In Brief: Vendors Join 1st Union In Its Electronic Mall

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - First Union Corp. has opened the doors of its own virtual marketplace, CommunityCommerce, to Internet users.

In addition to offering First Union's financial services, CommunityCommerce presently showcases three vendors that are First Union customers. The three are the first of many First Union expects to join its electronic mall.

First Union already offers applications for its credit cards on-line and is expected to add mortgages and other products soon.

First Union's web site has averaged more than 4,000 visits a day since the bank's home pages were launched at the beginning of the year.

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