Municipal Payment Systems Completes Merger, and Provides Business Profile
09 Juli 2007 - 3:45PM
Business Wire
Municipal Payment Systems, Inc., (Pink Sheets:MCPY), formerly known
as Columbia Bakeries, is pleased to report that the merger
transaction approved by the Florida Bankruptcy courts in July of
2006 has been formally completed. To properly reflect the name of
the Company, the Company�s ticker symbol has also changed from CBBS
to MCPY. �We are pleased to have completed all the various
requirements to become a publicly held corporation and begin moving
forward in securing the resources that will enables us to begin
deployment of our online bail payment systems,� said Mr. John
Bergmann, the Company�s President and founder. �I am excited in
this pioneering program that offers efficiencies and cost savings
to local government and municipalities for processing bail and fine
payments. Since my days at ITM Corporation I have envisioned a
system that parallels the hotel industry�s �In-Room Checkout�
system and felt that such a system could drastically improve the
bail and fine process for not only governments but also those
individuals and their family members that unfortunately find
themselves in a situation requiring them to post bail or pay
fines.� Business Profile of Municipal Payment Systems Municipal
Payment Systems, Inc. is the first company in the United States to
begin offering bail and fine payments through the Internet and ATM
style transactions. The initial thrust of the system is to provide
transaction services for bail payments of up to $5,000 through ATM
kiosk machines installed at the county correctional level. This
integrated internet based system is designed to instantly capture
misdemeanor bail and fine payments 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
In addition to ATM style transactions, the Company also has an
�ebail terminal� that is set up at the local level holding station,
where a person (once they have the offender�s id information) can
pay for the offender�s bail over the internet and the voucher
representing payment is printed at the holding center, before the
offender is transferred to the county holding facility where the
ATM kiosk machines are installed. The offender, or the party paying
the offender�s bail, can use any number of credit cards or bank
accounts to fund the voucher. Once the Bail is funded, the ATM
kiosk prints out a voucher which is presented to the clerk and
accepted as cash. The funds are held by Judicial and swept to the
municipality�s bank account on the next banking day. The United
States judicial system currently handles nearly $10 billion per
year in bail, fines, citations, plus $42 billion in court fees and
judgments. Misdemeanor bail alone generates between $2-3 billion
per year on a national level. By this design the Company has
identified 93 premium markets and more than 300 non-premium
markets. The Company plans to roll the ATM Kiosk machines out to
the 93 premium markets within the first three years. Management
John R. Bergmann, the Company�s founder and President, has an
eighteen year background in engineering, marketing, and sales in
the manufacturing and communications industries throughout the
United States, Asian, and South American markets. In 1992, Mr.
Bergmann founded Interactivo SA, a joint venture with TeleVisa SA
de CV and ITM Corporation, created to service the Mexican and Latin
American markets. Interactivo is the largest Interactive
Pay-Per-View movie system in South America today. In 1989 Mr.
Bergmann, as Executive Vice President, grew Hospitality Network
Inc. (an ITM affiliate) from $1.2 million to $19 million in just 3
years. ITM equipment is still the most popular interactive
pay-per-view systems, installed in the largest hotels in the world.
Dr. Steven J. Baileys, the Company�s Chairman and CEO, has carried
various executive positions at SafeGuard Health Enterprises, since
1981, where he was President and COO from 1981 to 1997 and CEO from
1995 to 2000, SafeGuard Health Enterprises, Inc. provides dental
plans, indemnity dental plans, vision benefit plans, administration
services, and preferred provider services to approximately
1,000,000 members. Since 1996, Dr. Baileys has been a member of the
Southern California Young Presidents Organization and since 1992
has been a member of the American Cancer Society Board, Orange
County Region. Additionally, Dr. Baileys was previously on the
Proctor & Gamble Dental Management Care Advisory Board from
1991-1994. Dr. Baileys received his Bachelor of Arts in Biology,
University of Colorado 1976, Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree,
Georgetown University School of Dentistry 1982. For further
information about the Company and its management please visit
www.municipalpaymentsystems.com. About Municipal Payment Systems,
Inc. Municipal Payment Systems, Inc. offers an integrated network
payment system designed to electronically capture and disburse
payments of bail, fines, citations, court fees and judgments for
local governments and municipalities. Through the deployment of ATM
kiosk systems and desktop terminals, the Company provides an
alternative to the traditional cash based posting of bail and
provides an online interface between the jailer, the person posting
bail and administrators 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For more
information please visit our website
www.municipalpaymentsystems.com This document includes
forward-looking statements. All statements regarding Municipal
Payment Systems, Inc., including, without limitation, expected
future financial position, results of operations, cash flows,
financing plans, business strategy, products and services,
competitive positions, growth opportunities, plans and objectives
of management for future operations, as well as statements that
include words such as "anticipate," "if," "believe," "plan,"
"estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "could," "should," "will,"
and other similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Such
forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and readers
must recognize that actual results may differ materially from
expectations or projections. Municipal Payment Systems, Inc. does
not undertake any duty to update such forward-looking statements.
Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from
those in the forward-looking statements include the ability to fund
operations, actions of competitors, consumer acceptance of existing
and new product offerings, and changes in general economic
conditions. Many of these factors are outside of the control of
Municipal Payment Systems, Inc.
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