Intuit to offer home-banking service to America Online customers in 1996
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Intuit Inc has announced an agreement with online information service provider America Online Inc to provide electronic banking services for America Online customers, a move that signals Intuit's commitment to electronic banking. The agreement specifies that America Online customers will be able to perform electronic banking functions such a checking on account balances and paying bills via a special area in America Online's information service. The service will connect customers to one of the 21 banks with whom Intuit has agreements. The customer will be required to enter an additional password that will then be encrypted. The data will not be completely immune from hackers, but security will be on the level with other private networks. Neither America Online nor Intuit will charge customers fees for using the network. Intuit hopes that this will significantly boost the number of customers using electronic banking.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1995
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Crossed wires: phone service overseas provides a mixed picture, Kodak finds
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Eastman Kodak Co is well aware of the necessity of reliable international telecommunications and the legal and technical snafus that make voice and data communications difficult. Kodak, with operations in 150 countries, finds that high-speed data transmission lines are vital. A Central American system enabled an independent distributor with an 82 percent market share in Costa Rica to reduce inventory by two-thirds, cut costs and improve service. In many countries, Kodak must convince governments and phone companies to invest in new technology. The company often struggles to use private voice and data lines instead of public ones, which charge tolls, have poor sound quality and balk during peak times. Government regulations can be problematic as well: Brazil, for example, banned data transmission across its borders in 1984 unless companies could explain how transmission would benefit Brazil.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1991
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Coming soon to the Internet: tools to add glitz to the Web's offerings
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Numerous software developers are creating tools that will add enhanced sound, animation and 3D features to the World Wide Web, which could help boost its presence in the retail world. The Web currently includes text and poorly produced images that relegate it to the backwater of the retail world. New tools for developing Web sites such as Sun Microsystems Inc's Hot Java product could help both sound and animation performance reach levels that would allow developers to create impressive Web sites. Progressive Networks Inc's RealAudio tool allows sound files to be played while they are being downloaded, which significantly improves their usefulness. Macromedia Inc has developed animation tools that automatically run animation when a Web site is accessed. Several companies are developing 3D animation development tools including Vream Inc and Dimension X Inc.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1995
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