Anthony Gautney Elected to NACHA Board of Directors.

RICHMOND, Va. -- EastPay announced today that Anthony Gautney, CCM, Executive Vice President and Manager of Cash Management at First Southern Bank of Boca Raton, FL, has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association. Mr. Gautney was nominated for the position by EastPay, the Regional Payments Association serving Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Mr. Gautney currently serves as Vice Chairman of EastPay's Board of Directors, and is Chairman-elect of that Regional Payments Association as well.

"We are very excited about Tony's opportunity to collaborate with other financial industry representatives to provide leadership to NACHA," said Norman Robinson, AAP, CTP, President and CEO of EastPay. "The payments industry is potentially impacted by the economic challenges facing all of us right now, and Tony is well-qualified to provide the insight and guidance that will help ensure the continued safety and soundness of the payments system."

Mr. Gautney has more than 28 years of experience in cash management sales, product management, and consulting. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and Manager of Cash Management for First Southern Bank of Boca Raton, a $400 million asset institution, where he established the bank's cash management unit. Prior to joining FSB, he was Senior Vice President and Director of Cash Management for BankAtlantic, a $6 billion asset bank in South Florida, where he also built a successful cash management business line as well as their public funds business development group. He has been published in Business Credit magazine and South Florida Business Journal, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Mr. Gautney holds an MBA in Management from the University of Florida School of Business, and has attained permanent Certified Cash Manager (CCM) status from the Association of Financial Professionals (AFP).

ABOUT NACHA - THE ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS ASSOCIATION:

NACHA is the leading organization in developing electronic solutions to improve the payments system. NACHA develops operating rules and business practices for the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network and for electronic payments in the areas of internet commerce, echecks, and international payments.

ABOUT EASTPAY: EastPay is the Southeast's premier Regional Payments Association, providing over 800 financial institutions and businesses in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida with electronic payments consulting, education, publications, and ACH audit services, as well as payments strategy support. As accredited experts on the operating rules of the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network, EastPay is a trade association that helps organizations take advantage of the opportunities and avoid the risk presented by the phenomenal growth of electronic payments. EastPay is a Regional Payments Association member of NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association.