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The future of money


Credit cards are becoming increasingly more popular in the UK but as the Internet reaches wider, people have less time for daily chores and security awareness is stronger- will digital money be the next big thing?

 

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The Future of Money
The future of payments over the Internet and offline rests in electronic money. Think about all the times you want to park your car but have no loose cash to use in the meter or how the Internet could be transformed if you could pay in small amounts. By having electronic cash small payments can be made easily. Electronic cash is stored in a smart card which looks just like a debit or credit card with information stored in a microchip. Money transfer between merchants and consumers is made easy in that it is instant as it requires no bank authorisation. The electronic smart card in theory is an electronic purse which you put money into – except you don’t have to actually handle the money. It can be used by everyone including youths who do not have bank accounts so they can also purchase goods online. Value is held electronically in the electronic ‘purse’ and can hold in the form of all currencies. You can transfer money from your bank account onto your card easily and check the amount on your card using a specially designed key ring.

Many companies have launched eCash such as Mondex, Digicash and VisaCash, however none have as yet been successful. The main reason for this is that they were not planned properly. The technology behind the cards, the security and everything involving the electric money was planned down to a tee but they overlooked one element– where people could use it. On launch they found that the take up was extremely good but this soon dwindled as people could not find hardly anywhere that accepted the electronic money, online and offline. In order for this plan to work you would need an electronic cash facility everywhere – in every car park and every shop. Until this is put in place the scheme is rendered useless. Electronic cash companies are reviewing their strategies and the next launch should be more successful so watch this space. In the future trying to find that elusive 20p to pay the parking meter or the exact change for a bus journey will be long forgotten.

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