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Retail banking firms in the UK looking to ramp up their e-commerce operations will need to organize their financial services around PC-based transactions and account management, according to a study released Monday by Forrester Research. Because of the PC-focus, Forrester said other banking acces...

The push to develop a viable online retailing channel in Southern Europe remains "paralyzed" by a host of roadblocks, according to a report released Wednesday by Forrester Research. However, aggressive efforts by portals, outside marketers and grocers within the next year will help spur the regi...

Despite the flood of dot-com failures, more browsers are turning into buyers for e-commerce, according to a study released Tuesday by Internet research firm Greenfield Online. The report found that 72 percent of U.S. online consumers made at least one purchase via the Web during the fourth quart...

Online travel sites racked up US$1.2 billion in sales in January, accounting for nearly a third of all e-commerce transactions for the month, according to a study released Tuesday by Nielsen//NetRatings and Harris Interactive. The study said that online travel spending in January climbed 17 per...

The widescale deployment of broadband access, combined with intensified competition among communications, entertainment and technology firms, is likely transform current e-business models in the coming year, according to a study released Monday by Ernst & Young and Cap Gemini Ernst & You...

As the deadline for filing U.S. tax returns draws nearer, a new report released Thursday by the General Accounting Office (GAO) may give some taxpayers pause about submitting their returns through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) electronic filing program. According to the study -- commissioned b...

In a bid to capture a larger market share of the personal financing industry, Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) announced Wednesday that it is expanding its mortgage service to allow borrowers to secure the lowest possible interest rates. The new options will be offered through the e-tailer's licensee ...

Amid relentless news coverage of the difficulties e-commerce firms have faced in reaching profitability, a study released Tuesday by ActivMedia Research found that half of online business-to-consumer (B2C) companies are bucking the current market downturn and operating in the black. More than on...

As the high-tech sector continues to take a battering on Wall Street, Amazon founder and chief executive officer Jeff Bezos is reportedly warning investors to steer clear of Internet stocks. In an interview with BBC television that is scheduled to air in the United Kingdom Wednesday, Bezos describe...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an advisory Thursday warning that several organized hacker groups, operating out of Eastern European hubs, have stolen proprietary information from hundreds of e-commerce and online banking sites, including customer databases and more than one...

Online business-to-business (B2B) deals comprised 90 percent of all online sales in 1999, accounting for a "remarkably large share" of overall e-commerce activity, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Commerce. According to the government office, the statistics for 1999,...

While many e-tailers beef up their sites with a host of technological bells and whistles to lure online customers, a study released Tuesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that most of the new features do little to turn site visitors into buyers. "E-tailers need to avoid the technology trap -- jus...

Internet book vendor Bibliofind.com reportedly said Monday that a four-month long security breach on its computer servers has exposed customer credit card information. The e-tailer, which provides an electronic catalog of millions of used and rare books for sale by independent booksellers around t...

Bringing an end to a lawsuit it filed over a year ago, eBay said Thursday that it had reached a settlement with online auction search site Bidder's Edge, which was barred last year by a court order from combing listings that were hosted on the Internet heavyweight's site. eBay spokesperson Kevi...

Elantec Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ELNT) plummeted US$8.69 to $22 Wednesday morning after the circuit maker warned its second-quarter sales and earnings would not meet expectations, due to slumping demand in the personal computing market and the ongoing economic slowdown. The Milpitas, California-ba...

New York City-based e-tailer Bluefly (Nasdaq: BFLY) rose to US$1.38 in morning trading Wednesday, up 9 cents, after reporting that it had trimmed its losses for the fourth quarter ended December 31st and nearly doubled its revenues for the period. Bluefly, which sells designer fashions and home ...

With Canadian e-commerce players looking at an "enormous" expansion in online activity over the next five years, those that do not outsource their Internet technology needs are likely to run into a host of technological stumbling blocks, according to a study released Monday by Forrester Research....

In its fourth-quarter earnings report issued Thursday, Stamps.com said it is sticking to earlier projections that it will be operating in the black in the first quarter of 2002. "The initiatives we've put in place in the fourth quarter of 2000 and the first quarter of 2001 have put us in an even st...

With record sales undermined by staggering losses, Internet grocer Peapod.com has issued a warning that it would run out of cash by the end of the year if it does not secure additional financing. The e-tailer posted record fourth quarter sales of $US23.7 million in its earnings report issued We...

General Motors (NYSE: GM) announced Wednesday that it has inked a deal with Autobytel.com to test an online shopping system that will show consumers the cars available for purchase in their area. GM said the trial run, which is slated to begin May 1st and run for 90 days, will provide the compa...