News | November 4, 2008

Global Connect Selects Payment Vision To Offer Payment Gateway Services To Customers Of Its Voice Messaging System

GAITHERSBURG, Md. --(Business Wire)-- Global Connect, one of the leading providers of voice messaging and notification services, announced today that its customers will have access to the gateway services of Payment Vision, the popular payment gateway powered by Autoscribe Corp. Under the agreement, PayAPI will be connected to Global Connect's voice messaging system so that users of the solutions can offer electronic payment options within their outbound and inbound Interactive Voice Response (IVR) menu.

"Global Connect is committed to finding new ways to help our clients increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their voice messaging campaigns," said Craig Bird, Chief Executive Officer of Global Connect.

Payment Vision is a payment gateway that concentrates payments captured at various windows such as IVR, Internet and call centers. All payment collection windows connect to a centralized hub. The hub, in effect, collapses payment silos into a single monitoring and reporting system whereby clients benefit from centralized risk management and a real-time view of all of their payment activity.

"One of the key ingredients to success for many companies, particularly as we go through this recent economic downturn, will be the use of technology to run more efficient operations. That might mean looking for ways to communicate with customers in an automated fashion or establishing self-service account management features. Actually, Autoscribe and Global Connect are doing both by combining their services to create a single streamlined messaging and bill payment system. I expect this combined service will help our customers to stay ahead of the curve in managing their receivables and pave the way for new business growth," said Sean Fleming, Director of Payment Vision Gateway Svcs, Autoscribe Corporation.

About Payment Vision Gateway Svcs
Payment Vision is the Internet payment gateway popular among corporate billers across various industries for its ease of use and consumer friendly payment windows. The gateway services include the PayAgent virtual terminal and consumer friendly self-service windows such as PayWeb & PayIVR. The gateway services extend payment processing features to software publishers via PayAPI, a SOAP based XML web service. Payment Vision Gateway Svcs is powered by Autoscribe Corporation, one of the largest electronic payment processors in the U.S., processing over $4.5 billion in transactions annually. For more information about Payment Vision or Autoscribe, visit www.paymentvision.com.

About Global Connect LLC
Global Connect helps a variety of businesses throughout the United States and Canada deliver personalized voice messages quickly and cost-effectively. Founded in 2002, Global Connect is a privately held company with corporate offices in Mays Landing, New Jersey, with regional sales and service offices located throughout the United States.

Global Connect's fully interactive system allows customers to deliver pre-recorded voice messages to designated telephone numbers at unmatched speed and capacity. Customers can create messages and access all features of the system using a web browser, with no technical expertise required. Call recipients can use the interactive keypad to connect to live agents, leave voice messages or select other keys for polling and surveys.

For more information on Global Connect services, please call 1-888-421-4151 or visit www.gc1.com.

Copyright 2008 Business Wire All Rights Reserved.