HSA Trustee Services Adds OptionsXpress for HSA Investment Options

Today, HSA Trustee Services, along with the company’s banking partner, HSA Trustee Bank, a division of Sutton Bank and optionsXpress (Nasdaq: OXPS), ranked in Barron’s as the nation’s leading online brokerage for the past three consecutive years, have announced a partnership to offer the optionsXpress brokerage platform to HSA's customers beginning on January 1, 2006.

Lake Geneva, WI (PRWEB) November 15, 2005 -- Today, HSA Trustee Services, along with the company’s banking partner, HSA Trustee Bank, a division of Sutton Bank and optionsXpress (Nasdaq: OXPS), ranked in Barron’s as the nation’s leading online brokerage for the past three consecutive years, have announced a partnership to offer the optionsXpress brokerage platform to HSA's customers beginning on January 1, 2006.

“HSA Trustee Services is one of the true leaders in the booming health savings account market,” said David Kalt, CEO of optionsXpress. “HSA Trustee Services shares in the optionsXpress philosophy of continued innovation and an enhanced investor experience. We are excited about helping HSA owners invest and grow their healthcare dollars through the industry’s leading trade education, evaluation and execution platform.”

“Our HSA program with Sutton Bank has been a great success. Many customers seek to grow their HSA accounts for the future, and we are very pleased to be able to offer a full discount brokerage platform to them,” said Tim Morales of HSA Trustee Services. “One important feature of the HSA account is that there is no time frame to reimburse oneself for health care expenses paid out of pocket as long as legible receipts are maintained. So customers, if they are able, can use the HSA account as a savings plan and allow it to grow. We have a strong commitment to value-added services and product development, and are pleased to offer this new investment program with such a quality partner.”

About HSA Trustee Services

HSA Trustee Services is a nationwide provider specializing in opening and servicing Health Savings Accounts (HSA) for individuals, families and groups since the inception of the HSA program in January 2004. HSA Trustee Services offers their exclusive “HSA Rx Card” for further savings on prescriptions drugs. For more information on this program, or the other benefits of using hsa Trustee Services, please call 866-hsa-2010 or visit the website at www.hsatrusteeservices.com. HSA Trustee Services is dedicated to “Keeping the $avings in the Health Savings Account.”

About optionsXpress Holdings, Inc.

OptionsXpress Holdings, Inc. provides innovative securities brokerage products and services for investor education, strategy evaluation and trade execution. Through its subsidiaries optionsXpress, an online brokerage, and brokersXpress, an online trading and reporting platform for independent investment professionals, the company offers a wide range of investor tools, licensed customer service and competitive commissions. OptionsXpress has been named the top online securities brokerage by Barron’s in its last three annual surveys (2003, 2004 and 2005) and the top discount securities brokerage by SmartMoney in 2004. It was also named “Favorite Options Site” by Forbes Best of the Web in 2004.

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