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Current Manager Took Past Start-Up Company From 50 Cents to $15!!!
Micro-cap stocks have provided HUGE gains for
investors in 2005. Trimfast Group, Inc. is our latest hot stock pick which
is in a High Growth Billion Dollar Stored Value Card industry. Trimfast
is priced at 14 cents and has just signed a Letter of Intent to acquire a
stored value card distribution firm which generated $16 Million in Revenues
for 2004. This revenue generation could immediately result in a rapid
rise in Trimfast stock. How many 14 cent stocks do you see which make $16
Million in Revenues??
Take advantage of current trading levels.
This is a ground floor opportunity you can’t afford to miss!! At current
price levels, a little bit of movement will go a long way. Look for heavy
volume and significant price increases in the short term. The price of TFTG
is currently trading at 14 cents. This is inexpensive stock price by
anyone’s standards. Don’t Miss Out!!! (OTC: TFTG)
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Recent acquisition of Sur Services provides instant residual revenues
for TFTG.
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TFTG is actively looking for additional mergers or acquisitions.
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Other merger or acquisitions will be targeted towards private companies
with a significant ability for growth.
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Management estimates the SUR Services revenue range for
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2005 between $3 to $8 million
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2006 between $7 to $17 million
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SUR has secured contractual card relationships that position it to
capture a significant portion of the $30 billion that is sent to Latin
America and South America.
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The SUR division is focused and targeted on the Hispanic market,
projected to increase in purchasing power to $992.3 billion in 2009.
Includes…
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The $30 billion forwarded by US residents to Latin America and South
America.
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The large US immigrant population lacking banking relationships.
Convergent market drivers
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The convergence of the "unbanked" and "underbanked" populous along with
rapidly growing use of debit cards and
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The SUR Services marketing approach
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Have positioned SUR Services as a leading provider of products and
services
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To the fastest growing portion of the immigrant population the Hispanic
market.
TFTG's SUR Services division
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Participates in the billion dollar Stored Value Card (SVC) industry.
Stored Value Card (SVC) = prepaid debit card that mimics a checking
accounts but without checks
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Sur Services, Inc. is a full service supplier of Pre-Paid, Re-loadable
Stored Value ATM and debit MasterCard cards with Value Added products
such as Roadside Assistance, Pre-Paid Legal, and Long Distance phone
card services.
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Sur Services provides cardholders the ability to use all Value Added
features in real time.
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Sur Services, Inc. cards also enables users to share access to their
accounts from multiple locations, both nationally and internationally.
SUR Services, Inc. has developed proprietary data through
direct consumer contact and focus groups. As a result, SUR developed
innovative products that ensure customer satisfaction and recurring card
usage.
SUR REVENUE MODEL
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SUR generates recurring revenue from the sale of proprietary cards and
Value Added services including
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Distribution of retail card offer to retailers throughout the USA.
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Sale of cards directly to consumers
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Utilization of Value Added services as additional offers to prospective
customers through all channels
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Sale of bi-lingual call center services to companies.
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SUR has proprietary ATM and Debit MasterCard cards approved for a
variety of sales and marketing approaches.
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SUR had just recently received and completed the formulation, approval
and launch of proprietary card products and Value Added services in the
beginning of the 2005 second quarter.
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Stored value cards are emerging as potentially powerful tools for
consumers to engage in a variety of financial transactions with greater
ease.
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The SVC industry is evolving very rapidly; new players are entering the
market frequently, and technology continues to improve functionality for
SVC users.
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No "one-size-fits-all" approach exists for reaching underserved markets.
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There is great potential for SVCs to be a significant step for unbanked
and underbanked consumers who need a platform on which to manage their
money.
STORED VALUE CARD (SVC) INDUSTRY
After a series of modest-growth years, stored value cards
are expected to take off, totaling $244 billion in 2007, according to the
Center for Financial Services Innovation
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The stored value card (SVC) market has mushroomed in the last few years
in terms of both the number of providers and the number of customers.
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"Open-loop" SVC systems offer consumers the ability to utilize their
cards for multiple purposes and at multiple points of sale
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Open-loop SVCs have the ability to serve as cash and check alternatives
for otherwise underbanked consumers.
The SVC Market -- unbanked households
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At least 10 million American households—disproportionately poor,
minority, lower income and young—are unbanked
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SVC's can minimize the cost of financial transactions and help turn
income into savings, assets and wealth.
Benefits for unbanked households
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SVCs generally lack the identification and credit requirements that
effectively bar millions of individuals from opening traditional bank
accounts.
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SVCs can provide immediate availability of funds at a cost that is, in
some cases, lower than some other alternatives for unbanked consumers.
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SVCs are prepaid and thus nearly impossible to overdraft, reducing the
likelihood of unexpected fees.
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Like traditional debit cards, stored value cards utilize magnetic stripe
technology to store information and track funds.
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SVCs differ from account-based debit cards by being prepaid, which
limits the risk of overdrafts while providing nearly immediate liquidity
for consumers
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Early uses of SVCs in the United States included public transportation,
public assistance payments, and child support payments. Many unbanked
consumers have been using SVCs to access public benefits for years. For
instance, in Illinois, welfare recipients have been receiving their
benefits electronically since 1996. Moreover, in 1996, the Debt
Collection Improvement Act (DCIA) was passed to require the use of
electronic funds transfer (EFT) for most Federal payments, with the
exception of tax refunds, starting January 2, 1999.
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Stored value cards use accounts to manage funds in real time through
host computer systems.
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SVCs today take several forms, including gift and phone cards, payroll
cards, and prepaid debit cards. SVCs are an increasingly popular
instrument for one-time uses such as life insurance payments and moving
expenses.
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SVC systems operate in two ways.
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One is the "closed-loop" system, which can be used only for the issuer’s
products or for limited purposes, such as prepaid gift cards through
retailers like Old Navy or many prepaid phone cards.
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"Open-loop" systems offer consumers the ability to utilize their cards
for multiple purposes and at multiple points of sale, such as making
purchases at a variety of stores or paying bills.
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Bank providers/issuers: BankFirst, Bank of America, Citibank, and JP
Morgan Chase
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Providers of reloadable prepaid debit cards: NetSpend and Next Estate
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SVC processors: Metavante, StarSystems, WildCard and Galileo
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Providers of back-end services for SVCs, including ATM and POS
processing,: Pulse*
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Payroll firms: Paychex and Comdata
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Focused on the growing Hispanic community.
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According to the University of Georgia's Selig Center for Economic
Growth
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"Hispanic purchasing power will shoot up to $992.3 billion in 2009
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"Up from $686.3 billion currently.''
TFTG/SUR to expand sales & services
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Sur Services will be focused on growing their sales force and providing
quality stored value card services (svc) as well as other products
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These services consist of a mix of debit bank cards, Visa and MasterCard
debit cards, health and life products, auto and telecommunications
products and services.
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TFTG Extends two year lease of current SUR Facility, able to have as
many as 345 telemarketing professionals
Sur Services, Inc.
Sur Services, Inc. management team is a culmination of more
than 60 years of experience in the development, management, marketing and
direct sales of consumer related products and services. The combined expertise has led to the development of the
current debit card campaign utilizing the latest technologies and most
efficient business practices.
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Disclaimer
Statements in this news release which are not historical are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation risks associated with the Company's financial condition and prospects, legal risks associated with gaming and risks of governmental legislation and regulation, risks associated with market acceptance and technological changes, risks associated with dependence on licensees and key licensees, risks relating to international operations, risks associated with competition, risks associated with changing customer preferences and other risks. These risks may cause results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.