DALLAS, May 3, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Rush Financial Technologies, Inc., dba RushTrade(r) Group (OTCBB:RSHF) announces its trade volume report for the month of April 2005. RushTrade Securities, Inc., the Company's broker/dealer subsidiary, reports continued growth in Customer Accounts and Customer Account Assets.
Total customer accounts grew from 1,750 in April 2004 to 2,552 in April 2005, a 46% increase. While there was a 21% decline in the number of trades placed, from 21,873 in April 2004 to 17,219 in April 2005, RushTrade Securities, Inc. also reported that customer account assets grew from $50,431,352 in April 2004 to $59,964,470 in April 2005, a 19% increase.
About RushTrade Group
RushTrade Group operates through two primary wholly owned subsidiaries:
RushGroup Technologies, Inc. ("RushGroup") is a registered Service Bureau and member of the Certified Partners program with the Nasdaq Stock Market. RushGroup serves as the Company's financial technology development subsidiary, which develops and operates proprietary real-time portfolio management software products, advanced order management systems, direct-access trading software applications and a data service center. Utilizing a number of proprietary technologies and its exclusive Direct Access Routing Technology (DART(tm)), an intelligent order routing system, RushGroup offers real-time market data platforms and direct access trading systems to NASD member broker/dealers, institutional portfolio managers and traders.
RushTrade Securities, Inc. ("RushTrade"), a fully-disclosed introducing broker/dealer and member NASD, PCX and SIPC, offers securities and direct access online brokerage, trading and advanced order routing services to its retail customers utilizing RushGroup's software products. RushTrade customer accounts are insured up to $25 million and are held at a third-party clearing firm. RushTrade is registered in all 50 states and accepts customers from most foreign countries. Customer accounts are self-directed, and RushTrade does not provide advice or make trade recommendations.
RushTrade Group is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and our common stock is traded on the OTC.BB market under the symbol "RSHF." For more information about RushTrade and RushGroup products, please visit www.rushtrade.com and www.rushgroup.com.
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