Billserv signs Idaho gas utility with 200,000 monthly bills for EBPP service.
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Intermountain Gas Company Selects billserv.com for Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment Services
Intermountain To Base Its Upcoming Transaction-Based Web Site On EBPP
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1999--billserv.com Inc. (OTCBB:BLLS - news), a leading electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) service bureau, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Intermountain Gas Company to provide EBPP services.
Intermountain Gas Company is a Boise, Idaho-based provider of natural gas service, serving over 200,000 customers in southern Idaho.
Intermountain plans to launch a transaction-based Web site in Spring 2000, offering EBPP services. In addition to viewing and paying bills online, Intermountain customers will be able to place service orders, access their account information and receive customer service. Intermountain currently sends more than 200,000 paper bills per month.
billserv.com's electronic billing system will create new bill presentment and payment options and another interactive channel for Intermountain to communicate with its customers. Intermountain customers will have the ability to view and pay bills directly on Intermountain's Web site and through a wide variety of billing front-ends resulting from billserv.com's formal relationships with the major billing aggregators including CheckFree, TransPoint and Bank of America.
``With its reputation for top-notch customer service and support, we're pleased to provide our electronic billing services to Intermountain,' said Michael Long, chairman and CEO of billserv.com. ``Based on the recurring nature of its bills and its dedication to customer care, Intermountain represents an ideal company to participate in electronic billing.'
``As more of our customers begin moving to the Internet, we're excited to provide a host of interactive services, including electronic billing,' said Paul Powell, senior vice president of administration for Intermountain Gas Company. ``Intermountain is known for its high level of customer service, and electronic billing will provide another level of customer care and convenience.'
About Intermountain Gas Company
Intermountain Gas Company is a subsidiary of Intermountain Industries Inc., a closely held, exempt public utility holding company. Intermountain Gas Company is based in Boise, Idaho, and provides natural gas service at retail to over 200,000 customers throughout southern Idaho, an area of 50,000 square miles with a population of approximately 900,000.
About billserv.com
billserv.com Inc. (OTCBB:BLLS - news) is an electronic bill presentment and payment service bureau that provides middle-market billers with a turnkey outsourcing solution for presenting bills to consumers for payment on the Internet. billserv.com serves an intermediary role between billers and bill aggregators by consolidating customer billing information from multiple billers, and then securely delivering it to aggregators. billserv.com has four product offerings: (eServ(sm)), Internet billing clearinghouse services for EBPP; (ePublishing(sm)), electronic publishing services for online statement delivery; (eCare(sm)), an interactive customer care center operation; and (eConsulting(sm)), professional consulting services for billing organizations offering in-house bill presentment. billserv.com also owns and develops bills.com, the first EBPP Internet portal where consumers can pay all their bills electronically. For additional information, visit billserv.com or call 210/402-5000.
Certain statements contained herein are ``forward-looking' statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995). Because such statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
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