Todays announcement comes on the heels of a number of government acts such as the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-SIGN) passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in June and set to take effect on October 1, 2000 which give consumers and businesses the ability to close contracts with digital signatures.

The new wireless PKI solution will provide financial institutions with the ability to offer consumers the confidence and convenience of performing secure anytime, anywhere high value transactions from a variety of Internet-enabled devices. This wireless PKI solution enables consumers to digitally sign high value transactions such as mortgage agreements, opening brokerage accounts, buying insurance, and applying for credit cards without having to go on location to sign a piece of paper. Digital signature verification (customer authentication) is the Internet equivalent of traditional hand-written signatures. PKI also impacts the retail world by enabling non-repudiation, permitting legally binding transactions to be performed in mobile and online environments. This assures the merchant of the end-users identity, reducing fraud and expense for merchants and financial institutions currently enabling mobile offerings.

Our collaboration with Certicom is another example of how our alliances with industry leaders helps 724 Solutions innovate more quickly in the mobile space, said Greg Wolfond, Chief Executive Officer, 724 Solutions. The PKI portal technology we develop with Certicom will be the first of its kind for wireless financial services. 724 Solutions plans to roll it into the Financial Services Platform, allowing us to build upon our security quickly connecting with PKI technologies of the present and future and truly remain a leader in offering secure wireless financial services solutions.

As part of todays announced agreement, 724 Solutions has licensed Certicoms first-to-market WAP-compliant Trustpoint PKI Portal solution for incorporation into the Financial Services Platform. The new wireless PKI solution will support a range of encryption and asymmetric key technologies including Certicoms patented Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), which is key to enabling digital signatures on many of todays leading mobile devices.

We are very pleased to be working with 724 Solutions, a clear leader in providing innovative solutions to todays leading financial institutions, on this groundbreaking wireless PKI initiative, said Rick Dalmazzi, President and Chief Executive Officer of Certicom. As the necessity for applications that enable high value transactions in a wireless world increases, we believe there will be high demand for solutions that enable strong client authentication via use of efficient PKI implementations.

The PKI portal solution enables 724 Solutions to interoperate with a wide range of existing PKI technologies and certificate authorities (CAs) including a seamless interface to VeriSigns Wireless Trust Services (Nasdaq:VRSN) and Baltimore Technologies UniCERT Certificate Management System (Nasdaq: BALT).

"We are pleased that the 724 Solutions/Certicom solution is interoperable with our Wireless Trust Services," said Anil Pereira, Vice President of VeriSigns Internet Services Group. Financial institutions and other enterprises can now seamlessly link our wireless authentication, payment and validation services with the leading services provided by 724 Solutions."

As a leading provider of e-security products, services and solutions, Baltimore Technologies recognizes the importance of interoperability amongst PKI components for e-business and mobile commerce. Baltimore welcomes this PKI portal solution, which will ensure 724 Solutions customers can select the CA product that best suits their e-security needs for financial transactions," commented John Fallon, Director of Technical Market Development at Baltimore Technologies.

About Certicom
Certicom is an encryption technology company specializing in security solutions for mobile computing and wireless data markets, including m-commerce. Major computing and communications companies such as Palm Inc., BellSouth Wireless Data, Motorola, Pitney Bowes, and QUALCOMM incorporate Certicoms technology into electronic commerce software, wireless messaging applications, and smart cards. Certicom is a leading source for a complete range of OEM security products and services, including cryptographic toolkits, custom implementations, and security integration services and consulting. Certicoms worldwide sales and marketing operations are based in Hayward, California, with cryptographic research and product development in Toronto, Canada. For more information, visit Certicoms Web site at http://www.certicom.com.

About 724 Solutions Inc.
724 Solutions provides an Internet infrastructure solution to financial institutions that enables them to offer personalized and secure online banking, brokerage and e-commerce services across a wide range of Internet-enabled wireless and consumer electronic devices. The companys solution currently enables consumers to access online banking and brokerage services through network service providers using digital mobile phones, personal digital assistants, two-way pagers and personal computers. Its subsidiary ezlogin.com is a leading provider of Internet infrastructure and aggregation tools for user-driven personalization. 724 Solutions customers include Citigroup, Bank of America, Bank of Montreal, Wells Fargo, Claritybank.com, BBVA Bancomer and Wachovia. 724 Solutions common shares are listed on the NASDAQ National Market (SVNX) and The Toronto Stock Exchange (SVN). Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company has offices in London, San Francisco, Sydney, and Tokyo. For additional information visit www.724.com.

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