Catuity Releases New CTI E-commerce Software; Data Pro Integrates CTI to Accounting Product for E-commerce Web Designers.

Business & Technology Editors

DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2001

Catuity, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTTY; ASX: CAT) today announced the release of its web-enabling product Customer Transaction Interface (CTI).

This technology tool allows retailers to easily customize and integrate the Catuity loyalty systems into their e-commerce Internet sites.

Catuity and Data Pro also announced that the Catuity CTI software will be included as part of the Data Pro Accounting Software utilized by web developers for its smart card enabled e-commerce sites.

Michael V. Howe, President of Catuity, made the announcements noting: "Catuity's software platform takes significant strides forward with the release of CTI. This software enables web developers using the Catuity system on the Internet to completely customize its interaction with a smart card. CTI provides web businesses with total control and flexibility. The inclusion of Catuity's CTI on Data Pro's overall web development software will make it much easier for merchants to interface loyalty to the payment and account systems and have total control of their e-commerce sites."

CTI is being well received by Catuity's channel partners. "Since all of our software development on the smart card front has been web-based and designed to run through a browser, this is an exciting and powerful new feature for us," stated Joel Brock, President of Data Pro Account Software of Tampa, Florida. "Our on-demand ticket printing capabilities through a browser will now be available to our customers through either our secure paper technology or immediately to a smart card. This is very significant as we move forward in this arena."

"We've been working closely with Catuity and look forward to implementing this final piece in our aggressive development agenda," stated Scott Fenimore, Executive Vice President of Data Pro Accounting Software, in Tampa, Florida. "We believe the impact on the market will be significant with what these new features will allow our organization to do and the benefits it will bring to our customers. Catuity's CTI allows us to get closer to customers because we can use our web-based Infinity COMMERCE web sites to drive all transaction activity. Users who have never experienced the need, or have wanted to use a smart card in North America may soon find themselves with a whole new experience they may never want to live without again."

The delivery of Catuity CTI marks the second product release from the company in the past 30 days. Catuity recently announced Catuity Loyalty Over-the-Counter (OTC), a new software development specifically designed to expand the benefits of gift and loyalty cards. Catuity OTC is being sold to retailers through its channel partners consisting of transaction processors, terminal sales organizations (ISOs) and merchant service companies.

Data Pro Account Software, Inc. (www.dpro.com) is a leading provider of advanced accounting and Internet commerce software applications. This includes Data Pro's unique DP/Helper technology that features the ability to print tickets through a browser on systems using Data Pro's back-office account systems and Infinity COMMERCE enabled web sites.

With thousands of customers installed worldwide since 1985, Data Pro has been successfully enabling a wide range of users from hotels such as Sheraton, Sandals Resorts and the Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan to construction firms, wholesale/distributors, manufacturers, financial organizations and many other retail firms. Data Pro specializes in providing a wide range of financial software applications for both the Windows and UNIX operating environment, which are also fully web enabled.

Catuity, Inc. (www.catuity.com) is a leading provider of loyalty software systems. The Catuity software includes an integrated suite of applications that provide loyalty, ticketing, access control and membership. The Catuity Loyalty System is ubiquitous in that it can operate on any device, any card program and with any payment process, including stored value, smart cards and wireless applications. Catuity unites the brick-and-mortar retailer with the Internet to enable cross-sell capabilities with consistent brand imaging across all channels. The Catuity loyalty system is currently the only loyalty software approved by Visa USA for use by its member banks that issue smart cards with loyalty applications.

In conjunction with the provisions of the "Safe Harbor" section of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, this release may contain forward-looking statements pertaining to future anticipated projected plans, performance and developments, as well as other statements relating to future operations. All such forward-looking statements are necessarily only estimates of future results and there can be no assurance that actual results will not materially differ from expectations. Further information on potential factors that could affect Catuity, Inc. is included in the Company's Form 10-K, which is filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.