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i/money Customers To Link Directly Through To E-Trade Canada In Online Strategic Alliance.


TORONTO, ONTARIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 25,1999--

E-TRADE Canada(r) today announced an innovative strategic alliance that allows investors to trade stocks and mutual funds using the E-TRADE Canada service, directly from the i|money website. E-TRADE Canada is a leading online investing service for independent Canadian investors, and i|money is a one-stop, interactive financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 website.

With i|money's popular i|manage feature, registered users who have accounts with E-TRADE Canada will be able to move seamlessly from receiving an alert, reviewing their portfolio, and making stock or mutual fund decisions, to placing an order with E-TRADE Canada. Investors can indicate they want to enter a buy or sell order from many locations on the i|money website. A trading page will then be dynamically drawn by i|money and pass trading details to E-TRADE Canada, which will then build a confirmation page and complete the transaction.

"Our alliance will empower i|money and E-TRADE Canada customers to act on their investment decisions immediately," said Colleen col·leen  
n.
An Irish girl.



[Irish Gaelic cailín, diminutive of caile, girl, from Old Irish.
 Moorehead, President of E-TRADE Canada. "Together, we're bringing consumers the best investment tools -- everything they need to take control of their financial future. The Internet is continuing to revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize  
tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es
1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage.

2.
 the way consumers are taking back control of their lives, and we are proud to be a Canadian leader in that revolution."

"E-TRADE Canada is a wonderful complement to the services we offer on the i|money site," said i|money's President, Henry Wolfond. "Our alliance makes it easy and convenient for i|money customers to quickly trade on the information and ideas they find on our website."

About i|money

i|money is Canada's leading comprehensive financial services marketplace. On the i|money site, consumers can compare and purchase a broad range of products and services from banks, trust, insurance and mutual fund companies. i|money offers some of the most user-friendly, sophisticated personal financial management tools, calculators and charting capabilities available on the Internet. It puts Canadians in control of every aspect of their financial needs for mortgages, insurance, credit cards, personal loans, stocks, mutual funds, GICs and more.

i|money (www.imoney.com) is Canada's leading interactive, one-stop financial services marketplace. i|money was the first independent website to allow Canadian consumers to research, compare and purchase a wide variety of financial products and services, including mutual funds, GICs, credit cards, mortgages, personal loans and lines of credit.

About E-TRADE Canada(r)

E-TRADE Canada(r) has established a popular destination website offering independent investors the convenience and control of automated stock, option and Canadian mutual fund trading at low commission rates. In addition, E-TRADE Canada has a suite of investing tools that can be personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
, including portfolio tracking, Java-based charting and quote applications, real-time stock quotes, market commentary and analysis, up-to-the-minute news and other information services See Information Systems. . Customers can access E-TRADE Canada at www.canada.etrade.com on the Internet as well as through interactive voice response.

E-TRADE Canada was the first online investment service in Canada to earn the CA WebTrust Seal of Assurance. This seal of assurance informs electronic commerce consumers that E-TRADE Canada maintains strict controls and procedures to safeguard its private information.

The E-TRADE Canada site was chosen as one of Canada's 50 Most Amazingly Helpful Sites in a recent edition of Yahoo! Canada's Picks of the Week.

E-TRADE Canada(r) is a trademark of E-TRADE Securities, Inc., and is used with their permission. E-TRADE Securities, Inc. (Member NASD/SIPC), and its parent company, E-TRADE Group, Inc., are headquartered in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. .

About VERSUS Technologies Inc.

VERSUS Technologies Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange.

TSE

1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE).
, ME: V), together with its wholly-owned subsidiary VERSUS Brokerage Services Inc., is a leading provider of electronic securities trading securities trading, financial activity involving transactions of property such as stocks, bonds, commodities, and currency (see securities). Although the trading of stocks and bonds dates back several centuries in many Western nations, the development of the  services to the Canadian marketplace. VERSUS develops, distributes and provides access to electronic securities trading services and related products for both retail and institutional investors Institutional Investor

A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions.
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VERSUS' retail business is marketed exclusively in Canada under the E-TRADE Canada(r) name, as a service of VERSUS Brokerage Services Inc. The E-TRADE Canada(r) service is offered in all provinces.

VERSUS Technologies Inc. and VERSUS Brokerage Services Inc. are headquartered in Toronto, Canada. VERSUS Brokerage Services Inc. is a member of the Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges Alberta Stock Exchange

See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX).
, the Investment Dealers Association of Canada, and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund The Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF) is a not-for-profit corporation created by the Canadian investment industry to protect investor assets in the event of a CIPF member's bankruptcy. .
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