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Technology Stocks : CyberCash a buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jabbo who wrote (843)	4/4/1998 3:38:00 PM
From: rhet0ric	Respond to of 3990

An anecdote about Cybercash: Last fall I was working at a large Web hosting company. At one point I got into a conversation with a guy in the Web commerce group, who said that he and others were working on the company's commerce strategy. I asked him about Cybercash, which they offered. His response was that they wanted to do something more involved, but decided that it would take too long to implement (months), and meanwhile customers were demanding an e-commerce app, so they implemented Cybercash in a couple of weeks while they worked on their larger plan. Now, a year later, they're still using Cybercash. The announcement on Monday about Cybercash offering iCat-like capabilities on their own server is significant becase it makes using Cybercash even easier. At this point, the only real hurdle is getting a merchant ID number, which is easy for established businesses. So as well as being a market share leader, Cybercash appears to be a leader in ease-of-implementation. rhet0ric

To: jabbo who wrote (843)	4/4/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: Mark Fowler	Respond to of 3990

>>and as is usually the case, market studies only take into account the potential WITHIN the US... what about the rest of the world? Anybody up for the Cybercard? Don't enter the Net without it...<< "In addition to their U.S. base, both CyberCash and ICVERIFY also have a strong presence in Europe and Asia. CyberCash is deploying its payment services in the United Kingdom through Barclays Bank, in Germany through CyberCash, GmbH, a joint venture with several German banks, and in Japan through CyberCashKK. ICVERIFY, GmbH has a sales and marketing organization headquartered in Munich that addresses Europe, the Middle East and Africa." cybercash.com