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BCE Emergis Delivers Pilot Electronic Bill Presentment System from Yahoo Thursday September 30, 10:58 am Eastern Time Company Press Release BCE Emergis Delivers Pilot Electronic Bill Presentment System MONTREAL, Quebec--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1999--BCE Emergis announced today that it has delivered on the first phase of its commitments for electronic bill presentment with e-route. e-route is a company owned by Canada Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Mouvement des caisses Desjardins, National Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank Financial Group. ''We are very proud to announce that BCE Emergis has met its obligations to e-route and has officially delivered the pilot electronic bill presentment system to e-route'', said Brian Edwards, President and Chief Executive Officer, BCE Emergis. ''We are very pleased with the interest and attention that this project has elicited.'' BCE Emergis is providing the technology and is operating and supporting the overall solution for e-route, utilizing software from its partners Microsoft Canada and TransPoint. The service will transparently link participating financial institutions, billers and customers, enabling customers to receive, review, and, if they choose, pay their bills online. BCE Emergis delivers network-centric e-commerce services that improve customer processes through the exchange of secure transactions. Combining e-commerce services, network connectivity, security and e-payments solutions through industry verticals, BCE Emergis offers a full suite of core technologies that are the essential building blocks for electronic commerce. BCE Emergis is among the top electronic commerce providers in North America and is listed on the TSE 300 Composite Index. For more information, please refer to emergis.com . This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect the current views and/or expectations of BCE Emergis with respect to its performance, business and future events. Such statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results and events may vary significantly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: BCE Emergis Inc., Montreal Anne Belliveau, 514/868-2232 Email: abelliveau@emergis.com