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CONTACT INFORMATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE iBill
Partners with Derivion to empower More Than 50,000 B2C and B2B Billers
with Comprehensive E-Billing Solutions
iBill Rounds Out Cache of
Online Service Offerings with Flexible e-Billing Solutions that Strengthen
Customer Relationships and Drive New Revenue
ATLANTA and FORT LAUDERDALE, FL., November 7, 2000 - Derivion,
the leading application service provider (ASP) to Deliver comprehensive
B2C, B2B, and small business e-billing solutions designed for the
Internet, and Internet Billing Company, Ltd. (iBill), a worldwide
provider of turnkey e-commerce solutions, announced today an agreement
to Offer Internet bill presentment and payment solutions toiBill’s
growing customer base of small tomid-sized online companies.
iBill provides credit card processing and electronic check processing
services to sellers of Web site access, content, services, and products.
Leveraging a single, seamless application for bill delivery and
payment receipt, Derivion® inetBiller solutions cater to the needs
of companies doing business over the Internet.
“As one of the fastest growing, e-commerce service providers, it
is absolutely critical that we deliver the most innovative, cutting-edge
solutions to our customer base,” said Garrett Bender, president
and CEO of iBill. “Derivion’s technology is consistent with this
charge and complements our payment processing services with multi-dimensional
e-billing applications that will revolutionize the way our clients
interact with their customers.”
Derivion’s inetBiller will enable iBill clients to Deliver and
accept payments virtually anywhere on the Internet, eliminating
the need for costly paper invoicing and paper check processing.
In addition, inetBiller Console SM, the back-end administrative
interface of inetBiller solutions, provides billers with online
marketing functionalities, allowing them to incorporate and manage
bill messaging and banner advertisements remotely over the Internet.
Billers can market new products and services for instant online
purchase, and segment customers for specific marketing efforts.
“iBill has experienced significant growth and is leading the pack
in the race tofulfill today’s demand for fast, reliable, and secure
e-commerce solutions,” said Read Ziegler, CMO of Derivion. “As the
leading e-billing ASP, Derivion is focused on enabling billers of
all sizes with e-billing solutions that are flexible, low-cost,
quick to implement, and promote biller control. Our objective is
to achieve the critical mass of e-billers needed toultimately drive
adoption among end-users.”
iBill customers will also be able toleverage inetBiller solutions
to Reduce customer dependence on costly call center inquiries. Because
inetBiller houses account information and payment histories online,
these billers and their customers will have round-the-clock access
tocritical information. Customers may resolve account inquiries
without biller assistance, and billers can manage additional questions
via e-mail, reducing call center inquiries and customer service
staffing needs.
Derivion will act as a transparent extension of the biller’s Web
site by digitizing print stream data, in any format, topost interactive
bills online. In addition, Derivion has distribution relationships
with all major consolidators and consumer access points offering
iBill clients the option to provide e-bill access, view, and payment
anywhere, anytime on the Internet.
About iBill
Established in 1996 and headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, iBill
provides turnkey e-commerce solutions tothousands of business customers
around the world. The company’s service is powered by proprietary
technology that integrates online payment processing, fraud control,
affiliate management and financial reporting and tracking. For more
information about iBill, visit the company on the web at www.ibill.com,
or call (888)- 237-1764.
About Derivion
Derivion is the leading e-billing ASP that delivers comprehensive
B2C, B2B, and small business solutions toautomate and streamline
bill delivery, payment, and customer care processes. Derivion enables
billers of all sizes with three core e-billing solutions: inetBillerSM
, inetBiller B2BSM, and a small business e-billing solution. In
addition, Derivion supports billers with DigitalCareSM, a unique
service offering that integrates traditional and Internet-based
CRM tools to Enhance customer relationships. DigitalCare incorporates
Activation Marketing - a powerful resource aimed at accelerating
consumer adoption of e-billing. Derivion has an extensive network
of partnerships with industry leaders in electronic bill distribution
and payment processing including Checkfree, First Union, MasterCard
RPPS, Comerica, and Texas Capital Bank. Derivion also connects billers
tovirtually all consumer access points such as Yahoo!, Quicken.com,
Charles Schwab, and BankOne through strategic alliances with Paytrust,
Intuit, and Checkfree. Derivion leads the industry with pioneering
technology and multi-layered services, currently working with more
than 70 B2C and B2B billers to annually digitize over 200 million
bills. The Atlanta-based company was founded in 1998 and maintains
research, development, and additional sales offices in Toronto,
Canada. For more information about Derivion, please visit www.derivion.com.
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