Mark your calendar to join us tonight, Wednesday, May 31st at 6pm downstairs in the Safari room of Sanctuary. Our Special Guest this week is Charlene Hamblin, President and CEO of Express Payments of AZ Inc. To contact Express Payments of AZ Inc:       Phone: (602) 778-9469     Fax: (602) 778-9520     Email: expayofaz@hotmail.com     Corporate Web Site: www.ExpressPayments.com   Recently, Express Payments of Az, Inc was offered the opportunity to host a radio show, broadcast on KFXN 1100 AM and WALE 990 covering all of Arizona, and the East Coast.  Ms. Hamblin will host "Business Trends 2000", a weekly show airing Sunday June 25 running through September 17.  The show will be brought to the public by Express Payments, a leader in designing payment solutions for a global economy.  The show will touch on three main topics, (1) The Internet and E-Commerce; (2) Payment and Collection Solutions, and (3) Marketing Strategies for Businesses.   Ms. Hamblin's company offers payment processing technology and support services that allow a business to accept checks from the convenience of a website, telephone, or fax machine for immediate payment from a customer.   According to the American Bankers Association (ABA), there are over 200 million Americans that currently use checking accounts for purchases and to pay bills, compared to the 80 million people that use credit cards.  Express Payments and their portfolio of check processing products, gives the ability to easily tap into this tremendous market. Combine the ABA's statistics with the fact that industry analysts predict that online sales will skyrocket to an astounding 1.5 trillion by 2002.   Some of the benefits of using Express Payments include; high consumer acceptance, the easiest setup in the industry, platform independent; no hardware to buy; no software to install, simple to use and is cost effective: reduces costs associated with accepting checks, no chargebacks or fees associated with credit cards!   Any business attending the Soiree this week that is interested in advertising on the radio at a drastically reduced price during this show is welcome to speak personally with Ms Hamblin.  Additionally, if you feel your business could be implemented into the above three topics, Ms Hamblin would be interested in speaking with you to be a guest on her show.   It is with great pleasure that Charlene Hamblin, President and CEO of Express Payments of Az, Inc, will be our Special Guest. For more information and a map to the Soiree see: www.baroncapital.com BBB/KSM