Credit card companies are working with CyberCash and Netscape Communications to develop and implement the new Secure Electronic Transaction protocol for online credit card commerce.

CNN: Cash -- or E-Money?

The eToys sites also offered "one-click" shopping, which allows customers to leave their credit card details once in a secure server and then make repeat orders with a single mouse click.

BBC: Hamleys

The dream is that, eventually, everything about you--name, address, Social Security number, credit card accounts, medical history and more--will be instantly recognized and ready for secure delivery to a vendor with whom you'd like to do business.

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