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Software AnnouncementJune 12, 2001

e-Business Exchange (e-BX) Suite of Products

A New Generation of Electronic Bill Presentment

and Payment Solutions

Overview

The e-BX family of products includes:

e-BX Biller Direct and e-BX BillerConsolidator

Biller Direct and Biller Consolidatorare a new generation of electronicbill presentment and paymentsolutions designed for real business

operations and user environments.e-BX Bill Maker

The e-BX Bill Maker allows eachbiller to create their own billrepresentations and have themchecked into the e-BX Biller Director e-BX Biller Consolidator.

e-Bx Service Provider

Enables companies, such asout-source printers to offerelectronic hosting andpresentment services

Allows banks to:

Integrate the presentmentsolution to existing onlinebanking applications

Offer presentment services totheir customers

e-BX TradePlus Hosting andMerchant Server

The e-BX TradePlus Hosting andMerchant Server offers a powerful,functions-rich engine for electronictrading.

e-BX Payment Enabling eXchange(PEX)

PEX supports a variety of paymentmethods, including:

Full or partial payments A schedule of payments Early payment discounts And more

The products in this announcementare available as a part of IBMsDeveloper Marketing PartnershipsSoftware Remarketing program.Product information has beenprovided by the program supplier,e-Business Exchange Pte Ltd.

Key Prerequisites

RS/6000 B80

AIX 4.3, Windows NTServer 4.0

DB2 CAE, DB2 UDB 5.2/6(EE/EEE), DB2 Run-Time Client,

WebSphere Application Server

Availability Date

June 12, 2001

At a Glance

e-BX offers:

Integrated end-to-end solutionsfor electronic presentment,payment, and procurement

Biller-direct presentment, B2Band B2C consolidation ofpresentment, full B2B trading,and payments

The e-BX family of productsincludes:

e-BX Biller Consolidator

e-BX Biller Direct

e-BX Bill Maker

e-BX Biller Service Provider

e-BX Consumer ServiceProvider

e-BX TradePlus Hosting andMerchant Server

e-BX Payment EnablingeXchange (PEX)

e-BX B2B Gateway

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative,call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com.

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Description

The e-BX family of products includes:

e-BX Biller Consolidator

Bringing together the biller, the bill payer, and the bankto complete the business transaction cycle, e-BXelectronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) is asimple, but powerful engine that delivers:

Speedy presentment of bills

Flexibility to accommodate changes easily

A tool to enable billers to strengthen their customerrelationship management

With e-BX EBPP, you can deliver bills and collectpayments electronically, around the clock and acrossborders.

The billers take advantage of reducing the cost of hardcopy bill generation and printing.

The bill payer enjoys the convenience of paying billswithout having to keep checks, stamps, and envelopeson hand.

e-BX EBPP payment instructions are secure while meetingthe banking security standard in many parts of the world.

e-BX EBPP features are suitable for industries frombanking to manufacturing, telecommunication to utilities,consultation to education.

e-BX Biller Direct

Designed for large enterprises that seek to presentbills or statements to their customers on their ownWeb sites, with the same broad functionality of theBiller Consolidator

Provides a platform for any documents to be:

Presented on the Web

Routed through workflow management

Be notified, exchanged, and delivered to therecipients

e-BX Bill Maker

Allows each biller to create their own billrepresentations and have them checked into the e-BXBiller Direct Edition or e-BX Biller Consolidator Edition

The billing data can be staged by extracting from thebillers databases or from text files of the printed bills.

Provides mapping of Advanced Function Printing(AFP ) format files to text files for the data extraction

Offers rigorous check in/out templates, remotely fromthe Web

Utilizes a database repository for templatemanagement

Supports Version Control, Change Histories, EditionManagement, and Workflow Management

e-BX Biller Service Provider

A solution that enables:

Electronic hosting Presentment distribution services

e-BX Consumer Service Provider

e-BX Consumer Service Provider offers:

Presentment services to customers

Integration of presentment solution to existing onlinebanking applications

e-BX TradePlus Hosting and Merchant Server

Provides a ready-to-use platform for companies of allsizes who want to:

Automate their procurement functions

Facilitate communication and collaboration withinthe organization and with their trading communities

Supports supply chain management

Brings to all companies an efficient and productivee-way of conducting business

Provides support for catalog purchasing forbusiness-to-business

Supports the work-flow processes to manage thecreation of request for quotation (RFQ) to a fullyauthorized purchase order from an internal requisition

The e-BX TradePlus workflow system manages theauthority structure necessary to sign off on a purchaseorder.

