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To: Benny Baga who wrote (4481)	5/22/1998 4:21:00 PM
From: Brooks Jackson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8545

The CKFR/Visa lash-up looks better all the time. 1. This WILL allow consumers to buy over the internet and instantly debit their checking account. CKFR will get paid (50% of the fee). 2. And get this, it will also allow customers to load electronic "money" onto a "smart card" at home to use like cash. And CKFR will get paid for that, too! So I am informed. CKFR probably didn't want to put this stuff in the press release for fear of sending the stock up instead of down. ;-) Call me a little slow -- but now I see that this deal instantly makes CKFR a dominant player in internet commerce, separate and apart from the e-bill, billpay business. My worries are not just eased, they are erased.