Vancouver BC - August 22, 2000 - AlphaTrade.com (OTC BB:EBNK) is pleased to announce that Empire Financial Group, Inc., a financial brokerage services firm located in Florida, will begin offering the E-Gate suite of financial tools to its clients effective immediately. E-Gate showcases AlphaTrade's turnkey, streaming, thin solution for the financial industry.

Empire Financial has agreed to offer to its clients a customized E-Gate suite from AlphaTrade, which was exclusively designed for Empire Financial and includes remote management capabilities.

All of Empire Financial's clients who elect to purchase this service will be able to access their portfolio information and stock quotes from anywhere in the world simply by accessing the Internet.

AlphaTrade.com is a true E-Commerce Internet-based company with "Web-to-desktop" convergence technologies, "patent pending" applications and Network solutions. There is no need to purchase or package any software, no upgrades to download, no plug-ins required, no constant refreshing of static web pages, and no special hardware. AlphaTrade's unique applications are designed to offer corporations and computer users secure business and personal program choices at anytime, in any language from anywhere in the world through any dial up, dedicated connection or wireless network.

For further information, please contact the company at 1-604-681-7503 or visit our website at http://www.alphatrade.com.

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