Chicago, IL - January 20th 2000 - NetVentures Inc. www.NetVenturesInc.net of Chicago, Illinois, signed a letter of intent to be acquired by AlphaTrade.com (OTC BB: EBNK).

NetVentures is an Internet development firm, which includes the subsidiaries Financialville.com www.Financialville.com and SwiftSolution.com www.SwiftSolution.com. Financialville.com is an investor community dedicated to empowering Internet users with the best in financial discussion, commentary, and chat. SwiftSolution.com is a Web based Application Service Provider (ASP) that provides Web sites with free and customizable community building software applications. NetVentures CEO Brad Goldstein believes that, "This is a win-win situation for both parties. AlphaTrade’s management, resources, and support are of tremendous value going forward."

Financialville’s community enables investors to benefit from "intelligence sharing," build relationships, gain investor knowledge, and interact with others who have similar interests. Similar investor communities, like CMGI’s (Nasdaq: CMGI) RagingBull.com, recently sold for $200 million. This relationship will provide Financialville with access to AlphaTrade’s powerful financial tools in addition to providing AlphaTrade with ownership in a rapidly growing financial community.

SwiftSolution is embracing the rapidly growing ASP and business-to-business market places. Other Net companies, such as Internet Capital Group (Nasdaq: ICGE) have entered this area and experienced enormous success. Currently, SwiftSolution has one available application, SwiftBoards. SwiftBoards’ free software application enables customers to seamlessly integrate message boards into their new or established Web sites. SwiftBoards is the first of many applications that SwiftSolution intends to provide.

AlphaTrade.com has developed and is currently marketing a complete suite (E-Gate) of streaming real-time stock and financial information available by subscription. AlphaTrade is a true E-Commerce Internet-based company that delivers its financial products via the Internet. For more details for the E-Gate products, please visit www.AlphaTrade.com.

Contact:	Cynthia DeMonte	James Chan	Brad Goldstein
	DeMonte & Associates	AlphaTrade.com	NetVentures, Inc.
	NY, 1-212-473-3700	1-877-288-7799	(630) 669-4941
	Cdemonte@aol.com	james@alphatrade.com	Brad@Financialville.com

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