Merrill, a global provider of technology-enabled services for the financial, legal, healthcare and other corporate markets, has entered into an agreement that provides Merrill with its own custom and internally managed version of the SEC disclosure management platform Crossfire, developed by Rivet Software.

This provides Merrill a SaaS-based financial reporting platform used for SEC reporting requirements, including EDGAR and XBRL interactive data files. Merrill will integrate its custom version of the Crossfire software into its suite of financial disclosure solutions under the name Merrill Bridge.

Merrill Bridge gives clients complete control over their financial disclosure and SEC reporting with full integration to the Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. All Merrill clients, including those who use Merrill Bridge, have full access to Merrill's extensive XBRL expertise, review capabilities, superior customer service and an array of additional Merrill services and disclosure solutions. Merrill will manage all client information on Merrill Bridge in a highly secure data infrastructure, giving clients additional confidence in the security and privacy of their data.

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