TFP Becomes Re-Licensor of Dovetail Systems, Inc.'s Q5

Dovetail and TFP combine technologies providing the market a 'best of breed' solution to enable automated message repair for payment STP.

Clifton, NJ and Skokie, IL -- December 9, 2002 -- TFP and Dovetail Systems, Inc. (Dovetail) have reached an agreement affording TFP the ability to re-license Dovetails Q5 with TFPs Qualitran wire message repair application.

The two companies combined their key components to meet the industrys appetite to achieve 100% straight through processing for payment processing," said Mr. Barry Tooker, SVP product manager of Dovetail.

TFP can now market and sell Dovetails proprietary middleware application called Q5 that handles the movement of messages between host applications and value-add niche API systems.

Robert McKay, senior product manager for TFP said, TFP will extend the functionality of its sophisticated payment message repair application, called Qualitran. Q5 complements TFPs Qualitran because of its ability to monitor message repair activity to actually learn routes."

Qualitran with Q5 will evolve with the customers. The joint product will create new repair rules, increasing the straight-through rate and driving down processing costs," Tooker added.

About Dovetail Systems, Inc.
Dovetail Systems was founded in 1998 to provide advanced software products focused on the Securities and Funds Transfer services industry. Through the use of Internet Application Server technology, Dovetail's proprietary software products dramatically improve the speed, scalability, reliability, and security of real-time advanced messaging systems.

Dovetail is led by financial technology professionals averaging over 20 years of experience in large enterprise computing. Dovetail's management team has a reputation for designing, developing, and implementing successful solutions for several of the world's largest financial institutions. Web site: www.dovetailsystems.com.

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About TFP:
TFP (www.tfp.com), a division of Thomson Media, is a leading provider of data and software solutions for financial and corporate institutions worldwide. Our goal is to improve the efficiency of our clients by providing customized data solutions covering multiple functional areas, including payments, compliance, vendor interfaces and marketing. TFPs product lines include Check Operations, Marketing Services, Payment Efficiency, Reference Tools for Banking and Risk Reduction. TFPs solutions assist in accurately originating payments to realize higher STP rates; facilitating the repair of rejected transactions; ensuring compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act and regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Treasurys OFAC and FinCENs Currency and Wire Reporting; avoiding money laundering, fraud (www.FraudBAN.com) and other perilous business practices; and, facilitating the automated exchange of operational data between financial institutions. TFP maintains the most authoritative and comprehensive databases of financial institutions globally and has been the official routing number registrar for the American Bankers Association since 1911. For more information, visit TFP on the Internet at www.tfp.com or call (847) 676-9600.

Thomson Media (www.thomsonmedia.com), a division of The Thomson Corporation, is a leading provider of information, data and software tools for professionals in the financial services and related technologies markets. Its primary products and businesses include: American Banker, Financial Planning, National Mortgage News, The Bond Buyer, Securities Industry News, The Global Banking Resource (www.tgbr.com), National Regulatory Services, Payments & Risk Solutions Products, Credit Card Management, and Sheshunoff Information Services. More than 750,000 clients use Thomson Medias publications, databases and work solutions worldwide.

The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2001 revenues of $7.2 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software applications and tools to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporations common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).

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