City of Concord offers online tax payments with Harbor Payments

Billing Harbor™ enables municipalities to accept property tax payments via ACH or credit card

Atlanta, GA, July 31, 2006 – Harbor Payments, the leading provider of next-generation electronic billing, invoicing and payments management solutions, announced today it has enabled the City of Concord, North Carolina, to begin accepting real and property tax payments online via multiple payment options, including ACH and credit card. With a population greater than 61,000, the City of Concord can now more efficiently collect and track more than $51 million in annual property and other taxes. In addition to offering constituents greater convenience, the city can significantly reduce its payments processing costs and enhance its record keeping through Billing Harbor’s automated payments posting which integrates directly with the city’s existing records systems.

Harbor Payments’ Billing Harbor offers two integrated components that provide complete electronic bill payment and presentment. Billing Harbor’s Bill Service Provider component provides a full-service electronic bill presentment and payment solution that allows your customers to view and pay their bills online, schedule recurring or automatic payments, receive their billing data and facilitate one-click payment via securely-delivered email.

The Payment Only component of Billing Harbor allows electronic payments without customer enrollment or billing detail data. It provides the fastest, most convenient payment options for customers who do not wish to enroll in a bill presentment service.

About Harbor Payments
Harbor Payments is the leading provider of corporate payments management, providing comprehensive electronic outsourced invoicing, billing and disbursement solutions for the Global 1000. The company’s products, services and insight enable organizations to manage cash flow more effectively by efficiently sending and receiving invoices, making and collecting payments, and managing all associated internal workflows. While transforming and streamlining the client organization’s operational and financial processes, Harbor Payments products and services adapt to and complement each client’s existing information systems and accounting applications. Harbor Payments solutions are marketed under the brands of Invoice Harbor, Billing Harbor and Payment Harbor.
For more information, please visit the company’s web site at www.harborpayments.com