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To: Erik T who wrote (5353)	5/7/1999 12:06:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20297

Erik, thanks for the responses to my questions. You bring up some good points about direct-debit vs EBPP. It's true that many people simply want control over exactly when the payment comes out of their account. I'm happy to hear that Washington Mutual will be going online soon on the web. They recently got all new IBM flat-screen terminals running an all-new custom-designed software program by IBM, running on IBM OS/2. They still need to bring their commercial accounts software upgraded to Y2K compatibility, and then I would think as the icing on the cake, bring the EBPP system online on the web for consumer accounts.

To: Erik T who wrote (5353)	5/7/1999 10:29:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20297

Erik, re CKFR does the backend processing for Wells Fargo for its EBPP, and will do it for Washington Mutual through the Integrion Financial Services platform when Wash Mutual goes online soon. Today I asked a WAMU loan officer when they go online via the web for customers to do online banking. "Soon" was her response, which jibes with what you said. Furthermore, this WAMU loan officer revealed that WAMU employees are already testing the system. As a WAMU customer, I'm eager to try out the new system.