From: pcw@access.digex.net (Peter Wayner)
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 94 11:33:18 PDT
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Subject: Re: VISA Electronic Purse
Message-ID: <199404051832.AA13961@access1.digex.net>
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>At *Visa* International, the answer is: Replace cash with plastic.
>
>   Last month,  the  giant  association  of  card issuers announced
>it had formed a coalition of banking and technology companies to
>develop technical standards  for  a  product it dubbed the
>"Electronic Purse," a plastic card meant to replace coins and bills
>in small transactions. 

Gosh, how many Real Men are going to carry an electronic "purse?"