Bankrate Schedules Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Earnings Conference Call February 6, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bankrate, Inc. announced today that it plans to hold a conference call on Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time to discuss the company's fourth quarter and full year 2006 results. The call will be led by Bankrate's President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas R. Evans. Also participating in the call will be Edward J. DiMaria, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. A press release on the results for the quarter will be issued before the market opens on February 6.

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This call is being Webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at Bankrate's Web site at http://www.bankrate.com/investor-relations/. The Webcast is also being distributed over Thomson/CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through Thomson/CCBN's individual investor center at http://www.fulldisclosure.com/ or by visiting any of the investor sites in Thomson/CCBN's individual investor network. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson/CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (http://www.streetevents.com/).

Conference Call Dial-In and Webcast Information:

To participate in the teleconference please dial: [phone], passcode: 41559823. International callers should dial: [phone], passcode: 41559823. Please access the call at least 10 minutes prior to the time the conference is set to begin.

Conference Call Replay Information:

A replay of the conference call will be available beginning February 6, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT through February 13, 2007. To listen to the replay, call [phone] and use the passcode: 81596602. International callers should dial [phone] and enter the passcode: 81596602.

Bankrate also announced that the Company will be presenting at several upcoming conferences. The current list of events is below. To hear a Webcast of the presentations, visit Bankrate's Investor Relations Web site at http://www.bankrate.com/investor-relations.

Bankrate Conference Schedule (To date): - Citigroup 17th Annual Global Entertainment, Media January 11, 2007 & Telecommunications Conference 9:45 a.m. PT - Roth Capital Partners 19th Annual OC Conference February 20, 2007 1:00 p.m. PT - Jefferies Third Annual Internet Conference February 28, 2007 8:40 a.m. ET - Allen & Company March 4-7, 2007 Date/Time: TBD - JP Morgan Global Internet Conference March 12-13, 2007 Date/Time: TBD - Citigroup 2007 Small & Mid-Cap Conference March 13-15, 2007 Date/Time: TBD - SunTrust Robinson Humphrey's April 11, 2007 36th Annual Institutional Conference 9:10 a.m. ET - A.G. Edwards & Sons 11th Annual Media Conference April 16-17, 2007 Date/Time: TBD About Bankrate, Inc.

Bankrate, Inc. ("Bankrate") owns and operates Bankrate.com, a leading Internet consumer banking marketplace. Bankrate.com is a destination site of personal finance channels, including banking, investing, taxes, debt management and college finance. Bankrate.com is the leading aggregator of more than 300 financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, new and used auto loans, money market accounts and CDs, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees. Bankrate.com reviews more than 4,800 financial institutions in 575 markets in 50 states. In 2005, Bankrate.com had over 46 million unique visitors. Bankrate.com provides financial applications and information to a network of more than 75 partners, including Yahoo! , America Online , The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times . Bankrate.com's information is also distributed through more than 400 national and state publications. In addition to Bankrate.com, Bankrate also owns and operates FastFind, an internet lead aggregator and Mortgage Market Information Services, Inc. and Interest.com, Inc., each of which publishes mortgage guides and financial rates and information.

For more information contact: Kayleen J. Keneally Director, Corporate [e-mail][phone]
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