Online Tool lets users search for payment information.

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The Global Banking Resource(TM) (TGBR) offers users access to all-inclusive global database with detailed information on financial institutions. Visually designed for efficient presentation of data, tool features menus and correspondent information centrally located on single tab. National clearing codes and information on global regulatory organizations, industry conferences, and banking holidays help ensure accurate relay of global payment information.



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Accuity Enhances TGBR Web



SKOKIE, IL - April 16, 2007 - Accuity, a leading worldwide provider of data, software and services to the financial services industry, today launched an updated version of its industry-leading online payment information look-up tool, The Global Banking Resource(TM) (TGBR) - available at www.TGBR.com. The new version, redesigned with a format mirroring Accuity's Web site, includes many new data enrichment and search enhancement features.

To improve the TGBR experience, new elements were added such as an updated look showcasing a more efficient presentation of data, improved menus with correspondent information centrally located on a single tab and an updated instruction manual to help users take advantage of the time-saving features. New national clearing codes and information on global regulatory organizations, industry conferences, banking holidays and a link to World Time Zones are also included ensuring the most comprehensive global payment information available. In addition, critical payment information continues to be updated daily to help users realize the highest possible payment straight through processing (STP) rates.

"Experienced professionals recognize our data as the most comprehensive available," said David Leverenz, Accuity's director of product management and development. "The accuracy and ease-of-use that TGBR delivers is invaluable to those in the global payments industry and the new enhancements implemented in this version serve to solidify TGBR's status as an industry-leading solution."

These enhancements complement TGBR's existing coverage of banks, central banks, savings and loans, credit unions, co-operative banks and holding companies. A cornerstone of Accuity's Payment Solutions, TGBR's all-inclusive global database contains the most detailed information on financial institutions including contacts, correspondents, subsidiaries, affiliates, financial and payment information and much more. Its powerful search engines ease navigation and allow customized research.

For more information or to sign up for a free trial of TGBR, visit www.TGBR.com.

About Accuity
Accuity (formerly 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.

Corporate Contact:
Anne O'Brien
SourceMedia
+1 212 803 8280
anne.obrien@sourcemedia.com

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