October 15, 2002 *CCAvenue Expands Payment Options With American Express.

October 15, 2002 CCAvenue, India's first and only neutral online payment gateway, announced today that it would team up with financial services giant American Express to expand payment options to 50 million American Express card holders worldwide.
"As a pioneer in online payments in India, CCAvenue is committed to providing a safe, reliable and convenient method for online sales and purchases. With Amex now in its list of 'accepted cards', CCAvenue has made e-commerce safe and easy for millions of Amex cardmembers across India," said Mr Patel, CEO, Avenues. "By Amex cards, CCAvenue appointed merchants will now have an all important additional choice of payment for secure, online transactions."

CCAvenue enables any business or consumer with email to send and receive online payments securely, conveniently and cost-effectively. CCAvenue's network builds on the existing financial infrastructure of bank accounts and credit cards to create a global payment solution. CCAvenue is a popular payment network for online auction payment collection and is being increasingly used at other e-commerce sites for the sale of goods, services, and digital content.


American Express
American Express Company is a diversified worldwide travel and financial services company founded in 1850. It is a leader in charge and credit cards, Travelers Cheques, travel, investment products, insurance and international and online banking.


About CCAvenue
Established in the year 2001and headquartered in Mumbai, India, CCAvenue provides turnkey e-commerce solutions to hundreds of e-merchants across India. CCAvenue is the preferred Indian payment-processing service for e-commerce, providing server-based payment solutions, enabling merchants to process secure transactions in real time, 24 hours a day. The company's service is powered by proprietary technology that integrates online payment processing, fraud control, financial reporting and tracking. CCAvenue's Payment Solutions process credit cards and net banking transactions and work with any business model, including Internet call centers and retail. CCAvenue has also formed strategic alliances with leading financial institutions and technology partners to deliver the most comprehensive online authorisation and processing services available to Indian eMerchants.CCAvenue's secure, complete and leading-edge payment services maximize growth at every stage of a merchant's business lifecycle.
For more information about CCAvenue, visit the company on the world wide web at
www.CCAvenue.com or call (022)-26000816/46 and 26491524.

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