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Ecount and ACB Announce Rewards and Incentives Partnership
Leading Agency Adds Ecount Prepaid Solutions to Innovative Spiff, Rebate, Incentive, and Trade Promotion Marketing Programs
Conshohocken, PA, October 3, 2006 - Ecount (www.ecount.com), the prepaid experts, today announced a new partnership with Advertising Checking Bureau (www.acbcoop.com), a professional agency dedicated to working with manufacturers. The partnership will leverage Ecount's leading prepaid platform to deliver branded, immediate incentives and rewards through ACB's comprehensive services platform.
ACB services more than 200 of the leading manufacturers with an extended suite of web-based offerings, providing a total solution from planning, payment and reporting for their client's channel partner needs. Ecount provides ACB's clients with a fully customizable prepaid solution, that delivers increased branding, more immediate payments and better tracking. Ecount provides prepaid debit cards, either virtual or plastic, that enable companies to deliver more immediate, universal rewards.
ACB's partnership with Ecount enhances their product offerings by expanding their services to include Visa® debit card solutions, extending beyond cash and premium alternatives.
"This growth of ACB's service portfolio provides manufacturers with the advantage of partnering with a single source provider for all incentive payments. These expanded incentive services coupled with claim auditing, excellent customer service and customized web tools provide ACB clients with the support necessary to effectively meet their business and incentive goals," said Brian McShane, President, Advertising Checking Bureau. "The partnership with Ecount benefits both manufacturers and their business partners through the effective integration of systems and resultant ability to secure claim status and balance information quickly and accurately."
Ecount and ACB launched their first program together in late 2005 for a major manufacturing company. Since inception, their programs have delivered significant results, leveraging ACB's comprehensive incentive and rewards solutions with immediate, branded payments from Ecount. The program's key objectives of delivering unique and innovative rewards and measured results are consistently achieved.
"ACB is dedicated to providing complete solutions from planning to reporting and analysis," began Andrew Newcomb, EVP, Corporate Development for Ecount. "By adding Ecount Prepaid to their offerings, they are providing their clients with increased communication, tracking and metrics for their incentive and reward programs. Together, ACB and Ecount provide a best-of-breed solution for manufacturers in a multi-vendor environment, enabling them to deliver a compelling and differentiated incentive and quantify results."
About Ecount:
Ecount provides customized prepaid programs for corporations looking for a simple and convenient way to deliver electronic payments. With products ranging from incentives to compensation to specialized disbursements, Ecount offers comprehensive programs to corporations looking to influence and motivate consumers, employees and customers. Ecount's proprietary technology enables complete communication and brand extension coupled with a secure payment vehicle. More than 1000 leading corporations, including more than one third of the Fortune 100, rely on Ecount's prepaid solutions to gain a strategic advantage in their market.
About ACB:
ACB remains uniquely qualified to support the Spiff, Rebate, Incentive, and Trade Promotion Marketing needs of manufacturers. ACB is headquartered in New York City, with production offices in both Memphis, TN and Tempe, Arizona.
Note to the Media:
Extensive resources are available for the media community, including corporate, client and cardholder interviews. Please contact Theresa Wabler, Director of Marketing, at 610-941-4600x169 or twabler@ecount.com.