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To: Benny Baga who wrote (2271)	2/4/1999 8:01:00 AM
From: TLindt	Respond to of 20297

Wow@! Like really surprised me Manga..... That just means ALL THE REST OF THEM(portals) ARE GOING TO MOVE LIKE LIGHTNING. Just means we get richer faster....twist my arm

To: Benny Baga who wrote (2271)	2/4/1999 8:03:00 AM
From: Harry Franks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20297

Reminds me of the song from the 80's "Dancing with myself".

To: Benny Baga who wrote (2271)	2/4/1999 8:04:00 AM
From: D Mueller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20297

>>>"We have a different approach than CheckFree's because we center on combining bank and portal capabilities. We don't want to offend our bank partners." Benny, I wish you had given me some warning that this was laughable. I read this and spilled my coffe all over my keyboard. I guess calling banks "dinosaurs" isn't thought to be offensive... Oh, I forgot, Bill Gates said that not TP. (LOL) Don

To: Benny Baga who wrote (2271)	2/4/1999 9:31:00 AM
From: TLindt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20297

Couple thing on your TP portals news... Some Truth.. Last week, CheckFree Corp., the industry's dominant vendor of electronic bill payment and presentment services, confirmed it was joining forces with a major Internet portal, widely rumored to be Santa Clara, Calif.-based Web titan Yahoo! Inc. Formerly known as MSFDC, the fledgling company* is a joint venture of Microsoft and First Data Corp.; last fall, Citibank also climbed aboard, buying a minority equity state in TransPoint.* And some Smoke. Although Dent won't disclose what role TransPoint's bank clients will play vis-a-vis MSN, they are integral to Web-enabled bill delivery, he says. "We have a different approach than CheckFree's because we center on combining bank and portal capabilities. We don't want to offend our bank partners." Now if my memory serves me correctly...I read the Quarterly Press, I listened to the confrence call...one of the first things out of Pete's mouth was please no questions on the Portal deal. And then he didn't go into any details on any deal. So how does this guy, know what Checkfree is gonna do? Pete you better have your Office Checked for Bugs?

To: Benny Baga who wrote (2271)	2/4/1999 9:41:00 AM
From: Tom Klempay	Respond to of 20297

The new service, which will enable consumers to access billing information over MSN, is expected to go live in the spring, he adds. The MS FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) machine is at it again. Anyone want to call Mr. Dent and make a small wager on the real release date for this? Of course, he doesn't say spring of which year <g>. -tk <edit> Stock price is picking up where it left off yesterday. RTQ is 39 5/8 on volume of 65,600.

To: Benny Baga who wrote (2271)	2/4/1999 10:21:00 AM
From: JimNewby	Respond to of 20297

MSN is a portal? Never heard of it; how long has it been around and how many users do they have? <VBG> Jim

To: Benny Baga who wrote (2271)	2/4/1999 11:25:00 AM
From: AugustWest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20297

bah hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, let me fall in line to respond. Bahhhhahahahahahahahahahahaha February 3, 1999 TransPoint Is Courting Portal Partner Last week, CheckFree Corp., the industry's dominant vendor of electronic bill payment and presentment services, confirmed it was joining forces with a major Internet portal, widely rumored to be Santa Clara, Calif.-based Web titan Yahoo! Inc. Not to be outdone, CheckFree rival TransPoint is lining up a deal with its own portal partner: Microsoft Corp.'s MSN. "We've been in discussion with portals for some time, and we've always made it clear to our billers that we intend to work with portals," says Warren Dent, senior vice president for marketing and business development at Denver-based TransPoint. "We will be working with MSN. We're developing the contract now." The new service, which will enable consumers to access billing information over MSN, is expected to go live in the spring, he adds. An alliance with MSN is a natural for TransPoint. Formerly known as MSFDC, the fledgling company is a joint venture of Microsoft and First Data Corp.; last fall, Citibank also climbed aboard, buying a minority equity state in TransPoint. It is now piloting an Internet bill delivery and payment program with banks and other financial institutions. Although Dent won't disclose what role TransPoint's bank clients will play vis-a-vis MSN, they are integral to Web-enabled bill delivery, he says. "We have a different approach than CheckFree's because we center on combining bank and portal capabilities. We don't want to offend our bank partners." Bah hahahahahahahahaha. I had to post the whole thing so when they delete the article it's preserved here.