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Earthport PLC
08 July 2003


Press Release                                                8 July 2003






                  earthport launches two new payment products





earthport plc, the electronic payment services company, is launching two new
products branded as: travelPay and govtPay. The products are being offered to
provide cheaper and faster transaction channels to the travel industry and
public services.  earthport will begin marketing the products with immediate
effect. earthport's open and interoperable UPN means integration can be
completed in days.



travelPay has been developed solely as a back office payments system for
transfers between travel agents or operators and service providers, such as
airlines, transfer operators and hotels.  The product will substantially speed
up the distribution of commissions for airfares and holiday packages, which
currently can take up to 45 days.



earthport has created govtPay in response to the UK government's initiative to
increase access to a number of state and local government services and enable
monetary transactions online.  earthport is targeting services such as family
tax credits, pension payouts and council tax payouts, but also intra-government
movement of funds.



In addition earthport's mediaPay brand now has a live client in Citywebwatch.
Take up numbers are in line with expectations.



earthport also announces the signing of the Music Engine as a reseller of the
media Pay product. This will provide both standard and micro-payments for bands
and record companies allowing the online purchase of physical merchandise and
music downloads - the future of the web and mobiles.



Robert Atkin, CEO of the Music Engine, said:" The great thing is, it's an
excellent way of making micro-payments.  So if your teenage son or daughter
wants to download a track of music for 30p, they can."



Rob Cunningham CEO, earthport, said:  "Our new products have generated
significant interest and they enhance the company's suite of specialist products
which also include mobilePay."



For further information, please contact:



earthport plc
Rob Cunningham, Chief Executive Officer               Tel: +44 (0) 20 7907 1100
info@earthport.com                                    www.earthport.com



Media enquiries:
Bankside Consultants
Ariane Vacher / Julian Bosdet                         Tel: +44 (0) 20 7444 4140
ariane.vacher@bankside.com                            www.bankside.com





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