Nextbill Company Profile

NextBill was officially launched in February 1999 and has thus far been marketed directly to banks, utility companies, credit card companies, Internet Service Providers, municipalities and any company that must mail bills and process payments from customers. The agreement with DAS is BTI's first foray into the EBPP market through a value-added reseller.

"More and more companies are realizing the importance of offering their customers the convenience of electronic billing, but until recently they essentially had no alternative to the costly consolidator model." says Bob Kantin, BTI's Vice President of Marketing. "DAS realized the value that NextBill represents to not only the biller, but also the consumer."

Lyle Elias, President of DAS, said, "Every major biller in the United States is looking at EBPP. Because NextBill makes the billing process less expensive and more efficient than the other available models, we believe that this agreement will be extremely fruitful for our company."

Unlike the predominant ‘consolidator' EBPP model offered by vendors such as CheckFree and TransPoint, NextBill takes the direct route from the biller's accounts receivable system to their customers via e-mail. "Rather than consolidating multiple bills from various vendors on one Web site, NextBill will provide our clients with the opportunity to retain their direct connection to their customers by delivering bills to personal e-mail boxes," said Mr. Elias.

NextBill is a turnkey e-billing solution that can be operated in-house with no third-party intervention necessary. In contrast to the consolidator model, billers keep sensitive customer billing information private and electronic payments are processed more efficiently through the Federal Reserve's ACH system.

The NextBill system is further differentiated from the third-party model by its lack of ongoing transaction fees. "The creators of the consolidator model of EBPP essentially built an electronic "toll-way," and all electronic bills must pass through and pay their toll before they can be processed," says Mr. Kantin. "We believe electronic billing should lower the cost of the billing cycle, not find ways to make it more expensive."

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	BRINKMAN TECHNOLOGIES INKS DEAL WITH FIRST NEXTBILL VAR Deluxe Automated Systems to resell BTI's turnkey "billing by e-mail" system DALLAS (July 15, 1999)... Brinkman Technologies Inc. (BTI) has doubled the size of its headquarters in Carrollton, Texas. The company has also added two new Web servers and built an entirely new data center. BTI will now be able to offer Web hosting of Internet banking and EBPP applications for its customers. NextBill was officially launched in February 1999 and has thus far been marketed directly to banks, utility companies, credit card companies, Internet Service Providers, municipalities and any company that must mail bills and process payments from customers. The agreement with DAS is BTI's first foray into the EBPP market through a value-added reseller. "More and more companies are realizing the importance of offering their customers the convenience of electronic billing, but until recently they essentially had no alternative to the costly consolidator model." says Bob Kantin, BTI's Vice President of Marketing. "DAS realized the value that NextBill represents to not only the biller, but also the consumer." Lyle Elias, President of DAS, said, "Every major biller in the United States is looking at EBPP. Because NextBill makes the billing process less expensive and more efficient than the other available models, we believe that this agreement will be extremely fruitful for our company." Unlike the predominant ‘consolidator' EBPP model offered by vendors such as CheckFree and TransPoint, NextBill takes the direct route from the biller's accounts receivable system to their customers via e-mail. "Rather than consolidating multiple bills from various vendors on one Web site, NextBill will provide our clients with the opportunity to retain their direct connection to their customers by delivering bills to personal e-mail boxes," said Mr. Elias. NextBill is a turnkey e-billing solution that can be operated in-house with no third-party intervention necessary. In contrast to the consolidator model, billers keep sensitive customer billing information private and electronic payments are processed more efficiently through the Federal Reserve's ACH system. The NextBill system is further differentiated from the third-party model by its lack of ongoing transaction fees. "The creators of the consolidator model of EBPP essentially built an electronic "toll-way," and all electronic bills must pass through and pay their toll before they can be processed," says Mr. Kantin. "We believe electronic billing should lower the cost of the billing cycle, not find ways to make it more expensive." More press releases