Bentley Acquires BartercardUSA and First National Information Network.

Business Editors

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2003

Bentley Communications Corporation (OTCBB:BTLY) is pleased to announce today the acquisitions of BartercardUSA (www.bartercardusa.com) and First National Information Network (www.fnin.com.) Each will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Bentley.

"Both companies are cash flow positive and will continue aggressive growth as a result of going public, as well as increase shareholder value for us," said Gordon Lee, Chairman of Bentley.

BartercardUSA holds the American licensing rights for Bartercard International, which is the world's largest trade and barter company with franchises in 14 countries. Currently, the parent company is facilitating more than 1.2 billion dollars worth of trade each year and over 50 million dollars in earnings in 2002. BartercardUSA was launched in April 2002 and currently has 18 offices and more than 2,000 member businesses with projected growth to over 20,000 by '05.

BartercardUSA makes a significant cash override on every transaction and Bentley will automate BartercardUSA by implementing an "online" payment system. "Bentley is in the process of equipping BartercardUSA with a payment system similar to Visa or MasterCard. For the first time in the trade and barter industry in the U.S., each trade/barter transaction will be settled at the point of sale," according to Lee, now all barter credits and fees can be transferred immediately, rather than "waiting for the mail, so to speak."

First National Information Network (FNIN) is a teleservices company founded in 1992 focused primarily on lead generation for American business. FNIN provides full comprehensive demographics on every lead. Over 100,000 survey calls per week are made to identify an average of 3,000 pre-qualified participants who meet strict standards. This service currently generates over 50K per week in gross revenues.

"The revolutionary FNIN survey is the key to its success. The state-of-the-art predictive dialing system allows live representatives to speak to a person every 30 seconds," states Mark Savoy, CEO of FNIN. "The current repeat order rate from clients such as Merrill Lynch and many other major brokerage firms confirms that FNIN leads are the best `investor' leads found anywhere," he adds. FNIN did over $1.5 million in gross revenue in '02, and should eclipse $10 million by the close of '05.

Bentley is also pleased to announce that the managing director of Catalyst House, Lynnea Bylund, will continue to handle the investor relations for the company. Her extensive client list can be viewed at www.catalysthouse.com.

About Bentley Communications Corp.

Bentley Communications' focus has been on the implementation of e-commerce services such as Internet payments via ATM cards as well as barter and financial transactions of all types. This system will provide heightened security to the consumer and provide instantaneous transaction credits to the merchant whether it is a cash or trade transaction or blend. Bentley Communications provides payment solutions for any company on or off line.

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