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Gage Engages Ecount in Incentives Alliance

Prepaid Solutions to Link with Proprietary Marketing Technology

Conshohocken, PA, May 30, 2007 - Ecount, a Citi company, and Gage, a nationally recognized marketing agency, today announced a strategic incentives alliance, delivering Ecount's Prepaid Solutions to Gage's blue-chip client list.

Doug Reeves, Senior Vice President of Gage said, "Key to Gage's phenomenal success is building the right blend between behavioral marketing and proprietary technology. Ecount provides our clients with a sophisticated online prepaid solution, insisting on accuracy, speed, data capture, reporting and customer service - complementing our focus on technological innovation and driving measurable results."

Ecount delivers a comprehensive and fully-customizable Visa® or MasterCard® Prepaid Card Solution, providing clients with a simple, highly-effective way to deliver a proven and popular reward.

"The recent and rapidly expanding trend to replace paper checks and supplement merchandise offerings with cash cards left us searching for the best implementation solution," continued Reeves. "This alliance allows us to offer joint clients a full-service incentive program, from concept through cash-reward fulfillment, which is completely managed online. With the addition of a new SSO (single sign-on) integration, the users experience a seamless transition from our technology to theirs."

Gage's incentive and loyalty business is further enhanced by integrating programmatic elements from its other core disciplines: promotion, direct/CRM, design and interactive.

"Gage has built a very successful and innovative business by leveraging technology to support their client's marketing programs," began Matt Gillin, CEO of Ecount. "By combining their services with Ecount's Prepaid Incentives, they are providing their client's with a sophisticated program that can be rapidly fulfilled with a completely custom program - increasing program participation, extending the customer lifecycle and enhancing the brand experience. The integration of Gage and Ecount will ensure that the behavior/reward loop is optimized, creating more successful, top-of-mind programs."

About Ecount
Ecount provides customized prepaid programs for corporations looking for a simple and convenient way to deliver electronic payments. With products ranging from incentives to compensation to specialized rewards, Ecount offers comprehensive programs to corporations looking to influence and motivate consumers, employees and customers. Ecount's proprietary technology enables complete communication and brand extension coupled with a secure payment vehicle. More than 1,000 leading corporations, including more than one third of the Fortune 100, rely on Ecount's prepaid solutions to gain a strategic advantage in their market.