HANCOCK BANK INTRODUCES INTELIDATA'S BILL PAYMENT SUITE.

Hancock Bank has successfully introduced InteliData Technologies' Interpose Bill Payment Suite in an ASP environment. The Interpose Bill Payment Suite is an end-to-end bill payment solution including InteliData's Interpose Payment Warehouse and Interpose Web Interface.

Hancock Bank, part of the $3.4 billion Hancock Holding Company, now offers bill payment to its customers with access to biller account information, the ability to schedule one time and recurring bill payments and download bill payment information to a Personal Finance Manager (PFM) desktop applications such as Intuit Quicken, Intuit QuickBooks and Microsoft Money. Hancock Bank will also be able to internally process bills paid to the Bank, by passing third party electronic remittance providers.

"We are providing our clients with a full-function, Internet bill payment solution, today," said Jeff Theiler, senior vice president of alternative delivery at Hancock Bank. "While many banks are still searching for their Internet bill payment solution Hancock is already live and signing up customers.

"InteliData's outsourced Interpose product suite affords Hancock the flexibility, reliability and scalability they require to provide an unparalleled interactive bill payment offering to their customers," said Al Dominick president and CEO of InteliData.

About InteliData Technologies

InteliData provides Internet banking and card solutions plus Electronic Bill Payment and Presentment (EBPP) technology and services to banks, credit unions, and financial institution processors. InteliData's EBPP products offer banks, card issuers and other financial institutions an end-to-end solution for creating e-bills for billers, distributing e-bills and e- payments through multiple delivery channels, delivering e-bills to consumers, and enabling payment of bills through multiple payment processors utilizing OFX and IFX messaging standards. InteliData's Internet banking and card products provide large financial institutions throughout the U.S. with unsurpassed scalability, flexibility and security in supplying real-time, Internet based banking and card services to their customers.

InteliData can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.intelidata.com/ .

About Hancock Bank

Hancock Holding Company, the parent company of Hancock Bank (Mississippi) and Hancock Bank of Louisiana, has assets of $3.4 billion. Founded in 1899, Hancock Bank stands as one of the strongest, safest financial institutions in the United States, according to Veribanc, Inc. Bauer Financial Reports, Inc., also awarded Hancock Bank five-stars -- the highest rating possible -- for 19 consecutive quarters. Hancock Bank operates 101 full-service offices and 130 automated teller machines throughout South Mississippi and Louisiana. Bank subsidiaries include Hancock Investment Services, Inc., Hancock Insurance Agency, Hancock Mortgage Corporation and Harrison Finance Company.

Holding Company and Hancock Bank can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hancockbank.com/ .

For more information, call 703/259-3124.