- Mike Dignen to Drive Company's Revenue Growth Strategies - HOUSTON, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Dataworks, Inc. (AMEX: UDW), a leading provider of enterprise payments solutions, today announced the recent hiring of Michael J. Dignen as the Company's Senior Vice President, Sales and Business Development. In this capacity, Mr. Dignen, a 25-year veteran of the financial services industry, will be responsible for driving the Company's revenue growth strategies in new and existing markets. This newly created position will report directly to Mario Villarreal, the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer. This move is part of the Company's commitment to revenue growth. Mr. Dignen will be responsible for advancing the company's sales and visibility in new and existing markets, leveraging its leadership in enterprise payments solutions, an area in which the Company anticipates future growth as institutions and billers combine check and ACH processing. Mr. Dignen is widely recognized as one of the industry thought leaders in the lockbox processing, receivables automation and corporate treasury management arenas. Commenting on this development, Mr. Villarreal stated, "Today's announcement intensifies our focus on our core businesses and positions us to accelerate our growth and leadership as we execute on our market initiatives. US Dataworks will continue to invest in its people and its infrastructure as we collaborate with our customers to face and exceed the challenges of the emerging payments landscape." Mr. Villarreal added, "We believe that Mike's outstanding sales track record, payments expertise and commitment to customer success will help us accelerate our strong momentum in the enterprise payments market and take US Dataworks to the next level of growth and profitability." Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Dignen served as the Senior Vice President, National Account Management at Metavante Corporation, where he led the sales efforts of its VICOR business unit, a part of Metavante Image Solutions. During his tenure at VICOR, Mr. Dignen was instrumental in driving significant annual revenue growth and establishing VICOR as the leader in solutions for optimized complex payments processing. Prior to his time at VICOR, Mr. Dignen held various senior management positions for CoreStates Financial Corporation. Mr. Dignen commented, "I am excited to be working at US Dataworks because what others in the industry are trying to do, US Dataworks has accomplished; that is having an integrated enterprise platform in production today. It is clear that every financial institution in the United States should evaluate Clearingworks as their enterprise payments platform in order to enjoy the business case benefits of an integrated payments solution. We also intend to establish Clearingworks in new market segments to further the growth, need and demand of our solution in those respective areas." About US Dataworks, Inc. US Dataworks is a developer of payment processing solutions, focused on the financial services market, federal, state and local governments, billers and retailers. Software developed by US Dataworks is designed to enable organizations to transition from traditional paper-based payment and billing processes to electronic solutions that automate end-to-end processes for accepting and clearing checks. Additional information about US Dataworks is available at http://www.usdataworks.com/. Certain statements made in this press release (other than the historical information contained herein) constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including, but not limited to, statements regarding our expectation of continued growth, the benefits of our recent restructuring, the anticipated features and benefits of our new distribution payment capture solution, our vision for payment processing and our new solutions' ability to provide a higher return on investment for our clients. Any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the failure of our new solutions to perform as anticipated, our ability to provide long-term customer value and agility, our ability to protect our intellectual property, the Company's position in the marketplace, its ability to develop and timely introduce products that address market demand, its ability to grow revenue, its ability to successfully execute its business plans, the impact of alternative technological advances and competitive products, market fluctuations and other risks detailed from time to time in the SEC reports of US Dataworks, including its annual report on Form 10-KSB for the period ended March 31, 2008 and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30, 2008, September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2008. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. US Dataworks disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. CONTACTS: Charles Ramey, CEO Donald C. Weinberger US Dataworks, Inc. Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Assoc. LLC Tel. (281) 504-8100 Tel. (212) 370-4500 Fax (212) 370-4505 DATASOURCE: US Dataworks, Inc. CONTACT: Charles Ramey, CEO of US Dataworks, Inc., +1-281-504-8100; or Donald C. Weinberger of Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Assoc. LLC, +1-212-370-4500, Fax, +1-212-370-4505 Web Site: http://www.usdataworks.com/

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