Contact:	Angie Wilson (800) 272-7467, ext. 216 angie@asashop.org
For Release:	Immediate News Bulletin ASA-14 April 16, 2008

ASA Announces Benefit Agreement with NPC to Offer Credit Card Processing

BEDFORD, TEXAS, April 16, 2008 - The Automotive Service Association (ASA) has announced a new member benefit agreement with National Processing Company (NPC), a provider of business transaction processing, from point-of-sale credit card processing to e-commerce solutions. The agreement includes special pricing for eligible ASA member businesses. NPC is exclusively focused on small- and medium-sized merchants with services that include the electronic acceptance of credit, debit, gift and loyalty cards, and electronic checks.

“NPC is both honored and excited about our partnership with ASA and will capitalize on the opportunity to deliver superior products and outstanding service to their members, not only in 2008, but beyond,” said Chris McNulty, senior vice president of Strategic Sales, NPC.

Accepting credit cards offers convenience benefits for ASA members and their customers. With more than 350 million transactions and over $27 billion in annual processing volume, NPC is one of the largest service providers in the card-based industry, and can set up a business to accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, gasoline and fleet cards, and debit, gift and loyalty cards. In addition, the company offers a variety of equipment technologies including wireless or PC-based solutions.

“ASA continues to develop partnerships with prominent companies that will assist in our members’ business success. Evaluating and selecting a credit card processing firm for business use is a time-consuming task. We have attempted to take some of the guesswork out of this process for our member businesses by adding NPC as a sponsored benefit provider for credit card processing,” said B.J. Johnson, ASA’s vice president of membership services. “NPC will offer ASA members a competitive price point and quality customer service. The association is pleased to have NPC on board as a new sponsored benefit provider."

Members can sign up for NPC's services by calling toll-free (877) 277-1973 or by e-mailing their request to asa@NPC.net. To learn more about ASA’s agreement with NPC, or any of the more than 35 ASA member benefits, call (800) 272-7467, ext. 295; or access the electronic benefits portfolio within ASA OnDemand, which can be downloaded from www.ASAOnDemand.com.

The Automotive Service Association is the largest not-for-profit trade association of its kind dedicated to and governed by independent automotive service and repair professionals. ASA serves an international membership base that includes numerous affiliate, state and chapter groups from both the mechanical and collision repair segments of the automotive service industry. ASA's headquarters is in Bedford, Texas.

ASA advances professionalism and excellence in the automotive repair industry through education, representation and member services. For additional information about ASA, including past news releases, go to www.ASAshop.org, or visit ASA's legislative Web site at www.TakingTheHill.com.

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