AlphaTrade.com Announces Strategic Alliance With International Communications Firm VANCOUVER, B.C., Aug. 12

/PRNewswire/ -- Victor Cardenas, President of AlphaTrade.com (OTC Bulletin Board: EBNK - news) is pleased to announce that Mensch Communications International will be the primary investor relations firm, effective immediately. President Victor Cardenas stated, ``Based on

Mensch Communications outstanding record with other clients, we are confident they will capture the true vision of AlphaTrade.com's potential and have proven to be the financial communications expert that present and future shareholders can trust. AlphaTrade will work closely with Mensch Communications to ensure a high standard of honesty and integrity are maintained. Mensch Communications stated, ``We are very excited about this alliance and are proud to add AlphaTrade to Mensch Communications' list of growing public companies. We know that with millions of trades executed daily via the Internet, there is an enormous market such as AlphaTrade.com's state of the art technology.''

About the Company

AlphaTrade.com (OTC Bulletin Board: EBNK - news) is an Internet-based company developing ``Web-to-desktop'' convergence technologies. The AlphaWare line of applications designed by AlphaTrade will offer computer users endless business and personal choices all delivered via a nimble, thin client platform in the browser.

This press release contains statements that constitute forward statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause or contribute to such differences include, among other things, the Company's dependence on one customer, seasonality of the Company's retrieval business and risk of future losses from operations. Other risks and uncertainties include changes in business conditions and the economy in general, changes in governmental regulations, unforeseen litigation and other risk factors identified. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements for revisions or changes after the date of this press release.

The NASD OTC has neither approved nor disapproved of the information contained herein.

For more information, please contact:

Licensing Opportunities:
James Chan of AlphaTrade.com,
877-288-7799,
james@alphatrade.com

Mensch Communications
Int'l., 877-788-1940,
fax 858-824-0452,
mensch@investmentpr.com