Vancouver BC - September 14, 2000 - AlphaTrade.com (OTC BB: EBNK) is pleased to announced the appointment of Mr. Raymond A. Hatch to the company's Board of Directors.

"This is very exciting times for AlphaTrade, states Gordon Muir, Chairman. Mr. Hatch brings over 30 years of unprecedented Wall Street experience and business acumen to our Board". Mr. Hatch's expertise and business connections will assist the company tremendously in meeting its marketing and sales targets.

Mr. Hatch started his career on Wall Street in the early sixties. He completed the Reynolds Securities (Dean Witter Reynolds) training program and became an account executive. Subsequently he joined Carreau & Company, which was known as 1919 NYSE specialists in stock issues such as Westinghouse Corporation, Carrier Corporation, General American Oil, etc. He was an Officer and Director of the company and was primarily responsible for the American Stock Exchange operations. After leaving Carreau & Company, Mr. Hatch joined Delafield & Delafield as a member of their Syndicate Department and subsequently, Sterling Grace & Co. as the Manager of their Syndicate Department. Both of these firms were NYSE investment banking organizations. Sterling Grace was founded in the late 1800's. Mr. Hatch joined Arbitrage Management Co. Inc. as a Vice President. Arbitrage Management Co. was a convertible bond arbitrage operation headed up by Jon and Asher Edleman, and programmed by Harry Markowitz of Harvard University.

In May 1982, Mr. Hatch started his own investment-banking boutique, Grady and Hatch & Company, Inc. The organization focused on private placements, syndicate participations and the origination of its own underwritings. At the end of 1999, Mr. Hatch resigned from Grady and Hatch & Company and joined Ridgewood Group International Ltd. (RGI) as a Managing Partner. RGI is managed by William Potter, who was previously Co-Chairman of Prudential Securities International.

During his career on Wall Street, Mr. Hatch was a regular member of the American Stock Exchange and an allied member of the NYSE on several occasions, a principal of the NASD and as a registered investment advisor with the SEC for over ten years.

AlphaTrade's products utilize the latest in technology to provide streaming financial data via a suite of products known as E-Gate. These products include real time stock quotes, multiple portfolio managers, ticker, news, Level 2 Nasdaq and more. AlphaTrade is a true E-Commerce Internet-based company with "patent pending" applications. Subscribers do not need to purchase, lease or download any software. All of the financial applications are available via the Internet for a low monthly subscription price. 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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