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Unit 2

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Electronic Payment System


E-payments are the central part of e-commerce
activities as t deals with the payments of gods
and services by the consumers.
It is a financial exchange between buyer and
seller.
Example
Credit Cards/Debit Cards
Smart cards
E-cash

Issues
Method of payment
How to minimize the risk of leakage of information
Methods to complete the transaction
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Electronic Payment System


Factors make electronic payment worth
Decreasing technology cost
Reduced operational and processing cost
Increasing online commerce

Protocols for secured transaction are:


SEPP
Secure Electronic Payment Protocol
Used by Netscape and Master Card

SET
Secure Electronic Transaction
Used by VISA
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Electronic Payment System


Consumer sends initial message to company
Company responds by sending the Invoice
Consumer prepares purchase order and sends
the credit card details (Encrypted)
Merchant sends the details to payment
gateway for authorization
Gateway sends the receipt that transaction
has been accepted
Merchant sends the consumer message that
payment has been accepted
Issuer Bank sends bill to consumer
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E-Cash

It is transfer of funds initiated through electronic terminal to order,


instruct or authorize a financial institutions to debit or credit an
account.
Also termed as electronic money, e-currency, digital cash, etc.
Categories

Retailing payments

Online commerce payments

Smart cards

Banking and financial payments

Credit cards
Debit cards

Large scale (bank to bank)


Small scale (ATM)
Home banking

Features

Facilitate online transaction


Complicated and secure
Globalize the economy
Online Model
Offline model

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Credit Card
Credit cards are small plastic cards issued to
users as a system of payment.
Post-paid mechanism
Advantages

Safe and secure money


Purchase power
Protection of purchases
Building credit line
Emergencies

Disadvantages
Blowing our budget
High interest rates
Fraud
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Debit Card
Credit cards are small plastic cards issued to
users as am alternative method of payment to
cash and can be used to get cash from bank
terminals (ATMs).
Pre-paid mechanism
Advantages

Available for all users


Protection of purchases
No extra charge on withdrawing cash
Emergencies

Disadvantages
Fraud

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Security Threats to E-Commerce

Website defacement
DoS
Customer information theft
Guessing password
Network sniffing
Customer phishing

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Defense

Education/Training
Installation of firewalls
SSL
IDS
Security audit
Password policies

Password attempts
Unsuccessful log-in delay
Fixing lifetime of password
Prescribing password length

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