People like using banks. They put their money in, take it out or transfer it when they choose. They love increased on-line banking services, too, which means even more on-demand convenience and control.

Monetary banks provide valuable services to people. They rent their customers' deposited funds, and pay rental fees in interest to customers. They provide a critical component to a very complex web of communications involved in our everyday transactions.

Ask anybody with money deposited in a bank who owns that money and they will tell you with absolute confidence that they do. The money is in the bank but the customer perceives that he or she has outright possession and control.

Now, ask that same person - just between them and the Internet companies - who owns their medical information, or their financial information, or information about their purchasing habits, etc. You'll receive an entirely different answer, won't you?

Today's Internet companies disclose how they handle people's information, but provide very little on-demand control to the actual information owners and producers.

Imagine a world without monetary banking. Now, imagine a world with information banking.

When people are empowered with more sharing control over the information they own or produce, will they be motivated to share more information, better quality information, and more traceable information with others? What are we missing without information banking?

Let’s explore and discuss ways and means for providing people with new choices for banking their information like they bank their money.