========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com FINANCE INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= August 23, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Small Business Up to $250 off Select Dell(TM) Servers & Systems! http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1018-17-38-11627-115924-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Will Paper Checks Become Extinct? 2. News: How Will Check 21 Affect You? 3. News: Mutual Fund Company Fights Back Against Phishing 4. News: Google Shares Hit $100.34 in Market Debut 5. News: Oracle to Patch on Monthly Schedule 6. News: Study Finance Online ========================================================= Finance Industry Update ========================================================= News: Will Paper Checks Become Extinct? The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, which goes into effect Oct. 28, encourages the banking industry's use of image technology to make the check-payment system more efficient and to lower check-processing costs. What does this mean for old-fashioned paper checks? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1018-17-38-11627-115927-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: How Will Check 21 Affect You? The Consumers Union published a list of tips for individual banking customers, recommending ways to cope with the new legislation. Their list of recommendations sounds highly skeptical of how banks will operate under the new law. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1018-17-38-11627-115930-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Mutual Fund Company Fights Back Against Phishing High-pressure e-mails and phony Internet addresses touting bogus mutual fund Web sites are a problem that investors must learn how to deal with in advance if they are to avoid being stung by such a scam, according to Pax World Funds. See what else Pax is doing to fight phishing. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1018-17-38-11627-115933-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Google Shares Hit $100.34 in Market Debut In a debut vaguely reminiscent of the dot-com boom, shares of Internet search giant Google surged in their first day of public trading Thursday as investors who avoided the company's auction-based offering readily jumped into the familiar territory of the stock market. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1018-17-38-11627-115936-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Oracle to Patch on Monthly Schedule Oracle has explained its failure to release patches for multiple security flaws, confirming that the release delay is caused by the fact that the company is heading to a monthly patch roll-up model. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1018-17-38-11627-115939-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Study Finance Online Professor John Wachowicz of the University of Tennessee, the co-author of "Fundamentals of Financial Management," has set up a Web site that teaches and tests financial knowledge. 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