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Services Center Corp., Wisconsin Bankers and Allfirst Latest to Sign On

MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 10 /BUSINESS WIRE/

Online Resources & Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCC), a leading provider of Internet banking services, today announced the signing of the Michigan-based ATM network Services Center Corp., the for-profit arm (FIPCO) of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, and the correspondent division of Allfirst Bank as resellers.

The signings bring to 35 the number of Online Resources' resellers that complement the company's in-house sales force and provide value-added services through the company's Financial Hub. The Financial Hub uses proprietary middleware and ORCC's integration capabilities to combine funds transfer, consumer access, customer support, account information and third party services.

Services Center Corp. is one of the ATM networks that are reselling Online Resources' services. These networks are key ORCC partners because they have the real-time transaction processing systems and trusted relationships with many current and potential ORCC institutional customers. Other ATM networks that resell Online Resources services include Honor Services, Inc., Magic Line ATM Network, Concord (the MAC ATM Network), Affiliated Computer Systems, First Interstate-Billings and Advantage Network.

FIPCO is one of eight organizations that endorse and resell ORCC services. Others include America's Community Bankers and the state organizations of New York and Maryland.

Allfirst's correspondent division sells excess technological capacity on its systems as well as services of other companies such as Online Resources.

Online Resources also sells its services through EFT processors, core processors and financial software developers.

"We are fortunate to have such a fine roster of resellers who endorse our approach and our products," said Managing Director of Alternative Delivery Harvey Abelson. "They share our vision and have the practical experience in real-time transactions that adds value to our services. We've doubled the number of reseller partners in the past 12 months. And our business continues to expand significantly as the industry moves to real-time solutions and away from older batch methods."

Online Resources & Communications Corporation ( http://www.orcc.com ) is a leading outsourcer of privately-branded Internet financial services for regional and community banking institutions. The McLean, Virginia-based company has over 375 institutional clients nationwide. The company provides consumer bill paying and banking services, and aggregates lending, insurance, securities trading and investment services. Online Resources performs real-time processing through its patented EFT gateway and full customer service for client institutions, giving them a comprehensive "hub" solution from a single vendor. Client consumer marketing programs are conducted under the bankonline.com co-brand.

This news release contains statements about future events and expectations, which are "forward-looking statements." Any statement in this release that is not a statement of historical fact may be deemed to be a forward-looking statement. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Specific factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to: the company's history of losses and anticipation of future losses; the company's dependence on the marketing efforts of third parties; the potential fluctuations in the company's operating results; the company's potential need for additional capital; the company's potential inability to expand the company's services and related products in the event of substantial increases in demand for these services and related products; the company's competition; the company's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the company's reliance on the company's patents and other intellectual property; the early stage of market adoption of the services it offers; consolidation of the banking and financial services industry; and those risks and uncertainties discussed in filings made by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those risks and uncertainties contained under the heading "Risk Factors" in the company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.