ASP Internet Billing Alliance with edocs

Parity Group PLC
7 March 2000


           Parity announces ASP internet billing alliance with edocs
                                       
  Agreement with leading US e-billing software provider marks Parity's second
                                  entry into
                            fast-growing ASP market
                                       
Parity  Group plc, the e-business and software services group, today announces
that  it will offer an on-line billing solution using BillDirect software from
edocs,  a  leading  US  provider of internet billing and  customer  management
software. The e-billing solution, which will be offered by the Group's  Parity
Solutions  subsidiary, will be available both as an in-house model  and  as  a
hosted, web-based Application Service Provider ('ASP') model.

The  service  will  initially target the utilities  sector,  where  Parity  is
particularly   strong,  and  later  it  is  intended  to   expand   into   the
telecommunications,  insurance,  credit  card  and  retail  markets.  Industry
analysts  predict  that  over  70%  of the  UK's  largest  billers  will  have
implemented e-billing solutions within 5 years.

Using the service, companies will be able to deliver personalised, interactive
bills,  statements  and  other account transaction  data  to  their  customers
anytime, anywhere via the internet. As well as dramatically lowering the costs
of  sending  invoices  and statements, BillDirect also reduces  the  costs  of
customer  care by encouraging customer self-service and self-provisioning.  It
also provides companies with an opportunity to increase revenues through
cross-selling opportunities.

Commenting  on  the alliance, Philip Swinstead, Executive Chairman  of  Parity
Group  plc,  said,  'This  is our second ASP initiative  in  the  last  month,
following  the  agreement with Infobank on e-procurement.  As  the  market  is
aware,  Parity  has been repositioning itself as a real end-to-end  e-business
services company. A key element in this evolution has been the development  of
ASP  services and we are delighted to announce this new alliance  on  internet
billing systems'.

Keith  Jennings, Managing Director, Parity Solutions, added, 'We  chose  edocs
because,  in  addition to its recent establishment of a European presence,  it
represents  the best e-billing product suite on the market today.  We  believe
that  BillDirect  satisfies the need for an open, scalable and  easy-to-deploy
software  suite  that has the flexibility and functionality to  enable  us  to
offer  a  one-stop-shop for internet billing. BillDirect offers  a  secure  e-
billing capability to match even the most complex and demanding situations'.

Jeff Barnett, Director of International Operations for edocs said, 'Parity  is
rapidly  emerging  as a premier e-business services company  in  the  UK.   We
believe that edocs' BillDirect offered through Parity's ASP model combines for
a  powerful  offering for companies that want to increase  revenues  and  save
costs by leveraging the internet for the billing and statement processes'.

For further information, contact:

Parity Group plc
Philip Swinstead, Executive Chairman         Telephone: [phone]
Keith Jennings, Managing Director

Financial Dynamics                           Telephone: [phone]
Giles Sanderson/Jon Earl



Note to Editors:

Parity Solutions is part of Parity Group plc, the e-business and software
services group with over 40 offices in the UK, mainland Europe and the USA.
The Group is a FTSE 350 company listed on the London Stock Exchange. In the
last year Parity Solutions has become a leading supplier of e-business
solutions, a position reinforced recently with the acquisitions of Interactive
Developments, TMS and Comtec.

edocs is a leading provider of Internet billing and customer management
software and services that maximise customer relationships by enabling web-
based billing, customer self service, targeted marketing and secure content
distribution. edocs' products are used by some of the world's largest
providers of consumer credit, including American Express, General Electric
Card Services and Boston Edison.