Apparatus for recording, transmitting and reproducing sound, images or signals; blank magnetic, video and laser cassettes; laser disks featuring musical sound recordings; blank videotapes; blank computer diskettes; blank videodisks; blank magnetic disks; blank optical disks; blank optical compact disks; interactive compact disks featuring the subject matter of payment transactions and payment solutions; sound and image transmitting apparatus; communications servers; telecommunication apparatus, namely, digital cellular phones; micro-computers, printed circuits, microprocessors; computer peripheral devices; computer game software, blank CD-ROMs for recording sound or video; computer software for database management; interactive video game software; calculators; notebook computers; personal digital assistants; satellite dishes for satellite transmission; blank electronic chip cards, magnetic cards, magnetic identifying cards, machine-readable magnetic encoded cards and magnetic cards which can be encoded for authorization and authentication of network users and data; encoded smart cards for obtaining and storing information, for secure processing and transferring over networks, for authorization and authentication of network users, and data and for payment or prepayment cards; magnetically encoded plastic transaction cards; stored value electronic purse smart cards; magnetically encoded credit cards; magnetically encoded debit cards; rechargeable cards; microchip cards; random access memory cards; magnetic pens, magneto-optical pens; electronic pens; electronic payment terminals; secure computer terminals for electronic transactions and especially for electronic financial transactions; computer software for controlling self-service payment and fund transfer terminals, including those using memory and chip cards for reading and writing badges, cards or other portable objects, which are autonomous or integrated in automated machines and used for securing and customizing payment and transfer of funds, by identification and access control, especially in the banking field; computer terminals accepting chip cards for reading or writing and chip card readers, which can be connected to a local or remote computer or to another network-accessing machine with applications used for electronic transactions on open networks and all financial and payment transactions; secure electronic computer terminals for financial and payment transactions

Telecommunications access services; news agencies, namely the transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; communications by computer terminals and by computer payment terminals, namely, electronic and computer systems ensuring and securing financial and payment transactions for goods and services through the transmission of information via computers to the same telematic network; communications by radio, telegraph, computer and telephone transmissions; communications via fiber-optic networks; broadcasting of television, radio, video and audio programs; electronic store-and-forward messaging services; computer aided transmission of information and data; facsimile transmission; cable and satellite transmissions and cable television transmission; computer-aided message and image transmission, particularly in a network accessed from personal computers, servers and on the Internet; rental of telecommunication apparatus; rental of telecommunications apparatus for transmitting computer and electronic data such as texts, sounds and images; telecommunications access services to a global computer network; communication and transmission of financial data and payment information by means of telephone, telegraphic, cable, and satellite transmissions; communications by computer terminals

Engineering services, namely scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; computer systems analysis services, namely, research and development services for new products; engineering services, namely, analysis and research in the fields of science and technology; industrial research services, namely research and development of new products; computer and software design and development; computer programming; development, design, updating and maintenance of computer software and of other computer systems; computer technical support and advice, namely trouble-shooting of computer hardware and software problems; legal services; computer project management services; technical quality surveying; quality control for others; rental of a database server (to third parties); hosting of websites on-line, hosting of digital content on the Internet; copyright management; intellectual property licensing; technical professional consulting in the field of electronic payment transactions, not in connection with business operations, namely, technical support of electronic communications networks