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Technology Stocks : BillServ.Com(BLLS) Going for the EBPP Market Small Billers -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Julie Simmons who wrote (203)	3/29/1999 10:07:00 AM
From: TLindt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 918

Well they got a Pilot.... billserv.com Inc. and San Antonio Water System Sign Agreement to Implement Pilot Program for Internet Billing 08:13 a.m. Mar 29, 1999 Eastern SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999-- Pilot Program to Demonstrate Convenience and Benefits of Paying Bills Online billserv.com Inc. (OTC BB:BLLS), a leading electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) service bureau, today announced it has signed an agreement with San Antonio Water System (SAWS) to develop a six-month pilot program that is projected to lead to SAWS customers being able to pay their water bills over the Internet. SAWS serves about 1 million people through its 300,000 water and sewer connections and is among a growing number of forward-thinking public utilities taking active steps to engage in online billing. "billserv.com's pilot program with SAWS is a significant first step toward developing what we see as being a key 'early adopter' deployment of Internet-based bill presentment and payment systems for a large municipal utility," said Michael Long, chairman and CEO of billserv.com. "San Antonio Water System mails hundreds of thousands of paper bills each month, making it a perfect candidate to benefit from electronic bill presentment, and billserv.com is pleased to be working alongside SAWS on this project." SAWS employees participating in the pilot will view and pay their water bills through the major bill payment Internet Web sites, such as CheckFree and Quicken. Since billserv.com has the ability to present consumer billing information to any Internet billing interface, the pilot program will help demonstrate billserv.com's ability to reach any consumer anywhere on the Internet. "The potential for our customers to pay their water bills online holds an exciting promise SAWS on many fronts," said Michael F. Thuss, president and CEO of San Antonio Water System. "Our pilot project participants will receive the same information electronically that they now receive via mail. That includes the bill statement and bill insert. One of the greatest potentials we see with electronic bills is the ability to send important information about water service and programs to customers without additional costs in mailing." Greg Flowers, director of information systems for San Antonio Water System, said, "Part of SAWS' strategic plan is to leverage technology to provide effective and efficient service to customers and we view Internet bill presentment as a very promising program to implement leading edge technology. We're enthusiastic to be among the first utility companies to test this advanced technology, and look forward to working with billserv.com." About billserv.com Inc. billserv.com Inc. (OTC BB: BLLS) is an electronic bill present and payment service bureau that provides small- to medium-sized 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 consolidators by aggregating customer billing information from multiple billers, and then securely delivering it to consolidators. billserv.com's core product, eServe, seamlessly integrates with billers' existing legacy systems, without requiring any changes to those systems. The company has four product offerings: Internet billing clearinghouse services, ePublishing, customer care services and professional consulting services. For additional information, visit www. billserv.com or call 210/366-8775. 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. Copyright 1999, Business Wire infoseek.go.com