--- begin forwarded text Sender: e$@thumper.vmeng.com Reply-To: "R. Jason Cronk" <list-manager@purple.reddesign.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Precedence: Bulk Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 12:42:56 -0400 From: "R. Jason Cronk" <list-manager@purple.reddesign.com> To: Multiple recipients of <e$@thumper.vmeng.com> Subject: BofA / Visa to test Cash Online Bank of America, Visa To Test Cash Online ****Bank of America, Visa To Test Cash Online 05/15/97 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1997 MAY 15 (NB) -- By Bill Pietrucha. Virtual cash - backed by the real stuff, of course- is coming to the Internet. Bank of America and Visa International said they will conduct a pilot test ofstored-value chip card transaction on the Internet this summer, essentially giving consumers and merchants an online equivalent to cash and coins for small purchases. http://www.nbnn.com/8.html ---------- The e$ lists are brought to you by: Intertrader Ltd: "Digital Money Online" <http://www.intertrader.com/library/DigitalMoneyOnline> Where people, networks and money come together: Consult Hyperion http://www.hyperion.co.uk info@hyperion.co.uk Like e$? Help pay for it! <http://www.shipwright.com/beg.html> For e$/e$pam sponsorship, mail Bob: <mailto:rah@shipwright.com> Thanks to the e$ e$lves: Of Counsel: Vinnie Moscaritolo <mailto:vinnie@webstuff.apple.com> (Majordomo)^2: Rachel Willmer<mailto:rachel@intertrader.com> Commermeister: Anthony Templer <mailto:anthony@atanda.com> Interturge: Rodney Thayer <mailto:rodney@sabletech.com> --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/