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To: The Atheist who wrote (2345)	4/20/1999 11:29:00 AM
From: Bruce Cullen	Respond to of 13157

E-Commerce FYI --------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Commerce Remains Strong Following Dramatic Holiday Shopping Season, Cybercash Figures Suggest CyberCash Transaction Volume Remains Up After Dramatic Jump During 1998 Holiday Shopping Period RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 1999-- CyberCash, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYCH - news), the world leader in e-commerce technologies and services, today indicated that Internet payment transactions processed by the company have remained at levels near those at the height of 1998 holiday shopping season. According to CyberCash, transaction volumes increased by about 30 percent from the day after Thanksgiving until Christmas, and have dipped by no more than 5 percent since that time. ''Everyone agrees that e-commerce came of age during the 1998 holiday shopping season,'' said Jim Condon, president and chief operating officer, CyberCash. ''The only question remaining was, 'Would people continue to shop on the Internet after the holidays were over?' Based on our numbers, at least, I think we can safely say they are.'' According to Condon, physical world merchants usually see a significant drop-off in business during the months following the year's busiest shopping period. That, he says, hasn't happened on the Internet. ''If these statistics tell us anything,'' Condon added, ''I think they tell us that, for the most part, people enjoyed their experience shopping online during the holidays and have kept it up. That's a very good omen for the continued growth of e-commerce.'' The future of e-commerce will be the focus of CyberCash founder and chief executive officer Bill Melton's keynote address in Chicago at Comdex Spring '99 on Wednesday, April, 21. CyberCash is the world's leading provider of secure electronic commerce payment technologies and services spanning the retail point of sale through the Internet. CyberCash and the CyberCash logo and are trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks of CyberCash, Inc. www.cybercash.com This press release contains statements that are forward looking. They are based on the Company's current expectations, and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks. The Company's actual results may differ materially. The uncertainties and risks include the pace of growth of Internet commerce, the development by the Company and its competitors of new products and services, strategic decisions by major participants in the industry, competitive pricing pressures, legal and regulatory developments and general economic conditions. Further information about these and other relevant risks and uncertainties may be found in the Company's report on Form 10-K and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all of which are available from the Commission and from the Company's worldwide web site cybercash.com, as well as other sources.