VisualCalc, a leading provider of website calculators and custom decision support tools, today announced it has launched a new website offering consumers free personal finance calculators and advice: Simply Visual (www.SimplyVisual.com).

VisualCalc, a leading provider of website calculators and custom decision support tools, today announced two new features it has incorporated into its family of website calculators: “Apply Now” and “Email Results.” These capabilities further improve the utility and convenience they offer website calculator users. In addition, for those companies deploying VisualCalc calculators on their website and mobile applications, these new features enhance their ability to turn leads and prospects into customers. The “Email Results” feature enables users to request a report that summarizes the results of their analysis. With a simple click of a button, VisualCalc calculators will automatically generate a summary results report and send it to the user’s email. The “Apply Now” feature, again with a click of a button, automatically takes a VisualCalc calculator user to an online application or webpage defined by deploying organization, significantly improving their lead conversion rates.

VisualCalc, the leading provider of web-based analysis software, today announced the availability of a new, updated version of its VisualCalc™ Retirement Planning Tool. The VisualCalc Retirement Planning Tool is a web-based calculator that banks and other financial institutions, such as financial planning and investment advisory firms, can offer their clients to help them better prepare for their retirement. This customer self-service tool can be deployed on an financial institution’s website to help its clients assess their current retirement financial health, and understand what changes they can make to better align their current financial and investment strategy with their future retirement needs.

VisualCalc, the leading provider of web-based calculator and decision support software, today announced the availability of a new family website calculators that are supported on both desktop and mobile platforms. These new calculators are based on HTML, and do not require Java or any other client plug-in such as Flash. Unlike competing solutions in the marketplace, these new VisualCalc Website Calculators provide the best of both worlds: rich, interactive graphical user interfaces that, until now, have required graphic plug-in technologies, combined with the ability to run on all platforms: desktops, notebooks, and mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones.

VisualCalc, the leading provider of web-based analysis software, today announced the availability of the VisualCalc™ Retirement Planning Tool. The VisualCalc Retirement Planning Tool is a new, web-based customer self-service tool that retirement plan administrators, including third party administrators and plan sponsors, can offer their plan participants to help them properly prepare for their retirement. The tool can be deployed on an administrator’s website to help participants assess their current retirement health, and understand what changes they can make to better align their current financial and investment strategy with their future retirement needs. This generally involves increasing the amount of their contributions, and reallocating funds to an investment mix that best meets their retirement goals. For example, one of the early adopters of this tool has found that participants who use the tool have grown their account balances 40% more than those who do not.

VisualCalc, the leading provider of web-based analysis software, today announced the availability of the VisualCalc Deposit Allocation Tool, a new, web-based sales tool that helps banks determine a customer’s optimal deposit allocation across a variety of their deposit products. The tool can be used internally by a bank’s associates to help establish and cultivate relationships with customers and prospects. The Deposit Allocation Tool can also be deployed on a bank’s website for direct us by their end customers and prospects.

VisualCalc, a leading provider of web-based analysis software, today released a new whitepaper– the VisualCalc Calculator Whitepaper – that explores a variety of topics related to website calculators and online decision support tools. This free whitepaper, which is available on VisualCalc’s website at www.visualcalc.com, outlines the need for, and benefits of, the deployment of website calculators and other customer decision support tools on financial institution websites.

VisualCalc, the leading provider of web-based analysis software, today announced the introduction of two new custom web-based consumer tools for health care providers: 1) the VisualCalc Health Plan Comparison Tool; and 2) the VisualCalc Health Treatment Fee Tool. These customer service tools are interactive, graphical tools that can be deployed on a health care provider’s website for use by its existing and prospective customers. Both of these tools guide users through an intuitive, step-by-step process to help them make better decisions regarding their health care coverage. These custom tools help health care providers improve customer satisfaction, acquisition, and retention, as well as lower their administrative costs.

VisualCalc, the leading provider of user-centric, web-based analysis software, today announced that it has partnered with The Newport Group to launch a new web-based, interactive retirement and personal financial planning solution designed specifically for retirement services and executive benefit providers.