Billeo has announced the launch of Offer Assistant - calling it "a patent-pending, free service that for the first time, delivers real time shopping discounts and rewards directly to the consumer within their unsponsored search engine results.   Billeo also announced a partnership with UPside Visa Prepaid Card that offers consumers redeemable points for purchases made with their card."

Billeo and NetSpend have announced an online service designed to help consumers pay their bills using their NetSpend cards, giving them access to financial tools that the majority of Americans now enjoy. Under the terms of the agreement, consumers that have a NetSpend card will be able to access a searchable online directory of billers that accept the card. Billeo will also provide a free, downloadable toolbar to help cardholders manage their bills. READ MORE

Billeo has announced the availability of Billeo for the Apple Mac, a browser plug-in that allows users to set up a “one stop shop” transaction center with stored account information, card data, reminders, saved receipts and more. Billeo also said that it has "integrated community learning as part of Billeo’s save receipt feature. With this feature Billeo continuously learns from the community of Billeo users to automatically categorize your web receipts based on the most popular selections other users have made." READ MORE

Billeo has announced the debut of Splendid Search - a new feature that "allows consumers, for the first time, to store, track and search receipts and records of their online transactions." READ MORE

Glenbrook's Carol Coye Benson recently interviewed Murali Subbarao, CEO of Billeo, about the status of the online bill payment marketplace in the US. Read on for her full interview . READ MORE

Billeo and Payment Reporting Builds Credit (PRBC), an alternative credit bureau that collects, reports and scores rental and bill payment data, have announced that they are working together to enable consumers to build credit by doing what they do each month – pay their recurring bills on time.

Billeo has announced a strategic relationship with the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the largest association for community banks in the U.S.

Glenbrook's Bryan Derman filed the following report tonight from today's Finovate 1.0 Conference in New York City.

Billeo has announced "a series of solutions which give consumers unprecedented choice and control in online bill payment. Billeo lets you pay virtually any bill online, using any payment method desired, including credit cards and debit cards. If paying by credit card, the average Billeo user can reap over 5,000 additional points per year as part of their increased card activity, allowing them to redeem points faster and at higher levels. The Billeo directory is featured by VISA, JP Morgan Chase, Wachovia, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Target, and many others."

PaySimple and Billeo have announced a partnership to address the business demand for online payment capability and the consumer demand for easy, online bill pay.

Billeo has announced what it says is the largest online biller directory with over 5,200 entries. The Billeo directory consists of billers accepting online payments across 26 different categories -- half accept payment cards, and nearly all accept eChecks. Billeo is currently providing the biller directory search for Visa USA and twenty other banks including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Wachovia.

Online bill management provider Billeo has announced that it has secured $4 million in Series A funding from Altos Ventures, Claremont Creek Ventures, and Pacifica Fund.

Billeo has announced the launch of a new bill pay service that uses toolbar technology coupled with back-end web services technologies to make consumer use of biller-direct websites much more convenient.