TFP to Market BSA and AML Management System from Banker's Toolbox

TFP has entered into an agreement with Banker's Toolbox to market BAM, a comprehensive account monitoring and risk reduction solution for community banks.

Skokie, IL and Los Angeles, CA -- March 20, 2003 -- TFP, a division of Thomson Media, has signed an agreement with Los Angeles-based Bankers Toolbox to market their Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Management System, BAM, a comprehensive account monitoring and risk reduction solution for community banks.

BAM is designed to meet the BSA and AML needs of small to medium-sized financial institutions. By providing an affordable but powerful system that supports the identification of unusual activity, financial institutions of any size can address the increasingly complex requirements stemming from the USA PATRIOT Act and recent regulatory examinations. Once an unusual activity is identified, the AML officer at the financial institution can research, document, and if determined to be a suspicious activity, file the appropriate Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) from a single application. BAM also stores all relevant transaction and customer data in a single database and has easy-to-use analysis and reporting tools.

BAM provides local and regional financial institutions that are facing less risk than global institutions with the ability to comprehensively manage the risks associated with the Bank Secrecy and USA PATRIOT Acts, at a price point that is commensurate to that risk.

We specialize in working with our customers existing systems, and by customizing BAM to work with those systems we can provide a comprehensive solution that does not intrude on the banks existing infrastructure," said Daniel Cho, chief information officer of Bankers Toolbox. We are truly excited about this partnership with TFP. With TFPs OFAC and CTR automation solutions, combined with BAM, we will provide our customers with a proven end-to-end solution for their BSA and AML requirements."

BAM is one of the most economical solutions for AML transaction monitoring and is generally targeted towards financial institutions with less than $10 billion in total assets. Recognizing that the needs of larger financial institutions are different than a community bank, TFP also maintains strong relationships with other leading AML vendors.

As the leading provider of OFAC and global entity interdiction solutions to a wide array of customers, TFP understands the need to provide a high-end, sophisticated solution to larger organizations, as well as a cost-effective, less complex, solution to smaller organizations," said Glenn Gottfried, managing director of TFP. BAM fills in a gap that has existed with respect to solutions targeted to community banks and credit unions."

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. TFPs product lines include Payment Efficiency, Risk Reduction, Marketing Services and Reference Tools for Banking. TFPs solutions assist in accurately originating payments to realize higher payment STP rates; facilitating the repair of rejected transactions; ensuring compliance with global anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism requirements and guidelines, including the USA PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act, Wolfsberg Principles and regulatory agencies such as the Financial Action Task Force and U.S. Treasurys OFAC. TFP also assists firms in avoiding and prosecuting financial fraud through FraudBAN (www.FraudBAN.com), an on-line communication vehicle for institutions to contribute information on fraudulent activity. 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.

About Thomson Media
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.

About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation, with 2002 revenues of $7.8 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications 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 Toronto and New York stock exchanges (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC).

About Bankers Toolbox
Bankers Toolbox specializes in the design, development and implementation of software solutions for the nations community banking industry and has emerged as a leading provider of BSA and AML compliance solutions for small to medium size financial institutions. Bankers Toolbox products are designed to enable smaller institutions achieve operational efficiencies, improved customer service and enhanced internal controls through process automation -- at a fraction of the cost of products used by larger institutions.

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