AllAdvantage.com Teams With Ecount to Provide Online Payment Accounts and Debit Cards to Members.Business/Technology Editors HAYWARD, Calif. and PHILADELPHIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2000 AllAdvantage.com community to receive earnings for instant online and offline spending; Personal payment platform opens the way for online cash-back promotions. Infomediary (INFOrmation interMEDIARY) An information provider that gathers content from several sources and functions as a data aggregator for a target audience. company AllAdvantage.com announced today an agreement with Ecount, an industry-leading e-commerce payments company. AllAdvantage.com members will be able to receive their online earnings in an ecount, an online payment account that will give them instant access to their money for spending anywhere, online or off. With ecount, AllAdvantage.com members will be able to instantly purchase goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. from any merchant on the Web, as well as securely make and receive e-mail payments to and from family, friends and businesses. Plus, with ecount's debit card debit card, card that allows the cost of goods or services that are purchased to be deducted directly from the purchaser's checking account. They can also be used at automated teller machines for withdrawing cash from the user's checking account. functionality, they will be able to draw cash directly from an ATM or make purchases at any brick-and-mortar store that accepts MasterCard. Funds in members' ecounts will include their AllAdvantage.com earnings, such as "get paid to surf Pay to surf is a business model that became popular in the late 1990s, prior to the dot-com crash. Essentially, a company places advertising on members' screens and pays them from advertising earnings. " money and member cash-backs. Members can also add funds to their ecounts by credit card, and through money sent from friends, family and businesses, and other soon-to-be-announced options. The ecount offering will be available to AllAdvantage.com's members based in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . "After a comprehensive evaluation process, we selected Ecount's platform because it offered the most flexibility in how and where our members can use their money - both on the Web and off," said AllAdvantage.com CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Jim Jorgensen Jim Jorgensen (born in 1948 in Racine, Wisconsin is a serial entrepreneur. He has started over 25 enterprises since getting his MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business at the age of 24. . "With ecount, we're able to bridge the gap between our members' online earnings and their online and offline spending. This online account brings our infomediary services together." AllAdvantage.com expects that its membership community will welcome the convenience and flexibility that ecount provides. Recent surveys conducted by AllAdvantage.com have shown that 93% of its members have made online purchases in the past, compared with 53% of the average online population. "The convenience and simplicity of ecount make it easier for businesses to engage AllAdvantage.com's members in online commerce, making the active online community a perfect fit for our payment platform," said Matt Gillin, president and CEO of Ecount. "With ecount, users get instant access to their cash-backs, while at the same time, it provides a powerful tool for AllAdvantage.com to increase its value with its members and partners." Members of AllAdvantage.com install the company's proprietary Viewbar(TM) software, a two-way communication Two-way communication is a form of transmission in which both parties involved transmit information. Common forms of two-way communication are:
AllAdvantage.com's Jorgensen added that this announcement is one in a new series of "infomediary at work" announcements by AllAdvantage.com this month. It follows on the heels of AllAdvantage.com's agreements with Net2Phone Inc. to deliver free PC-to-PC and discounted PC-to-phone services, and with RioPort, Inc. to deliver audio management software. About AllAdvantage An Internet infomediary with 8 million people registered to receive its service, AllAdvantage.com is redefining the way people and businesses communicate and do business online through its proprietary Viewbar(TM) communications window. The company creates value for its members by making it possible for them to benefit from their online personal data while maintaining their privacy. AllAdvantage.com also offers its members discounts on sponsored products and services, along with convenient surfing surfing, sport of gliding toward the shore on a breaking wave. Surfers originally used long, cumbersome wooden boards but now ride lightweight synthetic boards that allow a greater degree of maneuverability. tools and information tailored to their individual needs. AllAdvantage.com offers businesses a channel for delivering direct marketing, communications, electronic commerce, and digital products to members. The AllAdvantage.com Viewbar(TM) window, which can be downloaded free of charge on the World Wide Web, is currently available in 20 countries. For more information, visit www.alladvantage.com. About Ecount Founded in 1997 as C/Base, Ecount is an industry-leading e-commerce payments company, which offers "next generation" transaction products and services to portals, Web communities, financial institutions, wireless service providers, affinity groups A special interest group. This is a marketing term for a group of people with similar interests. , and other businesses, through its proprietary payment platform. The Ecount platform enables companies to cost-effectively acquire, incent in·cent tr.v. in·cent·ed, in·cent·ing, in·cents To incentivize: "would use tax breaks to incent corporations to invest in their future" Scott Canon. , and retain customers through the issuance of online debit-based payment mechanisms, which facilitate payments of any type: person-to-person, person-to-merchant, and business-to-person. Today, the Ecount platform powers payment products developed exclusively for MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. Internet, and others. In addition, the platform has been utilized by 17% of the Fortune 100 to support various innovative customer acquisition, retention and payment initiatives, and also supports the company's suite of branded payment products: ecount.com, the first online payment account for instantly sending, spending and receiving money online; Webcertificate.com, the only online gift certificate that can be used at any online or offline merchant; and PrivateBuy.com, the only product that enables consumers to shop anonymously anywhere on the Web. Based in Conshohocken, Penn., Ecount is privately held. The company is actively expanding its payment platform for wireless applications and international growth. For more information, visit www.ecount.com. |
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