Accuity Announces First Customer for Global Payment File for ERP Systems


SKOKIE, IL - October 13, 2006 - Accuity is pleased to announce Sun Chemical as the first customer to use the Global Payment File(TM) for ERP (GPF-ERP), an extension of the highly effective GPF product specifically designed for integration with ERP systems.

Sun Chemical, the world's largest producer of printing inks and pigments, is a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics and other industrial markets. With annual sales approaching $4 billion, Sun Chemical has over 12,000 employees supporting customers around the world.

"We are proud to have an industry-leading, global company like Sun Chemical as the first customer for GPF-ERP," said David Leverenz, director of product management and development for Accuity. "Soon other businesses will come to recognize the efficiencies that can be gained by deploying an Accuity payment solution within their ERP systems."

Accuity's GPF-ERP will assist Sun Chemical in streamlining vendor payment processing, optimizing cash aggregation and facilitating payroll operations with a comprehensive, easy-to-use solution, which allows for the simple maintenance of payment code information.

GPF-ERP contains bank routing codes and other payment and remittance information for 90+ countries and territories as well as complete SWIFT/BIC coverage. The file is updated monthly to provide the most current information, and changes are clearly marked for easy identification. With GPF-ERP, the data elements are structured in a way
that supplies an institution's routing code(s) and associated SWIFT/BIC - a single record contains all of the necessary information to validate payment instructions.

For more information about Accuity's global payment solutions, please
visit accuitysolutions.com[1].

About Accuity
Accuity (f/k/a Thomson Financial Publishing), a SourceMedia company, is a leading provider of data, software and services that allow organizations, across multiple industries, to maximize efficiency and facilitate compliance of their transactions.

As the official registrar of ABA routing numbers since 1911, Accuity maintains the most authoritative and comprehensive databases globally with a reputation built on the accuracy and quality of our data, products and services.

For more than 95 years our worldwide clients, located in over 150 countries, include C-level executives, managers, and technology professionals. The solutions and services we provide are packaged in multiple formats to serve their diverse needs.

About SourceMedia, Inc.
SourceMedia provides market information, including news, analysis, and insight to the financial services and related industries such as accounting and technology, through its publications, industry-standard data applications, seminars and conferences. Its flagship publications, including American Banker, National Mortgage News, The Bond Buyer, and Accounting Today, have helped build SourceMedia's reputation as the
pre-eminent information source in its respective markets. Consulting services, software, and data provided through its two divisions, National Regulatory Services (NRS) and Accuity, facilitate regulatory compliance, funds registration and data flow among institutions in the investment, insurance, and banking industries.

The news, information, integrated data, consulting services, and marketing solutions SourceMedia delivers is packaged in any format customers prefer and need - in person, in print, or online, including newspapers and magazines, reference directories, database products, software, Web seminars and live events.

SourceMedia's 750,000 worldwide clients and subscribers range from C-level executives to business-unit heads to line managers - from the front office to the middle office to the back office. SourceMedia employs more than 1,000 employees worldwide, with headquarters in New York and offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, and London.

News Release Contact:
Stacy Kirincic
Accuity
+1 (847) 933 5066
stacy.kirincic@AccuitySolutions.com

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