AUTOMATED TRANSACTION SERVICES, INC. 2026 Bridgegate Court Westlake Village, California 91361 Phone: 805.379-9271 Fax: 805.379-9772 Internet: ats@ibsabbs.com FidoNet: 1:102/641 PRESS RELEASE - JANUARY 18, 1995 Automated Transaction Services, an innovated ONLINE supplier, provides a sophisticated, yet simple to use, system that enables clients to receive check information, ONLINE, transmit this data to their processing center via modem, and have these Paper- trail items (checks) in the mail the same day back to you, for deposit in your bank. They use extensive methods of fraud control, including their proprietary systems and algorithms in order to insure that all information is accurate. Their services can be use d to obtain funds for the sale of merchandise, services, subscriptions, etc. What's more they are FULLY regulated by the Federal Reserve and National Automated Clearing House Association. It's no wonder more and more of the ONLINE Industry are turning to this method of serving their subscribers, with 70 million adult Americans not owning a credit card and many others unable to use their cards for one reason or another. As a matter of fact, a recent Gallup survey reported that checks were used to pay for 48% of the average American's purchases. They also indicated in this report that 43% of those surveyed said that they found it very inconvenient if they were not able to use checks as a mean s of purchase. All in all, this method of providing the American consumer a means of purchasing via their checking account ONLINE is apparently becoming the way to go. ATS's pricing structure for the ONLINE Industry is extremely competitive. Their total one-time setup fee is only $49.00! Their processing fees are 1.5% of the transaction amount, with a minimum of $1.50 per transaction The only additional charge is for mailing your checks back to you. This total cost, no matter how many checks you do at one time, is only a flat $.50 cents per mailing. That's it! No hidden fees! Not bad, most Sysops can afford these prices. It is simple to get started, and you can be up and running within 24 hours! Simply fill out their three forms, their contract, their company information form, and their authorization form and either mail or Fax these to them with a copy of one of your VOIDED checks. They promise to get right back to you and get you started immediately. They can also provide paperless transactions which debit and credit the respective bank accounts electronically. This method functions almost identically as their paper trail (checks) system mentioned above, but the setup fee for this is slightly higher at $99.00. ATS has a suite of software for the entire online industry! ATS supports Door.Sys. BBS; TBBS; Major BBS; PCBoard; Wildcat!; RemoteAccess; TriBBS; GAP; Renegade, KBBS; Excalibur; and even UNIX/Internet/MAC support. Demonstrations available ONLINE for all platforms.