(PR NEWSWIRE) ExxonMobil and CheckFree Provide Online Billing and Payment to ExxonMobil and CheckFree Provide Online Billing and Payment to Credit Card Customers Customers Across the U.S. Will Experience Increased Time-Savings, Convenience and Control Over Their Finances Through Easy-to-Use Online Service ATLANTA, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CheckFree i-Solutions, the leading provider of interactive e-billing and e-statement software and services and part of CheckFree Corporation (Nasdaq: CKFR), and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) today announced that four million personal credit card holders can now receive and pay their ExxonMobil credit card bills online. ExxonMobil personal credit card users can quickly retrieve and review the same billing information online that they currently receive by mail. With a few clicks of the mouse, the customer can select a payment date, rather than remember due dates. No more writing checks, recording payments, stuffing envelopes and locating stamps to pay their credit card bill. Customers who pay their bills electronically through CheckFree are protected against late fees resulting from processing delays and unauthorized transactions by CheckFree Guarantee. All payment information is also stored on a single, secure online site for record keeping purposes. ExxonMobil credit card customers can enroll for the service through the CheckFree distribution network of more than 650 banks, Internet portals, credit unions, personal financial management (PFM) software, www.exxonmobilcard.com or www.checkfree.com . "With the addition of ExxonMobil to our roster of online billing clients, we are providing more valuable e-bill content for consumers who are already on the go," said Tom Stampiglia, president of CheckFree i-Solutions. "Now with online billing and payment, ExxonMobil personal credit card holders will enjoy greater control over their finances, as well as convenience and significant time savings." By enrolling at their choice of bank, brokerage, credit union, Internet portal sites or PFM, ExxonMobil personal credit card customers can receive and pay other bills from a growing number of telephone, mortgage, insurance, credit card companies, newspaper publishers and more. Consumers can also use "pay everyone" services to make payments from their computers to anyone to whom they would write a check. To find out what bills are available online and to help identify which site is best suited for bill paying needs, consumers can visit www.checkfree.com/freedom. About CheckFree i-Solutions (www.checkfreeisolutions.com ) As a software group within CheckFree Corporation, CheckFree i-Solutions is the leading provider of end-to-end business-to-consumer and business-to- business solutions for e-billing and payment and e-statement delivery. CheckFree i-Solutions offers CheckFree i-Series software for e-bill and e-statement creation, i-Processing services that include payment and distribution through about 657 financial services sites and customer care, and i-Hosting services that accommodate software hosting and full-service outsourcing. With 265 billers under contract, CheckFree i- Solutions is committed to helping billers, financial services organizations and biller service providers leverage electronic bills and statements as interactive conduits to customer relationship management, marketing and customer self service applications. About CheckFree (www.checkfreecorp.com ) CheckFree (Nasdaq: CKFR) is the leading provider of financial electronic commerce services and products. Founded in 1981 and celebrating its 22nd year in e-commerce, CheckFree is comprised of three divisions: Electronic Commerce, Software, and Investment Services. CheckFree launched the first fully integrated electronic billing and payment solution in 1997. In the quarter ended September 30, 2002, more than seven million consumers initiated online payments through services offered by CheckFree's Electronic Commerce division. The company has multi-year contracts with 265 of the nation's top billers to provide online billing and payment through 657 financial services organizations, including banks, brokerage firms, Internet portals and content sites and personal financial management (PFM) software. CheckFree Investment Services provides a broad range of investment management services to thousands of financial institutions nationwide. The division's clients manage about 1.2 million portfolios totaling more than $500 billion in assets. CheckFree's Software division provides solutions through three operating units: CheckFree ACH Solutions, CheckFree Financial and Compliance Solutions (CFACS), and CheckFree i-Solutions. CheckFree ACH Solutions provides software and services that are used to process more than two-thirds of the nation's eight billion Automated Clearing House payments, while CFACS provides reconciliation and compliance software and services to more than 400 organizations in the banking, brokerage, utility, retail, insurance and credit card industries, among others. CheckFree i-Solutions is the leading provider of e-billing and e-statement software and services for both business-to- consumer and business-to-business applications, with more billers as clients than all of its competitors have combined. Certain of the Company's statements in this press release are not purely historical, and as such are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include statements regarding management's intentions, plans, beliefs, expectations or projections of the future. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, the various risks inherent in the Company's business, and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2002 (filed September 26, 2002) and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 (filed November 15, 2002). 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