Online credit card payments move toward mainstream use
First National Bank of Omaha and CyberCash Inc. plan to let merchants accept Internet credit card payments via CyberCash software. MasterCard teams with Los Alamos scientists to build neural network fraud detection, with pilot tests next spring. Cardinal Bancshares to offer Internet banking via Security First Network Bank in Kentucky. Working women now contribute half or more of household income but still handle family care, per a Whirlpool Foundation study. Iranian rial crackdown and currency volatility report a partial recovery amid arrests and market restrictions.
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Reston
CyberCash
First National
MasterCard International
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Tuee
Los Alamos
MasterCard
Washington
Kentucky
Office of Thrift Supervision
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Cardinal Bancshares Inc
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Security First Network Bank
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Fixed mortgage rate dips under 8 percent for first time in a year
Freddie Mac reports the 30-year fixed mortgage averaged 7.87 percent this week, down from 8.27 percent prior and the lowest since March 1994. Analysts cite bond market gains and cooling inflation as factors, with predictions of a gradual rise to the 8 percent range later in the year.
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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp
Frank Nothart
Freddie Mac
Federal Reserve
Michael Carliner
National Association of Home Builders
Newlyweds Plan Finances As They Start Life Together
Columbia couple Mark Polk and Barbara Wilbur married April 15 at Ashland United Methodist Church and began financial planning. Experts urge early tax planning, retirement saving like 401(k) matching, health and life insurance coordination, and building a three month cushion. They aim for a down payment on a home by 2000 and emphasize joint budgeting to avoid debt and stress.
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Ballentine
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Ward Financial Advisors Ltd
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Dollar bill extinction sparks move to coin in Congress
The article notes a convergence of issues around replacing the $1 bill with a $1 coin. It cites the falcon and warbler as endangered list occupants and argues fiscal, durability, and international currency trends favor a coin. It recounts past coin proposals and the 1980s Susan B Anthony plan failure amid confusion with quarters.
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