NETSCAPE ANNOUNCES NETSCAPE LIVEPAYMENT TO FACILITATE INTERNET COMMERCE

LEADING COMPANIES TO SUPPORT NETSCAPE'S OPEN, CROSS-PLATFORM SOFTWARE FOR
ONLINE CREDIT CARD PROCESSING

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (May 13, 1996) -- Netscape Communications Corporation
today extended its Internet commerce platform by announcing Netscape
LivePayment, open, cross-platform server software for collecting payments
on the Internet. Netscape LivePayment is online payment processing
software that extends the capabilities of the Netscape SuiteSpot
integrated suite of Web server software. The new product enables companies
to accept credit card payments from customers for the information, goods
and services available from corporate Web sites. Netscape LivePayment uses
high-grade encryption technology to safeguard electronic transactions.

Netscape LivePayment is derived from security and transaction processing
technology that has been used for more than a year in the Netscape
Commercial Applications line. Leading companies such as CyberCash, First
Data Corporation, GE Capital Retailer Financial Services, MasterCard,
VeriFone and Wells Fargo Bank support Netscape LivePayment as a way to
enable credit card payments with enhanced security on the Internet.

"Netscape's approach to online commerce is to enable customers to establish
new marketing, selling, service and distribution channels on the
Internet," said Marc Andreessen, senior vice president of technology at
Netscape. "To achieve that, we are expanding Netscape's commerce platform
with products that companies need to transform their Web sites into a
revenue source."

Netscape LivePayment is analogous to an Internet cash register. It provides
flexible, online transaction processing capabilities companies can add to
existing Web sites to quickly begin collecting credit card payments from
customers online. Together with Netscape Enterprise Server software and
Netscape LiveWire Pro visual development environment, Netscape LivePayment
provides the tools users need to quickly and easily build open,
cross-platform Internet commerce applications.

To help users transform their Web sites into Internet store fronts,
Netscape LivePayment includes templates to facilitate development of
payment-ready applications. Using Netscape Navigator Gold premium client
software, users can modify the templates to create their own online image
quickly and easily. Netscape LivePayment can receive payment information
from Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)-enabled Internet clients and process the
transactions over the Internet. Netscape also plans to support the
emerging Secure Electronic Transactions (SET) protocol and other payment
mechanisms, such as microtransactions, in Netscape LivePayment.

Netscape also announced that future versions of Netscape Navigator client
software will include technology that streamlines a user's shopping
experience by providing a uniform interface for Internet purchases and
transactions. Similar to a real wallet, this technology will organize into
one place a user's credit card numbers, shipping addresses, digital IDs
and other payment instruments needed to purchase goods and services on the
Internet. It will also maintain electronic receipts for items purchased
and a ledger of transactions so users can download that information into a
personal financial package.

"Netscape continues to be a leader in providing electronic commerce
solutions," said Chuck White, senior vice president of First Data
Corporation. "In addition to providing transaction processing capabilities
for Netscape Commercial Applications, First Data has successfully led a
beta program of Netscape LivePayment software.

"We believe that Netscape's comprehensive offerings will provide our
merchants and clients with a broad range of product options for
capitalizing on the emerging market for Internet Commerce," White added.

"We are pleased to see Netscape incorporating additional electronic
commerce functionality into Netscape server products with Netscape
LivePayment," said Roger Bertman, vice president and general manager of
VeriFone's Internet Commerce Division. "VeriFone's virtual point-of-sale
Internet products will be integrated with, complement and add value to the
Netscape open software platform. We are looking forward to further
integrating VeriFone and Netscape products to define open payment
standards for the Internet."

"Wells Fargo is committed to helping merchants in all facets of their
payment processing in both the physical and electronic worlds," said
Dudley Nigg, executive vice president of the alternative distribution
group at Wells Fargo Bank. "Wells Fargo has gained substantial experience
in Internet commerce through its work with many Internet merchants and
welcomes the introduction of Netscape LivePayment as an important step in
making Internet transaction processing easier. Wells Fargo looks forward
to working with merchants using Netscape LivePayment."

Netscape LivePayment is expected to be available for Microsoft Windows NT
and major UNIX operating environments beginning in the third quarter of
1996. Pricing for Netscape LivePayment is expected to be US$2, 995. Final
pricing will be announced at the time of the product's release. Netscape
Navigator is expected to include the new shopping technology by the fourth
quarter of 1996.

Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software
for linking people and information over enterprise networks and the
Internet. The company offers a full line of clients, servers, development
tools and commercial applications to create a complete platform for
next-generation, live online applications. Traded on NASDAQ under the
symbol "NSCP," Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain
View, California.

Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available
on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to
info@netscape.com. Corporate customers can call 415/937-2555 while
consumers can call 415/937-3777 for more information.
 
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