San Jose Calif.-based eBay Inc.'s (EBAY) announcement last week that it had bended to Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) for help processing credit cards for its Internet auction customers delegates two strong signals for the one and the other markets: first, payments are fast becoming the critical link in Internet illicit [i]or[/i] criminal intercourse and second, clicks and mortar alliances can quickly deliver value to the two sides.
