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Info Touch, Circle K deploy ZapLink in Texas

March 1, 2006

BURNABY, British Columbia - Info Touch Technologies Corp. is expected to deploy 25 ZapLink kiosks at select Circle K Stores Inc. convenience stores in El Paso, Texas.

According to a news release, the ZapLink kiosks allow cash-preferred customers to securely access personal accounts and view balances on select billers, even without account numbers present. The kiosks offer Spanish or English. Customers also may pay bills including wireless, utility and cable.

Payments are made by inserting the cash into ZapLink's bill acceptor. Payments are posted through Info Touch's Tio network.

"ZapLink and the Tio Network are an important part of Circle K's strategy to empower our customers with convenient and hassle-free ways to pay bills and manage personal finances," said Circle K financial services manager Dan Stiel.

"El Paso, Texas, is a growing Latino community, and market research indicates that nearly half of the Hispanics (in El Paso) are unbanked," said Hamed Shahbazi, Info Touch's chairman and chief executive.

More than 78 percent of El Paso's population is Hispanic.

Since September 2001, Info Touch and Circle K deployed approximately 300 ZapLink kiosks in six states, including Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.