THE EDCOMM GROUP ANNOUNCES FREE TELLER & COMPLIANCE TRAINING PROGRAMS TO BANKS STRICKEN BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA

THE EDCOMM GROUP ANNOUNCES FREE TELLER & COMPLIANCE TRAINING PROGRAMS TO BANKS STRICKEN BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA (NEW YORK, NY) October 5, 2005

The Edcomm Group today announced a special program offering their award-winning Teller and Compliance eLearning training programs free-of-charge to any bank with headquarters or a significant branch presence in the hurricane-stricken Gulf Coast area.

Achieving Teller Excellence is a comprehensive training program that teaches the knowledge, skills and attitude that make tellers successful. Using instructor-led, computer-based and role-play techniques, it introduces new tellers to the banking industry and provides them with both the skills and professionalism to perform their job well.

Focus on Compliance, a computer-based, distance-learning program, can be delivered via Internet, Intranet or CD-ROM. The program teaches banking compliance using easy-to-understand language in an interactive, self-paced format. Participants learn from their own perspective, with a curriculum customized to their position. Focus on Compliancecovers: Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC, Privacy, Reg P, Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, Right to Financial Privacy, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Reg CC & Check 21, Reg D, Reg E, Reg Z, Truth in Lending, FCRA, FACT Act, HMDA, CRA, and Bank Bribery, among others. The program also includes a quick reference guide to all banking regulations, as well as a glossary of terms and a library of reference materials.

According to Edcomm's President, Dr. Linda Eagle, "This is a unique opportunity for us to help by providing crucial services that will be needed as banks in this area rebuild and re-staff their operations.
Interested banks or financial institutions should call 1-888-4EDCOMM and tell the operator that they are calling in response to the Special Gulf Coast Offer."

The Edcomm Group has had the privilege of assisting many distinguished clients with business solutions in the form of classroom instruction, print publication, video production, online documentation, interactive web systems and multimedia programs. In addition to the development of customized programs, The Edcomm Group offers many industry specific off-the-shelf products that have proven themselves effective in organizations around the world. For more information about programs like these, or to find out how The Edcomm Group can customize any training program, log onto www.bankersacademy.com.

The Edcomm Group is an 18-year-old multimedia education and communication consulting firm specializing in the development of creative business solutions that improve productivity, customer service and market share providing bottom-line results. The Edcomm Group (www.edcomm.com), (www.bankersacademy.com) is headquartered in New York City with an Advanced Design Center located in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

For more information, please contact:

Steven L. Lubetkin, Lubetkin & Co. Communications, +1-856-751-5491 or steve@lubetkin.net
or

Linda Eagle, President, The Edcomm Group, +1-888-4EDCOMM. or linda.eagle@edcomm.com