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To: Charlie Smith who wrote (6170)	7/23/1998 12:35:00 PM
From: jjs_ynot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8545

>>> AOL has brought a "Digital Financier" to the precipice of recognizing that a "bank" is simply the best facilitator of transactions. It's CKFR's responsibility to push the person over into the new world. The bank still plays the role of government insured "trusted agent" in the transaction process.

To: Charlie Smith who wrote (6170)	7/23/1998 12:43:00 PM
From: Benny Baga	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 8545

Ok, Not that I agree with Charlie (yet), but let's try to see if this would work. 1. Consumer logs on to internet, brings up Yahoo portal. 2. See's button stamped "Pay Bills". 3. Consumer thinks, yeah I need to do that, and clicks on the "Button" 4. Consumer is taken to: checkfree.com (a list of banks that CheckFree deals with, links and all. Could even go farther, have a CheckFree signon that automatically directs you to your bank) Charlie is this what your talking about? This model obviously kills, slaughters, and be-heads bank branding, other than that it's ok. Of course, I think Charlie's point is that we can't wait for the bank, CheckFree could start building a brand today without too much effort. ;-) Benny(IMHO)