Ticker: EBNK
Exchange: OTCBB        Topic: Financing and Investment Banking Agreement

October 13, 1999 - Vancouver BC - AlphaTrade.com would like to announce that the Company has signed an agreement with Providential Securities for a secondary offering of $25,000,000 minimum to a $50,000,000 maximum.

Henry D. Fahman, Chairman and CEO of Providential Securities, states that the technology AlphaTrade has to offer to the investing public will revolutionize the industry.

About AlphaTrade
AlphaTrade.com (OTCBB: EBNK) 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.

Contact:

James Chan
AlphaTrade.com

1-877-288-7799
james@alphatrade.com

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements contained herein which are not historical fact are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, certain delays in testing and evaluation of products and other risks detailed from time to time in AlphaTrade's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.