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   Nothing like paypal.  It was for banks and the kinds of bills that =
banks still handle today with their electronic bill paying services.  = See
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1997/Jun97/msfdcpr.mspx.  = This
was still the case when Transpoint and Checkfree merged.  See =
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Feb00/TransPointPR.mspx.  =
Checkfree looks to still be in exactly this business.

Rich

  "Randy"  wrote in message
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  Microsoft tried once before to get into the payments business with =
First=20
  Data - it was originally called MSFDC, then Transpoint, and was=20
  eventually sold off to Checkfree-neither side had what it took.
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This was still the case when Transpoint and Checkfree merged.  See =
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px. =20
Checkfree looks to still be in exactly this business.
 
Rich
 

  "Randy" <dev{at}null.com>">mailto:dev{at}null.com">dev{at}null.com> =
wrote in=20
  message news:447b5773$1{at}w3.nls.net...Microsoft=20
  tried once before to get into the payments business with First =
Data - it=20
  was originally called MSFDC, then Transpoint, and was eventually =
sold off=20
  to Checkfree-neither side had what it
took.

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