Bankrate, Inc. Renews Contract with Yahoo! Finance

Bankrate, Inc. Renews Contract with Yahoo! Finance

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bankrate, Inc. (NASDAQ:RATE), the Internet's leading consumer banking marketplace, announced today it has renewed its operating agreement with Yahoo! Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com/). Under the agreement, Bankrate will produce personal finance editorial content and rate table listings of banking products such as mortgage loans, auto loans and CD yields for the Yahoo! personal finance channel. The new agreement, which rwns through 2006, continues an arrangement the two Internet companies have had in place since 1997. Bankrate has similar agreements with 78 media companies. Bankrate surveys more than 4,800 financial institutions in more than 400 markets in 50 states. The company gives consumers interest rate and yield data on over 300 financial product categories.

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About Bankrate, Inc.


Bankrate, Inc. (NASDAQ:RATE) owns and operates Bankrate.com, the Internet's leading consumer banking marketplace. Bankrate.com had over 38 million unique visitors in 2004, according to comScore Media Metrix. Bankrate.com reviews more than 4,800 financial institutions in more than 400 markets in 50 states. Bankrate.com is a destination site of personal finance channels, including banking, investing, taxes and small business finance. It is the leading aggregator of more than 300 financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, new and used auto loans, money market accounts and CDs, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees. Bankrate.com provides financial applications and information to a network of more than 75 partners, including Yahoo!, America Online, The Wall Street Journal (NYSE:DJ) and The New York Times (NYSE:NYT). Bankrate.com's information is also distributed through more than 100 national and state publications.

Bruce J. Zanca
bzanca@bankrate.com
(917) 368-8648


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CONTACT: Bruce J. Zanca of Bankrate, Inc., bzanca@bankrate.com,
+1-917-368-8648

Web site: http://www.bankrate.com/
http://finance.yahoo.com/


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