Ray Van Eng (09/16/97)                   

Canada Trust becomes the first Canadian financial institution offering online banking services to subscribers of AOL Canada.

Members of the popular online service are able to access financial and business news updates from Bay Street, the country's money market district and obtain stock quotes from all major stock exchanges from around the world.

AOL Canada users can also employ their online banking software to access their Canada Trust bank account, check investment options, interest rates, chat with financial experts online etc.