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UMB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: UMBF) announces the launch of their new online banking tool Web Exchange(SM) that provides a secure, efficient method for businesses to handle online banking services. Customers may begin utilizing the service today. "The service is a multi-million dollar investment that will place UMB at the forefront of business online banking," said Terry D'Amore, Executive Vice President of UMB Treasury Management. "Our new service incorporates advanced features that meet the security and ease-of-use demands of our customers." The new Web Exchange service includes the following benefits: -- Robust, real-time information reporting with the ability to filter, sort and save customized reports -- Flexible information exporting options to feed existing systems -- Email alerts for proactive business decisions -- Streamlined transactions with real-time account transfers -- Online real-time stop payment placement -- Improved security features including customer self-administration functionality UMB Web Exchange is one of several technology advancements UMB Treasury Management is initiating in 2006. The investments in systems and technology systems are designed to deliver efficient services to customers and to position UMB at the forefront of Treasury Management services. The new Web Exchange service leverages WebSeries(R), a patented Enterprise Payments Platform from Bottomline Technologies, which enables users to originate, process and report on all types of payments through a single, Web interface. "Web Exchange represents a progressive, forward-thinking approach to customer service that will help businesses to meet the challenges of the changing payments landscape," said Joe Mullen, CEO of Bottomline Technologies. "Supported by our configurable and modular payments platform, UMB is able to deliver greater value to customers and expand their market leadership." UMB Financial Corporation is a multi-bank holding company headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., offering complete banking and related financial services to both individual and business customers nationwide. Its banking subsidiaries own and operate 142 banking centers throughout Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Arizona. Subsidiaries of the holding company and the lead bank, UMB Bank, n.a., include an investment services group based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a trust management company in South Dakota, and single-purpose companies that deal with brokerage services, consulting services and insurance. UMB was named one of Business Week's "Web Smart 50" companies in 2005.