Bankrate.com Content Offered on CNBC.com

       By: Bankrate, Inc.
Posted: 2007-08-16 17:01:34
Bankrate, Inc. (Nasdaq: RATE) announced today that it has signed a co-brand deal with CNBC. Under the new agreement, CNBC.com will display Bankrate's interest rate table listings for consumer banking products, such as mortgages, home equity loans, and auto loans. In addition, CNBC.com will display Bankrate calculators and personal finance editorial content. The co-brand launched on August 15.

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"CNBC is a trusted source for financial news," said Thomas R. Evans, President and CEO. "The collaboration between Bankrate, CNBC and CNBC.com allows both organizations to offer consumers more of the tools and information they need to make smarter financial decisions," Mr. Evans added.

"CNBC.com is always looking for new ways to provide our users with more actionable data and relevant financial information," said Scott Drake, VP Digital, CNBC. "The additional content from Bankrate.com is a valuable resource for CNBC.com users and a great complement to CNBC's on-air coverage."

Bankrate.com's rate tables can be found at realtycheck.cnbc.com and other various pages on CNBC.com.

About Bankrate, Inc.

Bankrate, Inc. (Nasdaq: RATE) ("Bankrate") owns and operates Bankrate.com, a leading Internet consumer banking marketplace. Bankrate.com is a destination site of personal finance channels, including banking, investing, taxes, debt management and college finance. Bankrate 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 reviews more than 4,800 financial institutions in 575 markets in 50 states. In 2006, Bankrate.com had nearly 53 million unique visitors. Bankrate provides financial applications and information to a network of more than 75 partners, including Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO), America Online (NYSE: TWX), The Wall Street Journal (NYSE: DJ) and The New York Times (NYSE: NYT). Bankrate's information is also distributed through more than 400 national and state publications. In addition to Bankrate.com, Bankrate also owns and operates Bankrate Select, an Internet lead aggregator, Mortgage-calc.com, which provides consumers with financial calculators, and Mortgage Market Information Services, Inc. and Interest.com, Inc., each of which publishes mortgage guides and financial rates and information.

About CNBC

CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage and business information to more than 390 million homes worldwide, including more than 95 million households in the United States and Canada. The network's Business Day programming (weekdays from 5:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC's headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and also includes reports from CNBC news bureaus worldwide. Additionally, CNBC viewers can manage their individual investment portfolios and gain additional in-depth information from on-air reports by accessing http://www.cnbc.com. Members of the media can receive more information about CNBC and its programming on the NBC Universal Media Village Web site at http://nbcumv.com/cnbc/.

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