Redmond, WA, September 3rd, 2003 - TPI Software LLC, the developer of TPI Payment Server and leading provider of Payment Solutions, is excited to announce the immediate availability of connectivity to Vital Processing Services in its payment server platform. The TPI Payment Server enables merchants to securely process payments in retail, e-commerce and wireless industries entirely over the Internet resulting in 5-second and less transaction times.

“Adding support for Vital is important in expanding our products reach”, says Andy Chau, CTO of TPI Software. “Because TPI Software is a neutral software Platform, an important benefit we offer is allowing merchants to select which payment processor meets their business needs.” TPI completed the certification with Vital for the following industries:

• Retail card-present transactions for all major credit cards
• Restaurant card-present transactions for all major credit cards
• e-Commerce card-not-present transactions for all major credit cards
• Direct Marketing card-not-present transactions for all major credit cards
• CVV includes: Visa CVV2, MasterCard CVC2, Discover CID and American Express CID
• Purchasing Card credit card transactions

Build with .NET and Web Service technology, TPI Payment Server delivers an easy to integrate, secure, reliable, scalable and high performance ePayment solution that meets the needs of a broad range of merchants from stand-alone merchants, multi-lane retail outlets, enterprise multi-channel merchants, on-line merchants operating their own Web sites to large Internet Service Providers (ISPs) hosting multiple merchant sites. TPI Payment Server provides businesses faster transaction processing, seamless updates, lower cost, cross platform support and enhanced security without the on-going costs of a gateway.

About TPI Software, LLC

TPI Software LLC, is a privately held corporation based in Redmond, WA, and is the leading provider of innovative ePayment technologies for processing credit card, debit/ATM card, EBT, electronic check services (verification, guarantee & conversion) and electronic signature/receipt & check image capture and retrieval services. TPI Software developed the TPI Payment Server technology that supports the major US payment processors as well as integrated ePayment client solutions that work on any device, at anytime and anyplace. TPI Software’s technology is an alternative to the stand-alone single-function bank terminals many businesses currently use to process payments and provides a full suite of ePayment Web services that can be integrated into Electronic Commerce environments, MOTO or retail point-of-sale systems. TPI Software has established long-standing relationships with banks and institutions that help process electronic payment transactions. TPI Software can be reached through the Internet at http://www.TPISoft.com/ or by calling (425) 882-0921.

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TPI Software, LLC
17720 NE 65th Street, Suite 202
Redmond, WA 98052

Contact: Bill Pittman
Phone: 425.882.0921
Fax: 425.696.0057
Email: sales@tpisoft.com
http://www.TPISoft.com/