meaning of ecash

1. Ecash A trial form of electronic funds transfer over the Internet and soon by electronic mail. The ecash software stores digital money, signed by a bank, on the users local computer. The user can spend the digital money at any shop accepting ecash, without the trouble of having to open an account there first, or having to transmit credit card numbers. The shop just has to accept the money, and deposit it at the bank. The security is provided by a public-key digital signature. There process involves the issuing banks who exchange real money for ecash, users who have and spend ecash, shops who accept ecash payments, and clearing banks who clear payments received by shops. At the moment, all users and shops must have an account at DigiCashs own bank, the "First Digital Bank" at bank. digicash. com. They can withdraw money from the bank, and convert it to ecash. Shops can be started by any ecash user. Home http://www. digicash. com/ecash/ecash-home. html.

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