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20.in the case of bank supplied credit cards, the merchant normally is compensated very quickly but not in stantaneously (usually one or two days) by the credit card issuer. the bank then holds an account receivable against the card user. However , even short delay can represent an opportunity cost for the merchant.
21.for example, the U.S postal service estimates that $2.4 billion was spent on postage foe bills and bank statements in 1995 and that electronic billing will save $900 million of that within 10 years. See “ paying Bills without Any Litter “, “New York Times, July 5, 1996, pp D1-D3
22.in October 1998, city group announced a new internet service covering all areas of retail financial services. This will require it to scrap its existing computer system and build a whole new infrastructure. The new service will be know as E-city (see New York Times, October 5, 1998, pp C1-C4)
23.K.Furst, W.W Lang and D. E. Nolle find that , as of the third quarter of 1999, while only 20 percent of U.S national banks offered internet banking, these transactions accounted for almost 90 percent of the national banking system’s assets and 84 percent of the total number of small deposit accounts. See “internet Banking : developments and prospects” office of the comptroller of the currency, economic and policy analysis working paper 2000-9, September 2000
24. See R.J Sullivan, “How has the adoption of internet banking affected performance and risk in banks?” financial industry perspective, federal reserve bank of Kansas city, December 2000, pp 1-16