U.S. Bank PowerTrack Supports National Defense Transportation Association Scholarship Fund.

MINNEAPOLIS -- PowerTrack(R), the online payment network from U.S. Bank, is pleased to support the Academic Scholarship Program for the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA). The program is designed to help college students working towards undergraduate degrees in transportation, physical distribution or logistics.

"We are thrilled to support NDTA in its efforts to groom future logisticians and transportation professionals," said Kevin Armstrong, senior vice president and general manager for PowerTrack. "By supporting and encouraging our nation's youth to further their education, we are investing in maintaining America's leadership position in the increasingly competitive global marketplace."

Throughout the years, the NDTA Academic Scholarship Program has helped students prepare for careers that support the basic infrastructure of today's business. That infrastructure and financially efficient supply chain control are directly related to the success and profitability of companies around the globe.

PowerTrack is a patented, electronic, business-to-business payment network from U.S. Bank Corporate Payment Systems that greatly expands the concept of EIPP and invoice presentment. Some of the country's largest commercial and government organizations use PowerTrack to streamline business-to-business payment processes by enabling robust pre-payment audits, real-time exception identification, collaborative resolution, and integrated accounts payable and accounts receivable processing. PowerTrack pays sellers quickly while maintaining generous payment terms for buyers, reduces collections risk for sellers, and delivers exceptional control for cash managers.

To learn more about PowerTrack or for a demonstration, call [phone] or visit PowerTrack on the web at powertrack.com.

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