BANKDIRECT PRESIDENT TO HOST INTERNET BANKING SEMINARS ONLINE
Month-long Series to Offer Live, Interactive Learning
Experience for Today's Investors
DALLAS (August 28, 2000) - BankDirect President and COO Scott Prince is hosting
a month-long series of online seminars in September that will offer consumers a
unique, interactive learning experience on the benefits of Internet banking.
The seminar and live chat series is sponsored by Quote.com.
The Quote.com University Seminar is a set of scheduled online events targeted at
educating today's novice investor and offering solid investment information for
the more experienced investor. Through a combination of message boards and a
live chat, these seminars communicate with over 400,000 registered Quote.com
users.
As a Quote.com University Expert, Prince will cover four different online
banking topics on four separate dates. They are as follows:
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September 6, 2000 -- Online Banking: Traditional vs. Electronic
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September 12, 2000 -- Online Banking: Bill Paying & Consolidation Services
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September 18, 2000 -- Live Chat covering Online Banking: Account Features &
Hidden Costs
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September 26, 2000 -- Online Banking: Future - Beyond Checking & Savings
"BankDirect is always looking for opportunities to provide consumers with
accurate and reliable information on online banking. The Quote.com Expert
series will give us the opportunity to introduce Web users to the benefits of
online banking and to the products and services offered at BankDirect," said
Prince.
About Quote.com Founded in 1993, and officially launched on the Internet
in 1994, Quote.com was the first to offer an Internet-based equity research
service. Quote.com is the network for the investing revolution, bringing Wall
Street-quality content, tools and transaction capabilities to independent
investors. Quote.com is the Internet's largest provider of streaming quotes,
reaching more than one million unique users per month. These users benefit from
streaming LIVE!Charts, My.Quote.com, Investor Insight, and IPO Edge. In
December 1999 Quote.com was acquired by Lycos, Inc. As a part of Lycos,
Quote.com has assumed responsibility for the Finance Channel throughout the
Lycos Network. Founded in 1995, Lycos, Inc. is a leading Web media company and
owner of the Lycos Network, one of the most visited hubs on the Internet
reaching nearly one out of every two U.S. Web users. Headquartered near Boston
in Waltham, Mass., Lycos, Inc. is a global Internet leader with a major
presence throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America
About BankDirect BankDirect is an Internet bank providing fast, flexible,
value-oriented financial services to customers around the nation. Launched in
May 1999, the company is redefining value in personal finance by leveraging the
power of the Internet to provide convenient, competitive banking products and
responsive service. BankDirect empowers its time-challenged, value conscious
customers with a wide array of financial products and services that fit their
needs, including no-fee, high interest checking, money market accounts and CDs,
and free bill-pay service. In addition, BankDirect has partnered with American
Airlines® to become the first Internet-based bank to offer mileage
opportunities to its AAdvantage® members. BankDirect is the national Internet
banking division of Texas Capital Bank. Texas Capital Bank is privately owned
and operated by the holding company, Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc., which was
founded in December 1998 with the largest start up capitalization in U.S.
banking history. BankDirect is located in Dallas, Texas. For more information,
visit the company at (www.bankdirect.com)
Contact Information:
Rose Hultgren
BankDirect
214-932-6690