Integrated Payment Solutions: Law Offices Gain Fast, Efficient Integrated Credit Card Processing Through Alliance Between Payment Processing, Inc. And Abacus Data Systems, Inc.

PPI continues growth momentum, expanding its reach into the legal services industry

Payment Processing, Incorporated (PPI), the industry leader for integrated payment solutions, today announced a partnership with Abacus Data Systems, Incorporated, a provider of office management software for attorneys. Abacus Data Systems combines calendaring, case management, time, billing and accounting in their software. The partnership brings a credit card processing component to its AbacusLaw Silver and AbacusLaw Gold programs.

"With continued growth in credit card use, linking credit card processing to legal time and billing is the next logical step for law offices," says Judd Kessler, founder and president of Abacus Data Systems, Inc. "AbacusLaw's smooth integration with PPI PayMover gives our customers a competitive edge."

With the integrated PPI/AbacusLaw solution, law offices can offer clients a credit card billing option that enables payments to be authorized within seconds and includes an option for automatic monthly payments. Benefits to the law office include streamlining their billing processes, reducing double-entry errors, and stabilizing cash flow. Through PPI PayMover, Abacus Data Systems' customers now have a comprehensive payment processing system featuring:

• End-to-end integrated credit card processing to handle transactions seamlessly and reliably
• Fast and smooth configuration, testing and training to get law offices up and running quickly
• Unlimited 24/7/365 "Answer-the-Phone" free technical and administrative support for all payment transaction issues

"This partnership represents our entry into the legal services industry and follows closely on our growth in other markets such as medical billing, parking, municipalities and many more," says Chuck Riegel, EVP, software products and partnerships at PPI. "By offering a comprehensive solution, partners such as Abacus Data Systems have the ability to turn to one source for all of their integrated payment processing needs."

About Payment Processing, Inc.
Payment Processing, Inc. (www.paypros.com) is the industry leader for integrated payment solutions. PPI provides software developers with a full range of services for integrating electronic payments including gateway services, integration support, merchant support and services, and PABP/PCI security assistance. Additionally, PPI provides software developers with the ability to generate additional revenue while substantially reducing their support costs for integrated payments.

Today, PPI is the most successful company in the world focused on integrated payment processing, supporting over 600 software developers and more than 17,000 merchants with efficient, cost-effective payment solutions. In 2006, PPI processed over $3 billion in Visa® and MasterCard® payments.

About Abacus Data Systems, Inc.
AbacusLaw Silver and Gold software provide fully integrated time, billing, accounting, calendaring, conflict checking, contact and case management software for law firms in all fields of practice. Both programs integrate with PPI's credit card processing.

Abacus Data Systems has specialized in solutions for law firms for over 24 years. More than 250,000 legal professionals have relied on AbacusLaw software for their day-to-day activities. Product demonstrations and more information are available at www.abacuslaw.com or by calling 800-726-3339.