Vancouver BC - December 4, 2000 - AlphaTrade.com (OTC BB: EBNK): Victor Cardenas, Chief Operating Officer is pleased to announce the launch of our first affiliate partner in Latin America, Trompo of Venezuela. Visitors to Trompo's website will now have access to the E-Gate suite of financial services and can subscribe directly at www.trompo.com/economia. Trompo has an existing portal and the financial component is a new feature to be deployed on December 5, 2000. Venezuelans will now be able to access North American Stock Market information in real time, in Spanish simply by going to Trompo's website. Trompo is the first partner that immediately recognized the power of E-Gate's multilingual capabilities. AlphaTrade is in discussions with other financial organizations in different regions of Latin America that also recognizes the power of E-Gate.

We welcome new affiliates and have numerous programs in which we can "White-Brand" our E-Gate products to assist you or your site in any language anywhere in the world. Please visit www.alphatrade.com to see our other partners.

About AlphaTrade.com:

AlphaTrade.com's products utilize the latest in technology to provide streaming financial data via a suite of products known as E-Gate. 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.

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