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Benefits Of E-Commerce Says Minister Courtesy
of Brudirect.com By Lyna Mohammad
This has given rise to
more business opportunities and commercial benefits as well as a secured,
speedier and more efficient mode of payment for the business community. This was said by Pehin Dato Seri Setia Hj Awg
Zakaria Datu Mahawangsa Hj Sulaiman, Minister of Communications, in his speech at
the launching of HSBCnet at the Empire Hotel &
Country Club yesterday. "Our local private
sector must be aware of these changes and should take this golden opportunity
to capitalise and increase their portion of the
global wealth," the minister added. He lauded HSBC for once
again taking the lead in preparing not only the SMEs
but also the medium and large companies for the next level of e-commerce. The minister highlighted
HSBC's achievements in e-banking noting that since
its launch, c-banking transactions now account for 50 per cent of all HSBC
banking transactions as compared to 20 per cent last year. The introduction of HSBCnet will further strengthen HSBC's
standing in the business community while supporting the government's
aspiration of becoming a more connected and information-rich society, he
added. Pehin Dato
Seri Setia Hj Awg Zakaria stressed that the
key feature in e-banking is integrity, adding that he was happy to note HSBC
had not forgotten key elements in online security features. He called upon local
businesses to try the new HSBCnet service and to be
more proactive in identifying the latest developments in IT. While congratulating
HSBC, he urged the bank to continuously find ways to improve their delivery
channels, suggesting that HSBC take the lead in future developments of mobile
e-commerce. The availability of such
technology and future development of applications and services or contents
especially mobile banking, will bring business opportunities and commercial
benefits such as a secured and speedier mode of business transactions that
are the trend of the future, the minister added. Under In the first quarter of
the year alone, several major contracts have been signed with various local
companies and their strategic partners or consortium. As countries around the
globe move towards egovernment,
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