International Monetary Systems to Present at Arch Investment Conference Nov. 17

New Berlin, Wis., November 08, 2005 -- International Monetary Systems, Ltd. (OTC BB: INLM), a worldwide leader in business-to-business barter services, announced today that it will present an overview of the company's exciting growth strategy at the Arch Investment Conference on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005 in New York City. The presentation will be Webcast at: http://www.informedinvestors.com/VC/ClientPage.asp?ID=45356

Over 700 investors took part in Arch's two most recent events. This included over 150 attendees, and 500 institutional/retail investors who listened to the live Webcasts. INLM will be presenting to a panel of fund managers, analysts, investment bankers, and other investment professionals during a 30-minute presentation.

Featured panel members include:

Tobin (Toby) Smith, ChangeWave Investing and Fox News Market Analyst -Toby is a contributing market analyst for the Fox News Channel, a charter panelist on the network's Bulls & Bears weekend investing roundtable, and a frequent guest expert on Your World With Neil Cavuto and Fox & Friends. Toby also has appeared on CNBC, CNNfn, Bloomberg TV, CBS Radio, Yahoo! Finance channel, Tech TV and other leading media outlets.

Michael Grotell, Valquest Capital Management - Valquest's Managing Partner, Mr. Grotell is a successful and experienced investor, with a unique investment style and over 30 years of equity market experience. Prior to forming Valquest, he was a portfolio manager at Alpine Associates, one of the nation's oldest and best performing hedge funds. At Alpine Associates, he successfully managed a $100-million segregated and separately audited long/short deep value equity portfolio.

IMS has successfully initiated an acquisition strategy to roll up the US barter industry, which consists of an estimated 250 independent trade exchanges. During the past six months, IMS has completed five acquisitions: Barter Business Unlimited of Hartford, CT; International Barter Network of New York, NY; United Trade Network of Las Vegas, NV and Los Angeles, CA; United Trade Network of Reno, NV and Eagle Barter Exchange of Chattanooga, TN. IMS now services 9,500 clients in 32 markets across the United States, with plans on entering additional markets in the coming months.

About Arch Conferences

Arch Investment Conferences, Inc. is a premier sponsor of investment conferences reaching the institutional investor community in New York. www.archconferences.com

About International Monetary Systems

Founded in 1989, International Monetary Systems (IMS) serves more than 9,500 customers representing 14,000 cardholders in 32 U.S. markets. IMS is one of the largest publicly traded exchange companies in the world, and is continually expanding its exchange locations and membership. IMS exchanges use a sophisticated broker network and its proprietary IMS trade dollars to enable businesses and individuals to sell more of their goods and services than would otherwise be possible. Managed by seasoned industry veterans, IMS is a long-standing member of the National Association of Trade Exchanges (NATE) and the International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA). Further information can be obtained at the Company's Web sites at: www.internationalmonetary.com. and www.ctebarter.com.

Contact:

International Monetary Systems, Ltd.
John Strabley
800-559-8515
http://www.internationalmonetary.com

or

L. G. Zangani LLC
Ian Cassel (Investor Relations)
908-788-9660
office@zangani.com
http://www.zangani.com

Source: International Monetary Systems, Ltd.