Earthport Regulatory News (EPO)

22 Aug 2007 09:00

Earthport PLC22 August 2007 22 August 2007 Earthport plc ("Earthport" or the "Company") Notification of Relationship with IBM Earthport has become a business partner of IBM and has commenced the jointpromotion of Earthport's innovative banking payment and collections service. IBM has invited Earthport to participate on the IBM Stand at the global SWIFTSibos* annual conference (1-5 Oct 2007) in Boston USA and will promote theservice using the following IBM description: * Earthport provides an "on demand" payment solution. As one of the first corporates to join a SWIFT MACUG**, participation has helped Earthport grow. * Earthport automates funds collection and delivery through liquidity pooling providing cost-effective international transfers for small payments to the corporate customer, with minimal infrastructure investment, and fast return on investment. * The service is built to an IBM WebSphere SOA*** and IBM iSeries architecture, run from IBM datacentres. - ENDS - Further Details:Mike Harrison, Chairman - Earthport plc +44 20 7220 9700Mark Ashurst - Canaccord Adams Limited - Nomad +44 20 7050 6500Lulu Bridges/Polly Hutchinson - Tavistock Communications +44 20 79203150 * SWIFT Sibos is the World's leading financial forum ** MACUG "Member Administered Closed User Group" *** SOA "Service Oriented Architecture" This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange