E-commerce payment systemAn e-commerce payment system (or an electronic payment system) facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for offline transfer, also known as a subcomponent of electronic data interchange (EDI), e-commerce payment systems have become increasingly popular due to the widespread use of the internet-based shopping and banking. Credit cards remain the most common forms of payment for e-commerce transactions. As of 2008, in North America, almost 90% of online retail transactions were made with this payment type.
Credit cardA credit card is a payment card issued to users (cardholders) to enable the cardholder to pay a merchant for goods and services based on the cardholder's accrued debt (i.e., promise to the card issuer to pay them for the amounts plus the other agreed charges). The card issuer (usually a bank or credit union) creates a revolving account and grants a line of credit to the cardholder, from which the cardholder can borrow money for payment to a merchant or as a cash advance.
Digital walletA digital wallet, also known as an e-wallet, is an electronic device, online service, or software program that allows one party to make electronic transactions with another party bartering digital currency units for goods and services. This can include purchasing items either online or at the point of sale in a brick and mortar store, using either mobile payment (on a smartphone or other mobile device) or (for online buying only) using a laptop or other personal computer.
CashIn economics, cash is money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins. In bookkeeping and financial accounting, cash is kept in a wallet. Current assets comprising currency or currency equivalents that can be accessed immediately or near-immediately (as in the case of money market accounts). Cash is seen either as a reserve for payments, in case of a structural or incidental negative cash flow or as a way to avoid a downturn on financial markets.
Debit cardA debit card, also known as a check card or bank card, is a payment card that can be used in place of cash to make purchases. The card usually consists of the bank's name, a card number, the cardholder's name, and an expiration date, on either the front or the back. Many of the new cards now have a chip on them, which allows people to use their card by touch (contactless), or by inserting the card and keying in a PIN as with swiping the magnetic stripe.
Opération financièreUne opération financière est un événement contractuel d'achat ou de vente pour échanger un actif contre paiement. Elle vise généralement à employer des capitaux disponibles ou susceptibles d'être mobilisés, dans la perspective d'obtenir un gain monétaire, ou à l'inverse à solder une opération précédente et à récupérer des liquidités. Une opération financière peut être réalisée soit sur un marché organisé soit de gré à gré avec une institution financière ou toute autre contrepartie.
ChèqueLe chèque est un moyen de paiement scriptural utilisant le circuit bancaire. Il est généralement utilisé pour faire transiter de la monnaie d'un compte bancaire à un autre. Tombé en désuétude dans la plupart des pays industrialisés, il reste encore souvent utilisé en France, au Royaume-Uni, aux États-Unis ainsi qu'au Canada. Sous l'angle du droit, c'est un moyen par lequel le « tireur » (celui qui signe le chèque) donne l'ordre au tiré (une banque ou un autre organisme prévu par la loi) de payer sur présentation et sans délai (paiement à vue) un montant donné au bénéficiaire.
Digital currencyDigital currency (digital money, electronic money or electronic currency) is any currency, money, or money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on digital computer systems, especially over the internet. Types of digital currencies include cryptocurrency, virtual currency and central bank digital currency. Digital currency may be recorded on a distributed database on the internet, a centralized electronic computer database owned by a company or bank, within or even on a stored-value card.
