UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

             LITIGATION RELEASE NO. 15895 / September 23, 1998

             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. ONE OR MORE UNKNOWN
             PURCHASERS OF CALL OPTIONS AND COMMON STOCK OF USCS
             INTERNATIONAL, INC., No. 98-Civ-6327 (S.D.N.Y.)

                       UNKNOWN PURCHASERS OF SECURITIES OF USCS
                       INTERNATIONAL FAIL TO APPEAR AT HEARING;
                               ASSETS TO REMAIN FROZEN

             On September 17, 1998, the Honorable Leonard B. Sand of the
             U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
             entered a Preliminary Injunction against one or more unknown
             purchasers of call options and common stock of USCS
             International, Inc.

             The Preliminary Injunction supersedes the Court's Temporary
             Restraining Order, which had temporarily frozen more than
             $1.9 million in funds involved in an alleged insider trading
             scheme.  The funds consist of more than $1.6 million that
             the one or more unknown purchasers used to purchase the USCS
             common stock, as well as more than $300,000 in profits from
             the sales of the stock.  The unknown defendants did not
             oppose the Commission's application for a Preliminary
             Injunction and failed to show for the Court's hearing on the
             matter.

             The Commission initially had sought and obtained a Temporary
             Restraining Order that froze the $1.9 million in assets and
             granted other emergency relief.  See Lit. Rel. No. 15875
             (September 9, 1998).  The Commission's complaint alleged
             that the unknown purchasers had engaged in illegal insider
             trading in violation of Section 10(b) of the Securities
             Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5.  According to the complaint,
             one or more unknown persons had purchased 200 USCS call
             options and 61,800 shares of USCS common stock just hours
             before the announcement on September 2, 1998, that DST
             Systems, Inc. intended to merge with USCS.  The complaint
             further alleged that the defendants had hidden their
             identities by trading through a Swiss bank.