Kansas To Offer Electronic Payment Options for Vehicle Registration Renewals; Web & Phone Systems from Official Payments to Serve KS Motorists

    STAMFORD, Conn.--June 5, 2002--Official Payments Corporation announced today that it has partnered with all 105 Kansas county treasurer offices as well as the Kansas Department of Revenue's Division of Motor Vehicles to offer credit card payment options for vehicle registration fees.
    The partnership will enable Kansas motorists to make payments with their Visa, American Express, MasterCard or Discover credit cards when applying for renewal electronically. Last year, Kansas county treasurer offices processed approximately 2.4 million vehicle registration renewals.
    The new electronic systems are part of an ongoing customer service initiative by the Kansas Division of Motor Vehicles. The initiative will enable citizens to apply for renewal of their vehicle registrations electronically by accessing a Web-based or telephone application, which will seamlessly integrate with Official Payments' online payment process. The new electronic systems will be available later this year.
    Official Payments also works with the Internal Revenue Service, 21 state governments including the state of Kansas, and more than 1,200 local government agencies to accept credit card payments for federal, state and local taxes, fees, fines, license and registration payments, and utility bills.
    Official Payments will charge eligible vehicle owners a convenience fee for the service. For example, a motorist who makes a $200 vehicle registration fee payment is charged a total of $211; $200 for the vehicle registration fee, and a convenience fee of $11 to cover the cost of the payment service. Motorists using credit cards with bonus rewards programs may, depending on their card's program, earn rewards, points, and airline frequent flyer miles or cash back for paying their vehicle registration fees electronically.

    About Official Payments Corporation

    Founded in 1996, Official Payments Corporation has agreements to collect and process credit card payments with the IRS, 21 state governments (AL, AR, CA, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, MD, MN, MS, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, VA, WA, WI, and WV), the District of Columbia, and more than 1,200 counties and municipalities. The company's principal business is enabling consumers to pay their government taxes, fees, fines, and utility bills by credit card, via Internet and telephone. In 2001, Official Payments collected and processed more than one million transactions totaling $1.2 billion in federal, state and local government payments.

    NOTE: Official Payments Corp. and the Official Payments Corp. logo are service marks of Official Payments Corporation.