ADVISORY/Bank One, Excite Ink E-banking Deal

Business Wire, Nov 11, 1998

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1998--

TOPIC: It was confirmed Wednesday that Excite Inc. and Bank One have signed a multi-year online banking deal. Bank One will provide online banking and bill payment services to Excite users, and will be the exclusive financial services advertisier on Excite's Internet site. Excite reports that the deal may be worth over $125 million.

EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story:

George Barto is a senior analyst of online banking and investing at INTECO Corporation, and can provide Internet/online banking analysis and forecasts.

Peter Yeatrakas is president and CEO of Western Payments Alliance (WesPay) and is an expert on banking on the Internet.

Chuck Williams is president and CEO of Brightware, Inc. and can speak about banking/finance on the Web.

Dwayne Walker is president and CEO of TechWave and is an expert on all matters pertaining to selling goods and services online.

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