International Card Establishment Reports Second Quarter Results
August 14 2009 - 4:34PM
Marketwired
International Card Establishment, Inc. (I.C.E.) (OTCBB: ICRD) today
announced its second quarter 2009 results.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2009, the company generated net
revenues of $ 1,408,574 as compared to net revenues of $1,946,234
for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. For the quarter ended June 30,
2009 and June 30, 2008, the company reported a net loss of
$(196,146) ($0.01 loss per share) and net income of $55,262 ($0.00
per share), respectively.
For the six month period ended June 30, 2009, the company
reported revenues of $2,926,288 and net loss of $263,680 ($0.01
loss per share), as compared to revenues of $3,886,913 and a net
income of $49,717 ($0.00 loss per share) for the comparable year
ago period.
"Although we recorded a loss for the second quarter, which was
caused by an extremely poor economic climate and significant
investments in our LIFT and Internet marketing programs, we are
pleased with the exceptional performance of our LIFT program, which
has continued to add significant number of merchants to our
customer list," said William Lopshire, CEO, I.C.E.
"In response to a rapidly deteriorating economic environment --
our credit card processing revenues have experienced
month-over-month declines for the past year -- we shifted our
marketing strategy from a fixed term contract for our LIFT program
to a month-to-month offering, and increased our overall margin.
While we were initially concerned that this would add to attrition,
we have lost very few accounts since launching this program in
March of this year."
Mr. Lopshire also commented, "Moreover, we anticipate signing a
number of additional agents to our LIFT program over the coming
months which should result in a secular uptrend in our net revenues
in the coming quarters."
About I.C.E. (http://www.cardnetone.com)
I.C.E. is a provider of diversified products and services to the
electronic transaction processing industry. I.C.E. establishes
merchant accounts for businesses that enable them to accept credit
cards, debit cards and other forms of electronic payments; supplies
point-of-sale systems; facilitates processing; and markets a
proprietary Gift and Loyalty system that enables merchants to offer
custom store-branded gift and loyalty cards and marketing and
promotional tools.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that
are subject to risks and uncertainties. Important factors which
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements, include but are not limited to: the
company's short operating history which makes it difficult to
predict its future results of operations; the company's initial
history of operating losses with possible future losses which could
impede its ability to address the risks and difficulties
encountered by companies in new and rapidly evolving markets; the
company's future operating results could fluctuate which may cause
volatility or a decline in the price of the company's stock; the
possibility that the company may not be able to price its services
above the overall cost causing its financial results to suffer; and
other factors detailed in this press release and in future company
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, at such time
as the company is required to report its results of operations
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Contact: I.C.E. Kinzie Visser 866-423-2491 ext. 571
kvisser@icepmt.com PAN Consultants, Ltd. Investor Relations
Contact: Philippe Niemetz 800/477-7570 212/344-6464
p.niemetz@panconsultants.com
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