Exhibit 99


Headline:  Online International completes acquisition

         Online International Corporation completed late Thursday, August 9,
2001, the acquisition of Priory Marketing Limited which in turn owns 99.7% of
the capital stock of Forexcash Global Trading Ltd. Forexcash is in the business
of developing and marketing software for electronic trading of foreign currency
through the Internet. The consideration paid by Online for the stock of Priory
Marketing was 21.5 million shares of Online Common Stock which constitutes
approximately 62% of Online's issued and outstanding capital stock.

         In connection with the acquisition, the stockholders of Online voted to
amend the charter of Online such that immediately upon the closing of the
acquisition each outstanding share of Online Series A Preferred Stock
automatically converted into one share of its Common Stock. Effective upon the
closing, the Company has one class of capital stock, the Common Stock, which
each share having one vote per share.

         Also effective upon the closing, Didier Essemini and Guy Sendel became
directors of the Company filling vacancies which occurred upon the resignations
of Roy Cannon and Moses Hassan. Mr. Essemini assumed the position of President
of Online.

CONTACT:  Didier Essemini - didier_e@finotec.com




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