Banking and Finance on the Internet

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John Wiley & Sons, 1998 - Business & Economics - 334 pages
Banking and Finance on the Internet Mary J. Cronin, Editor Every business day, banks, brokerage houses, and other institutions transfer millions of dollars around the globe at the speed of light. Yet the financial services industry has just begun to harness the power of the worldwide network known as the Internet. Edited by internationally recognized online commerce expert Mary J. Cronin, Ph.D., Banking and Finance on the Internet offers bankers, mutual fund managers, and other financial services decision-makers insight on crafting effective online commerce strategies of their own. With chapters by authorities from the worlds of electronic commerce and academia, Banking and Finance on the Internet addresses the most pressing online financial services topics, including:
  • Competitive products and markets for Internet-based home and corporate banking
  • Moving mutual fund information to the Net
  • The rise of online brokerage houses
  • Smart Cards and their expanding role in Web commerce
  • Digital trust in financial services
  • International progress in implementing online banking
Complete with case studies of online successes and failures, Banking and Finance on the Internet presents e-commerce implementation experience and critical perspectives from decision makers, executives, researchers, and technology leaders in some of the world’s largest and most innovative financial organizations.
 

Contents

Frontiers of OnLine Financial Services
19
Security First Network
75
From Web Strategy to Implementation
107
Smart Cards in WebBased ECommerce
137
BehindtheScenes
209
on the Web
231
WallStreet Electronica
251
International Banking and the Internet
271
APPENDIX A Banking and Financial Services Resources
307
APPENDIX B Financial Services Technology Consortium
319
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Dr. Mary J. Cronin is Professor of Management at Boston College, and a strategic adviser to Mainspring Communications. One of the world's leading experts on electronic commerce, Dr. Cronin consults on information management and networking strategy for Fortune 500 companies, and is a featured columnist for Fortune magazine. She is a frequent lecturer on online business issues and the author of numerous articles and books on the subject. The author of numerous articles and books about electronic commerce, Dr. Mary J. Cronin is Professor of Management in the Department of Operations and Strategic Management at the Carroll School of Management, Boston College.

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