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The IEEE published a special issue of Spectrum
(http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/contents/) about digital commerce and ecash.
This is the index :
Electronic money: toward a virtual wallet
By Tekla S. Perry
Hard currency is disappearing from many everyday transactions along the
road to electronic money.
Future of electronic money: a regulator's perspective
By Edward W. Kelley Jr.
The way electronics will fit into the evolution of money--from acting as a
niche player
to wreaking major changes in payment systems--has yet to be determined.
Credits and debits on the Internet
By Marvin A. Sirbu
CyberCash, First Virtual, GC Tech, NetBill--these and other systems have
been developed to enable electronic transfers of payments across the
Internet.
'Minting' electronic cash
By David Chaum & Stefan Brands
Electronic cash can offer transaction privacy to honest users, affords
convenient storage and transportation, and protects against loss.
Traceable e-cash
By Peter S. Gemmell
One method of making electronic cash transactions private for honest users but
traceable by law enforcement agencies involves the use of trustees.
Crime and prevention: a Treasury viewpoint
By Stanley E. Morris
The speed and anonymity of electronic payment systems make them attractive
to those pursuing illicit activities.
Locking the e-safe
By Robert W. Baldwin & C. Victor Chang
Existing encryption-based security mechanisms can be combined to minimize a
wide range of threats to electronic commerce.
In your pocket: smartcards
By Carol Hovenga Fancher
A wallet full of cash, credit, and identification cards may, in the future,
be replaced
with two or three smartcards, each containing an IC, as a recent flurry of
market
tests and smartcard rollouts demonstrates.
Banking in cyberspace: an investment in itself
By Michael C. McChesney
While home banking has been around for some time, Internet banking is a new
concept, and has a number of advantages.
Technology takes to securities trading
By Steven M. H. Wallman
From stock offerings conducted entirely over the Internet, to the
automation of traditional exchanges, technology is changing the way stock
markets work.
Nasdaq's technology floor: its president takes stock
By Alfred R. Berkeley III
This screen-based stock market has been particularly sensitive to the
effects of new
computer and communications capabilities.
The economics of e-cash
By Mike Ter Maat
Electronic cash can create profits for its issuers, and launch competition
for today's
government-controlled currency systems.
Money and the Internet: a strange new relationship
By Howard Anderson
This visionary sees the e-money revolution as inevitable, with "e-mail for
money"
becoming as ubiquitous in the future as e-mail messages are already today.
*PLR!
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Philippe Le Roux
Associe de V(DL)2 Inc.
Membre du SCIP (Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals)
Co-Auteur d'Internet Secrets (IDG - 95)
Chroniqueur a Benefice.Net
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