Electronic Clearing House Inc. to Provide Visa Point-of-Sale Check Services to CTW Prepaid

CAMARILLO, CA – Electronic Clearing House, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECHO), a leading provider of electronic payment and transaction processing services, announced today that it has signed an agreement with CTW Prepaid, LLC (CTW) to provide Visa Point-of-Sale (POS) Check services to CTW’s customers. CTW specializes in customized prepaid telecom solutions for the convenience store industry. In addition to prepaid products, CTW, through its sister company, EZ Rewards, LLC, provides a point-based loyalty program designed to drive repeat traffic, increase sales and build customer loyalty for all-size retailers. The program is powered by customized software that delivers award points to customers through a magnetic stripe card that is branded with a retailer’s name and logo. CTW currently has over 1,000 terminals installed.

Under the agreement, ECHO will provide CTW with check processing services, including check verification, Automated Clearing House processing, check return processing and collection. This will allow CTW’s customers to receive immediate, on-line authorization for paper checks, and the conversion of the checks into electronic transactions at the point of sale for verification that funds are available in the check writer’s account.

“We are very excited about partnering with CTW Prepaid and adding our Visa POS Check service to their suite of prepaid and customer loyalty programs,” said Joel M. Barry, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Clearing House, Inc. “No other service allows the retailer to directly access the consumer’s checking account and settle a check in a single transaction. We believe that CTW’s retailers will enjoy tremendous savings due to reduced fraud, elimination of paper processing and check returns.”

“ECHO’s Visa POS Check service is the first truly new check processing solution in over a decade,” said Mark Rubenstein, CEO of CTW Prepaid. “We are committed to bring the best solutions to our customers and look forward to working with ECHO on implementing Visa POS Check services.”