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- Welcome to the world of electronic banking!
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- CheckFree Technologies has now made it possible for any person to pay
- any bill, using any bank, anywhere in the country. This shareware
- package provides you with a comprehensive yet easy to use bookkeeping
- and home budgeting tool, and serves as the delivery vehicle for the
- CheckFree Electronic Banking Service.
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- CheckFree provides the ability to pay all bills and handle all routine
- financial tasks electronically, easily, and quickly -- regardless of the
- merchant or financial institution. CheckFree makes banking, budgeting,
- and managing funds easier by eliminating checks and providing accurate,
- automatic record keeping. The process is very simple and can be used by
- anyone who has a personal computer.
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- USING THE SERVICE
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- 1. The consumer enters payment information into a personal
- computer using the CheckFree software. The software
- automatically records, categorizes, and sends the
- information via modem to the CheckFree Processing Center.
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- 2. The CheckFree system pays bills automatically through the
- consumer's bank account.
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- 3. Payments are sent anywhere in the U.S. using the Federal
- Reserve system of transmittal -- the system used from
- coast-to-coast by U.S. banks.
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- 4. CheckFree provides the consumer with a completely automated
- checking account register. Reconciliation with the bank
- statement can be done in a few easy steps.
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- 5. Regular monthly payments, such as mortgages or automobile
- loans, can be paid automatically with CheckFree. The consumer
- simply specifies the merchant, payment amount, and date for the
- bill; CheckFree will process the payment on time -- every month
- (or whatever the time interval is) until directed otherwise.
- The software records these transactions to automatically keep
- balance information up-to-date.
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- 6. For documentation, CheckFree clients will have his or her
- bank statement, complete with descriptive statements or
- payment notices for each transaction, which serve the same
- purpose as cancelled checks or receipts.
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- BENEFITS
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- Reduced Paperwork:
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- CheckFree eliminates paper check writing. All CheckFree payments are
- automatically recorded in the register and full receipt documentation
- of transactions appears with the customer's monthly bank statement.
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- Convenience:
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- Consumers can access the CheckFree system anytime they want to pay bills
- or review their account -- 24 hour a day, seven days a week. CheckFree
- can be used with any checking account at any financial institution in
- the U.S.
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- In addition, paying bills with CheckFree is faster and easier than
- writing and mailing checks or printing them with a financial software
- package. After initial payment information is set up, CheckFree
- averages less than 15 minutes to pay all monthly bills -- a process
- that can take hours by paper check.
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- CheckFree can process payments to and from any location in the U.S.
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- Saving Money:
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- Consumers save money in postage costs, the maximization of interest on
- accounts by scheduling payment dates to coincide with due dates, and by
- avoiding late charges and penalties.
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- Security:
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- To ensure a high level of account security, each CheckFree customer has
- a personal account number. All data entry is off-line, and financial
- records remain resident only in PC storage and memory. The system is
- designed so that these records never leave the PC, and thus can never be
- accessed by anyone except the user. The software transmits only payment
- instructions to CheckFree, and does NOT include bank account numbers.
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- Furthermore, CheckFree processes payment requests through the Federal
- Reserve Bank network and never requires actual access to the consumer's
- bank account. Finally, entry to the program is protected by password.
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- Accuracy:
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- Electronic funds transfer on the CheckFree system reduces human
- intervention and the chance for error in paper check handling.
- In addition, the software handles all the calculations automatically --
- eliminating addition and subtraction errors.
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- Increased Control:
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- Bill payment is made specifically on the day the consumer requests,
- so the customer benefits from the "float." In addition, the consumer
- has a complete range of options to review, change, or cancel
- transactions.
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- Unlimited Availability:
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- CheckFree provides fast, accurate payment service to customers of
- any U.S. financial institution.
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- Customer Service:
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- Because CheckFree Corporation has always considered client service
- a vital part of its business, a full-time staff of client service
- professionals is ready to answer inquiries Monday-Friday,
- (8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Eastern Time).
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- WHAT PAYMENTS CAN CHECKFREE MAKE?
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- CheckFree can pay any bill that the consumer wishes to pay, regardless
- of the merchant's location in the U.S. The only exceptions are tax
- liabilities and court payments.
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- COMPANY BACKGROUND
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- CheckFree Technologies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CheckFree
- Corporation of Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1981, CheckFree Corporation
- is the nation's leading provider of electronic payment services.
- CheckFree processes payments electronically for companies in every state
- across the nation. In fact, if you have ever used CompuServe, Source,
- GEnie, or Quantum computer information services, you have already seen
- how efficiently CheckFree works: each of these companies uses CheckFree
- for their monthly charges. In 1988 alone, CheckFree will move over
- $500,000,000 in consumer payments. Now, after three years of
- development, CheckFree can provide this highly efficient technology
- directly to individuals through their personal computer.
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- ORDERING THE CHECKFREE SERVICE
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- To get started, you pay a registration fee of only $29.95 which includes
- a complete subscription kit with software version 1.13, user guide, sign
- up materials and one month usage credit. However, if you register
- before December 31, 1988, CheckFree will waive the registration fee and
- you can get started for just a one month service fee in advance payment
- of $9.00. To obtain a CheckFree subscription kit, call 1-800-882-5280
- and ask for Electronic Banking (8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern Time; Monday -
- Friday).
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- Why is CheckFree practically giving away subscription kits that are
- about to be launched in nationwide retail distribution at year end?
- CheckFree believes that making this offer to influential BBS users in
- key geographic areas will help accomplish its primary task: getting the
- PC community to recognize that electronic banking is finally here, and
- that it works the way people want it to work.
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- This offer is intended to make it as easy as possible for you to see and
- experience the efficiency of CheckFree electronic banking. We believe
- this proven technology will provide you with a truly valuable service
- that will let you use your PC the way it was intended: as an easy-to-
- use, timesaving tool that will free you from unnecessary manual work.
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- If you would rather use your PC than create a lot of paperwork, try out
- the CheckFree software and see exactly how easy it is to go electronic.
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- TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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- VERSION 1.13 of CheckFree is hereby placed in the public domain.
- The CheckFree Software provided to you, whether obtained from CheckFree
- Corporation or the public domain, is owned by CheckFree Technologies,
- Inc. You agree not to tamper with or attempt to modify the software in
- any manner. CHECKFREE IS INTENDED FOR YOUR PRIVATE, NONCOMMERCIAL USE
- ONLY. You may make copies of the CheckFree software files for your own
- use, and you may copy the files for others. You may not, however,
- charge for such copies, or in any other way sell the program or
- otherwise attempt to make money from it or any modified version of it.
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- The CheckFree software, services, programs, and related documentation
- are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or
- implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of
- merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
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- Hardware required to run the CheckFree Software is an IBM-compatible
- computer with two floppy drives or one floppy and one hard drive, at
- least 256K available RAM, MS DOS 2.1 or later, monochrome monitor and a
- Hayes-compatible modem. A printer or a color monitor is optional. The
- program will take advantage of those computers equipped with more than
- 256K RAM. Versions of the CheckFree Software will be available for the
- Macintosh (512K RAM) and the Apple II series (128K RAM) shortly.
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- CheckFree is a registered trademark of CheckFree Technologies.
- CheckFree Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary or CheckFree
- Corporation. IBM is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
- Hayes is a registered trademark of Hayes Microcomputer Products.
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- MS DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
- Macintosh and Apple II are registered trademarks of Apple
- Computer, Inc.