Redmond, WA, December 16th, 2003 - TPI Software LLC, the developer of TPI Payment Server and a leading provider of payment solutions, is excited to announce the immediate availability of connectivity to First Data Merchant Services (FDMS) North Platform in its Payment Server product line. 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 First Data 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 a payment processor that meets their business needs." TPI completed the certification with FDMS North Platform for the following industries:

• Retail credit card transactions
• Restaurant credit card transactions
• E-commerce credit card transactions
• Direct Marketing credit card transactions including Visa CVV2, MasterCard CVC2 and American Express CID

The FDMS certification supports:

• Credit Cards
• Debit Cards with DUKPT pin-pads
• Auth / Settle
• Multi-Merchant
• Acct Truncation

The TPI Payment Server is a platform built on .NET that leverages Web services as a backbone for processing integrated payment-processing transactions with business critical processes and ubiquitous client-side input devices. Certified with multiple U.S. payment processors and working across multiple vertical industries, the Payment Server uses the Internet as a low cost, high-speed, secure communications network for delivering lighting fast secure payment transactions while enabling payments to be processed on any device at anytime and anywhere. TPI Payment Server has been designed for easy integration and scalability to support a broad range of needs from stand-alone merchants, multi-lane retail outlets, on-line merchants operating their own Web sites or large gateway service providers 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 third-party 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/