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( BW)(HI-NSC) Quicken Finds Its Perfect Mate; CheckMate Now Ready to Save Quicken Users 90% Over Laser Checks


    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    OAHU, Hawaii--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2000--Just in time for Valentine's Day, NSC brings Quicken's(R) more than 10 million users CheckMate4Quicken, software that let's them print checks using economical personal checks instead of laser checks.
    "When I saw the price of laser checks it reminded me of having to buy expensive razor blades to keep using my razor," said David Sidrane, developer of the CheckMate4Quicken program and chief technical officer of NSC. "I created CheckMate to give Quicken customers another reason to love Quicken --- an affordable choice for printing checks." Sidrane added that the program can be customized to work with special configurations and support bank or retail sponsored Quicken promotions.
    According to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the number of checks written a year is expected to pass the 67 billion mark by 2005. Millions of the people who have discovered the convenience of Quicken are printing more of their checks to save time. With CheckMate4Quicken they can save about 90% of the cost of buying laser checks.
    Quicken and QuickBooks users with CheckMate4Quicken can customize the layout to print on any personal check. The software works with any printer that accommodates envelopes. In 20 minutes or less the program can be downloaded from
www.checkmate4quicken.com and a customized check layout can be created. Wizard technology makes it easy to configure layouts for an unlimited variety of checks.
    Visitors to the CheckMate4Quicken site find a template that demonstrates how the program will work with any existing checks, links to purchase checks online and Email online support.
    "Early customers tell me it's 'love at first sight' when they discover CheckMate," said Sidrane. "It's the perfect gift for the Quicken user who has everything."
    "CheckMate was the first program I ever downloaded from the Internet and I took full advantage of the great technical support," said Barbara Coursey an early CheckMate4Quicken customer. "In less than 20 minutes I was up and running and ready to capture huge savings. This program is among the best deals I've found on the Internet."
    NSC is a software development consulting firm based in Hawaii that specializes in java and C++ development for web-enabled technologies.

     
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