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

To: TLindt who wrote (1118)	4/18/1998 6:10:00 AM
From: Golfstud	Respond to of 3990

If Cybercash beats estimates by any amount no matter how small, we'll be at 25+ on May 1. Does anyone have any real insight to this info?

To: TLindt who wrote (1118)	4/18/1998 9:11:00 AM
From: AugustWest	Respond to of 3990

"For its ongoing public trial, Digital is giving consumers $10 in sample electronic tokens to spend at any of 24 merchants, most of which are selling magazine articles and other information. So far, Digital has distributed more than $70,000 in sample funds." Just in passing interest, I wonder how much of that free e-money has been redeemed? And moreover, how much over the $10 was spent by the consumer? " By contrast, ICVerify has 250,000 merchant customers, including 5,000 already doing sales online. " Okay, and we know ICV. sales to be in between 10mm-15mm. How much of that comes from internet purchases of the 5K online? And what sort of increace of revs. can we expect as the remaining 245,000 begin to use online services? I would like to know how many of those remaining 245,000 even plan on moving to some online business. I assume most of those 250K are store merchants, but of what? Retail (ie clothing, jewelry, appliances, et al), or more like the conveince stores we get our milk, bread and butts -you know how the Europeans love their tobacco. ********** Any one know more about ICV's customer base and their products?

To: TLindt who wrote (1118)	4/19/1998 7:20:00 PM
From: Mark Fowler	Respond to of 3990

This is good. I like the approach of Cych. Linking your debit/credit card or checking account on the merchants web site gives you easy access and more payment options. What will it be today cash, check or charge? "CyberCash is building its second-generation CyberCoin service as a Java application that will reside on a merchant's Web site, much the way credit-card payment systems are built into today's online stores. First-time shoppers would establish an account, linking purchases to their credit card, or later to a bank checking account or debit card, said Maureen Loftus, CyberCash merchant services vice president. " infoseek.com.