Enables a merchant to: View and action the RFQ and the purchase orders Raise invoices for payment

e-BX PEX Gateway

Supports a variety of payment methods

Enables the banks credit advice to be associated withthe original bill to support biller reconciliation

Working with other e-BX suites of products (forexample, e-BX Biller Consolidator edition, e-BX BillerDirect edition, e-BX Document Consolidation edition,and e-BX TradePlus), allows for:

Full or partial payments A schedule of payments Early payment discounts And more

e-BX PEX B2B Gateway

The e-BX PEX B2B Gateway encompasses:

Presentment and payment services

Ability to view invoices, with level of verification andapproval

Raise disputes

Interaction with buyers to correct invoices

Payment verification and approval

Trademarks

WebSphere, Advanced Function Printing, and AFP aretrademarks of International Business Machines Corporationin the United States or other countries or both.

RS/6000, AIX, and DB2 are registered trademarks ofInternational Business Machines Corporation in the UnitedStates or other countries or both.

Windows NT is a registered trademark of MicrosoftCorporation.

Other company, product, and service names may betrademarks or service marks of others.

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IBM USAnnouncementSupplemental Information

June 12, 2001

Customer Financing

IBM Global Financing offers attractive financing tocredit-qualified commercial and government customersand Business Partners in more than 40 countries. IBMGlobal Financing is provided by the IBM CreditCorporation in the United States. Offerings, rates, terms,and availability may vary by country. Contact your localIBM Global Financing organizat ion. Countryorganizations are listed on the Web at:

http://www.financing.ibm.com

Technical Information

Primary Industry: e-Business/e-Commerce

Hardware Requirements

Minimum

BillerConsolidator

RS/6000 B80Netfinity 5500

Processor RISC or PentiumMemory 1 GB and 512 MBStorage devices 18 GB and 9 GB

Software Requirements

Operating system AIX 4.3,Windows NT Server 4.0

Other software DB2 CAE, DB2 Run-Time Clientbundled with DB2 UDB 5.2/6(EE/EEE),WebSphere Application Server v3.0,Net.Data v6.1

Support

Training and Education: Customer training and education,customized and priced to each specific requirement, isavailable from the program supplier.

On-Site Installation: On-site installation and programinterface services are available from the programsupplier

Program Support: e-Business Exchange softwareincludes a 90-day defect warranty.

Packaging: The products are packaged on CD-ROM witha full set of documentation. Media and documentationship from the program supplier.

Ordering Information

New Licenses

Orders for new licenses will be accepted now andscheduled for shipment by the program supplier now.

To order a basic license, specify the program number,feature number 9001 for asset registration, and theone-time charge (OTC) feature and the desired quantity(maximum 250) corresponding to the number of copies.Also, specify the feature number of the desireddistribution medium.

Product Support Charge (PSC): Customers can purchaseproduct support from the program supplier, which entitlesthem to defect support, product updates, upgrades,

enhancements, new releases, and extended warrantysupport as described in the e-Business Exchange Pte LtdLicense Agreement. The program supplier provides allprogram product services.

OTCFeature

Program Name Number

e-BX Biller Consolidator (5620-CNA)

Biller Consolidator 0001Bil ler Consolidator Centrally Hosted CSP 0002

e-BX Payment Enabling Exchange (PEX) (5620-CNB)

PEX Client 0001PEX Payment Gateway 0002

e-BX Biller Direct Edition (5620-CNC)

e-BX Biller Direct Edition 50,000 users 0001e-BX Bi ller Direct Edit ion 100,000 users 0002e-BX Bi ller Direct Edit ion 300,000 users 0003e-BX Bi ller Direct Edit ion 500,000 users 0004e-BX Biller Thick Edition 0005e-BX Biller Thin Edition 0006

Note

Thick Edition No support for portal access (forexample, customers cannot login directly to accesstheir bills.)

Thin Edition Designed to make the lowest possibleentry point for billers who want to process their ownbill data for presentment.

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative,call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com.

