Bankrate To Announce Third Quarter 2007 Earnings Results on November 1, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bankrate, Inc. announced today that it plans to hold a conference call on Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. eastern time to discuss the company's third quarter 2007 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 November 1.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040122/FLTHLOGO )

A Webcast of this call can be accessed at Bankrate's Web site at http://investor.bankrate.com/.

Conference Call Dial-In Information:

To participate in the teleconference please dial: [phone]. International callers should dial: [phone]. 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 November 1, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT through November 14, 2007. To listen to the replay, call [phone] and use the passcode: 2174734. International callers should dial [phone] and enter the passcode: 2174734.

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 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 reviews more than 4,800 financial institutions in 575 markets in 50 states. In 2006, Bankrate.com had nearly 53 million unique visitors. Bankrate 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's information is also distributed through more than 400 national and state publications. In addition to Bankrate.com, Bankrate also owns and operates Bankrate Select, an Internet lead aggregator, Mortgage-calc.com, which provides consumers with financial calculators, 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 Senior Director, Corporate [e-mail][phone]

Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040122/FLTHLOGO
AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/
PRN Photo Desk, [e-mail]