Daily Check Image Exchange Volume Surpasses $1 Billion

Daily volume is expected to triple to $3 billion by the end of 2005.S.S.

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"This is a unique time of change in our industry. The
company operates through an extensive banking network primarily in
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri and
Pennsylvania, and also serves customers in selected markets
nationally. This progress is noteworthy given that the migration to
image exchange represents the most complicated and most expensive change in
check processing since MICR-technology was developed. banking affiliates: ABN
AMRO Bank, Bank of America, The Bank of New York,
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi/Union Bank of California, BB+T, City National Bank,
Citibank, Citizens Bank, Comerica Bank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC Bank, JPMorgan
Chase Bank, KeyBank , M+T Bank, National City Bank, PNC Bank, SunTrust Bank,
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SVPCO Check Image Exchange Network Expects Volume to Double or Triple By End
of 2005

NEW YORK, SVPCO -- Electronic Clearing Services, the
electronic check and check image exchange business of The Clearing House
Payments Company, LLC.savidge@theclearinghouse.

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Its core businesses include commercial and retail banking,
mortgage financing and servicing, consumer finance and asset
management. For more information about National City, visit the
company's Web site at www. Seven are already implemented and will be
looking for additional partners.S.

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Check 21 and the increased use of image services, are just a few of
the changes that allow us to provide our cash vault customers with a
check-imaging solution that is a value differentiator for financial
services providers like National City."

About Brink's, Incorporated

Brink's, Incorporated, delivers customized cash logistics
solutions that help companies manage the intricacies of the cash
supply chain.

The SVPCO Check Image Exchange Network is the nation's premier image
exchange network, enabling financial institutions to perform a variety of
check image clearing and settlement functions.

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Brink 's Launches Cash Vault Image Capture Solution; National City to Offer the New Service

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"Averaging $1 billion a day in volume after the first seven months of
operation is the first of many milestones as image exchange redefines the
check processing business of the entire financial services industry," said
George Thomas, Executive Vice President, The Clearing House. Each
of The Clearing House's 19 owner banks has developed plans to take full
advantage of image exchange . SVPCO banks represent 58% of
U. financial
institutions and hundreds of international participants with payment services
that span the entire spectrum of paper, paper-to-electronic and electronic
payments.

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DALLAS----Brink's, U. Institutions are typically sending
check images that are printed as Image Replacement Documents (IRDs), which are
then delivered to institutions for sorting and processing in the same manner
as original paper checks. Electronic check
image exchange is expected to create efficiencies for the banking industry
through operational efficiencies and lower costs.

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The majority of the checks processed through the Image Exchange Network
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National City will use the Brink's Vault Image Capture Solution
powered by NetDeposit to remotely capture check images and data for
the bank's cash vault depositors."
"This is an exciting opportunity for us to provide our customers
with a virtual end-to-end deposit processing service," said Lynn
Aleksov, senior vice president and manager of Global Trade and
Treasury Management at National City. "We now have
enough experience to see that once banks complete the implementation and
testing process, volume ramps very quickly because the efficiencies are so
compelling."
SVPCO's unique Check Image Exchange solution is a single, end-to-end
system that provides unparalleled control, security and processing efficiency
for transmitting check images and other data directly between participants in
the industry.org) is a private-sector, global payment systems
infrastructure that clears and settles 20 million payments for more than $1.

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"The volume of images flowing through the Image Exchange Network will
increase rapidly as the financial services industry begins to realize the
efficiency and reliability of check image exchange," said Susan Long, Senior
Vice President of SVPCO -- Electronic Clearing Services. Bank, Wachovia Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank.

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The next step in the image migration path is
processing image documents only, which would eliminate the paper production
and manual clearing process. The network enables financial institutions to exchange images of
checks peer-to-peer without a cumbersome central processing system thereby
eliminating the expense of transporting physical checks.

About The Clearing House Payments Company
The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC. The Clearing House Payments
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Nine major financial
institutions and the Federal Reserve are exchanging images via the Image
Exchange Network.

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of Brink's, Incorporated (Brink's), a recognized national leader in
secure logistic solutions, announced today the establishment of an
image capture solution in National City 's (NYSE:NCC) Dallas cash
vault.brinksinc., today announced that the SVPCO Check Image Exchange
Network is averaging more than $1 billion and over 125,000 check images a day.
The growing volume of check images is the result of an increasing number
of financial institutions participating in the Image Exchange Network. For more information on The
Clearing House, contact chip.org, 212-613-9896 , or
Greg Berardi, greg@bluemarlinpartners.

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commercial bank deposits and over 60% of the checks in the U. Services include local and regional check exchange and settlement
services, ACH association and operations, large-value "wire" payments,
electronic check presentment and a check image exchange .

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National City currently serves clients through over 50 cash
vaults located throughout the U. With a nationwide footprint of over 150 locations and
more than 2,200 armored vehicles, Brink's provides end-to-end
transportation, cash management and business intelligence services
including currency and coin processing, ATM servicing, document
destruction, the proprietary Brink's CompuSafe(R) Service , and the
state-of-the-art Brink's iCash System. The remaining twelve have committed to
implement , with the vast majority likely to be connected to the Image Exchange
Network by the end of the year in some capacity.

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About National City

National City Corporation (NYSE: NCC), headquartered in Cleveland,
Ohio, is one of the nation's largest financial holding companies . The Clearing House serves more than 1,600 U.

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"In addition to better service,
the Brink's solution expedites collection of checks on behalf of our
clients.
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institutions of all sizes benefit from payment systems that meet the highest
standards for reliability, security and service.S.

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Brink's product offers:

Image capture of the front and back of the check

Proof and balancing of check deposits

Image quality control

Routing, sorting and batching of items

Deposit transmission to the depository bank

"As strategic business partners for many years, an image-based
solution is the next logical progression in our relationship with
National City," said Guy Weissberg, executive vice president, Brink's
Cash Logistics. "Image exchange is
being embraced across the financial services industry, and adoption will
accelerate in 2005.

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For more information about
Brink's, Incorporated, visit the Company's website at
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