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OTCFeature

Program Name Number

e-Marketplace Solutions (5620-CND)

TradePlus Hosting Server 0001ASP Edition

TradePlus Hosting Server 0002Corporate Ed.

TradePlus Merchant Server 0003Buyer Edition

TradePlus Merchant Server 0004

Supplier EditionTradePlus Merchant Svr 0005

Buyer/Supplier EditionTradePlus Document Exchange 0006e-BX B2B Gateway 0007

e-BX Bill Maker v2.3 (5620-CNE) 0001

e-BX Service Provider (5620-FCG)

e-BX Biller Service Provider 0001e-BX Consumer Service Provider 0002

Order example: If ordering Biller Consolidator with 3centrally hosted CSP: Program number 5620-CNA,quantity (1) of feature number 0001, quantity (3) of feature

number 0002.

5620-CNA

Feature number 0001 Quant ity 1Feature number 0002 Quant ity 3Feature number 5003 MediaFeature number 9001 Asset registration

Basic Machine-Readable Material: To order, select thefeature number of the desired distribution media:

FeatureEnvironment Number Media Type

All 5003 CD-ROM

Terms and Conditions

Licensing: Products presented under this announcementare licensed and distributed by the program supplier.With the exception of billing and payment terms, termsand conditions are as provided by the program supplier.

The IBM Customer Agreement (ICA) must be in effect.

The software is licensed to end users for a one-timelicensing charge for their exclusive use. They cannot sellit, transfer it, or otherwise make it available to any otherentity.

Prices: Prices listed and payment terms are as providedby IBM. Prices are provided for reference only and aresubject to change without notice.

Pricing Allowance: Products are not eligible for volume,educational, or other discounts.

Disclaimer of Warranty: The information in this documentconcerning non-IBM products was obtained from theprogram supplier or from their published announcements.IBM has not tested the program suppliers products andcannot confirm the accuracy of performance,compatibility, or any other claims related to the programsuppliers products. Questions on the capabilities of the

program supplier products should be addressed to theprogram supplier.

The program supplier products are not warranted by IBM.Warranty, if any, is as provided by the program supplier.IBM makes no warranties, express or implied, including,but not limited to, the implied warranties ofmerchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.Address any questions pertaining to warranty to theprogram supplier.

Trial Period: No trial period is available for the programsupplier products.

Test Period: No test period is available for the programsupplier products.

Technical Assistance: Technical assistance, installation,and usage support, if any, are as provided by the programsupplier.

Program Services: Program services, if any, are asprovided by the program supplier.

Prices

Prices are provided for reference only and are subject tochange without notice.

Program Name Charge

e-BX Biller Consolidator (5620-CNA)

Biller Consolidator $ 675,000Biller Consolidator Centrally Hosted 60,000

CSP each

e-BX Payment Enabling Exchange (PEX) (5620-CNB)

PEX Client 25,000PEX Payment Gateway 550,000

e-BX Biller Direct Edition (5620-CNC)

e-BX Biller Direct Edition 50,000 users 50,000e-BX Biller Direct Edition 100,000 users 90,000e-BX Biller Direct Edition 300,000 users 225,000e-BX Biller Direct Edition 500,000 users 275,000e-Bx Biller Thick Edition 50,000e-Bx Biller Thin Edition 1

e-Marketplace Solutions (5620-CND)

TradePlus Hosting Server 3,000,000ASP Edition

TradePlus Hosting Server 800,000Corporate Edition

TradePlus Merchant Server 150,000Buyer Edition

TradePlus Merchant Server 150,000Supplier EditionTradePlus Merchant Server 250,000

Buyer/Supplier Ed.TradePlus Document Exchange 1,500,000e-BX B2B Gateway 1,800,000

e-BX Bill Maker v2.3 (5620-CNE) 16,000

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Program Name Charge

e-BX Service Provider (5620-FCG)

e-BX Biller Service Provider $390,000e-BX Consumer Service Provider 225,000

(Non-Banks)

Trademarks

WebSphere is a trademark of International BusinessMachines Corporation in the United States or other countriesor both.

RS/6000, Netfinity, AIX, DB2, and Net.Data are registeredtrademarks of International Business Machines Corporationin the United States or other countries or both.

Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation.

Windows NT is a registered trademark of MicrosoftCorporation.

Other company, product, and service names may betrademarks or service marks of others.

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