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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joe Boyle
Chief Executive Officer
803-758-2528
AFFINITY ANNOUNCES INTERNET-BASED
MULTI-LENDER SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOBILE DEALERS
Columbia, SC, April 10, 2000
Affinity Technology Group, Inc. [NASDAQ:AFFI] today announced
plans to deliver to Auto Credit Acceptance, Inc. ("ACA"),
an Internet based system that will enable a nationwide network of
automobile dealers to access fully automated, real-time multi-lender
decisions.
The system will be fully integrated with Affinity's rtDS, iDEAL
and Decisys/RT products and services and will simultaneously evaluate
the full range of lending alternatives to match the creditworthiness
of the applicant with the credit offerings of lenders. The system
will offer consumers faster approvals and improve the efficiency
of lenders by matching applicants with appropriate lending sources.
Affinity's President and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph A. Boyle,
said "We believe this system will offer benefits to dealers,
lenders, and consumers by allowing all parties to quickly identify
appropriate financing opportunities. Additionally, this is an opportunity
for Affinity to showcase the versatility of our products and services
by demonstrating the adaptability of our closed-loop automated decisioning
capability to the Internet."
The agreement between Affinity and ACA provides for the delivery
of the system within 180 days and also provides for Affinity to
perform application processing and integration services to ACA for
an initial 5 year term. Under the terms of the Agreement, ACA will
also market Affinity's iDEAL service to lenders.
"We are very excited to be part of ACAs business plan.
They have developed a substantive Internet-based business model
that recognizes and accommodates the unique requirements of consumers,
lenders and automobile dealers who wish to engage in the marketing
and sales of products through e-commerce channels," said Mr.
Boyle.
ACA's President and Chief Executive Officer, William V. Fowler,
said, " ACA's new system is the key to the delivery of our
products and services and will provide consumers with real-time
closed loop loan decisions in a manner not available in the marketplace
today. The clear winners will be our automobile dealers and lending
institutions who will benefit from the more efficient business-to-business
relationship created by the unique features of our "Multi-Lender
Evaluation and Auto Loan System."
ACA specializes in financing programs that partner automobile dealers
with lenders and is currently expanding their services to market
automobile and related products through a nationwide network of
automobile dealers and lenders. The business to business "Multi-Lender
Evaluation and Auto Loan System" solves many of the problems
related to the closing of automobile loans offered by multiple lenders
at dealer locations. ACAs new system supports both the single
and multiple lender loan decisioning environment and will be integrated
with Affinitys existing loan decisioning systems. ACA is located
on the World Wide Web at www.autocreditaccept.com.
Affinitys technology enables financial institutions to link
their branches, call centers, remote service units, Internet customers
and indirect agents electronically to their credit departments,
providing fully-automated lending and, if necessary, connectivity
to a loan officer through every channel. For financial institutions,
Affinitys solutions expedite loan decisioning and processing,
increase the productivity and capacity of branch personnel, call
center agents, loan officers, and indirect agents, and improve the
overall customer experience. Affinity is located on the World Wide
Web at www.affi.net.
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Forward-looking statements in this news
release, including statements regarding the company's development
of a new Internet-based auto loan system and the Companys
agreement with ACA, are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors
are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties, including general economic conditions, delays and
risks associated with the development of new technologies, consumer
and industry acceptance of automated delivery channels, and regulatory
risks, that may cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected.
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