Now these personal payments are being offered by e-currency exchanges as a way to provide easy worldwide access to e-currency account balances most notably by AurumXchange.

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When users give up their names to the Web site--the coveted currency of any e-merchant--Vignette's tools automatically toss all kinds of customized information in front of them to keep them engaged and buying.

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E-gold is a privately issued digital currency backed by real gold and silver stored in banks in Europe and Dubai.

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Instead of bills and coins, we will spend electronic currency -- call it e-money -- that we zap to merchants from our PCs or carry with us on smart cards.

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E. is simply using its products as currency to acquire an (often tax-advantaged) income stream.

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When the term Cyber Monday first came into currency just six years ago, the Internet and the world of e-commerce were vastly different places.

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