack Henry Banking’s complementary technologies include ArgoKeys DepositKeys account opening and administration, Vertex Teller Automation System, Vertex Teller Capture, NetTeller Online Banking, iPay Consumer Online Bill Pay and the iPay Biz 2.0 small business online bill payment suite.

It will also add goDough for mobile banking, OurCashFlow online financial management (OFM), Opening Act for online deposit and loan account opening, Interactive for electronic statements, DirectLine Wires, DirectLine International, Remote Deposit Capture, Remote Deposit Anywhere (RDA), among others.

Having in excess of $1.4bn in assets and headquartered in Southern San Joaquin Valley’s heartland, Bank of the Sierra operates as an independent community bank and serves 17 different communities with 25 branches, two Ag centers, and one SBA center.