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1、ElectronicPaymentSystemsonOpenComputerNetworks:ASurveyWorkingpaperThomiPiliouraAbstractTheextraordinarygrowthofinternationalinterconnectedcomputernetworksandthepervasivetrendofusingthesenetworksasanewfieldforconductingbusinessprocessesisstimulatingthedemandfornewpaymentmethods.Thesenewmethodsmusta
2、ttainhighlevelsofsecurity,speed,privacy,decentralisationandinternationalisationforelectroniccommercetobeacceptedbybothconsumersandbusinesses.Thispapersurveysthestateoftheartinpaymenttechnologiesandsketchesemergingdevelopments.1IntroductionNewelectronictechnologiesarecombiningwithanemergingglobalin
3、formationeconomyontheInternettochangethewaywedobusiness.Inthecentreofthesedevelopmentsareelectronicpaymentmechanismsthatprovidethefinancialinfrastructureneededtoopentheelectronicmarketplace.Thispapergivesanoverviewofthesenewpaymentmechanismsbydescribingandevaluatingsomeofthosethatcurrentlyexistora
4、rebeingdeveloped.Thesereviewsandevaluationsarenecessarilysomewhattentative,becausethevarioussystemsareatdifferentstagesofdevelopmentandthevariouscompaniesoperateatdifferentlevelsofpublicdisclosure.Thispaperisorganisedinthefollowingway.Inthesecondsection,weproposeaclassificationschemaforthedifferen
5、telectronicpaymentsystems.Foreachcategorywechooseafewrepresentativesystemstobeexaminedinthispaper.Inthethirdsection,weproposeanevaluationapproach.Thisevaluationapproachusessomeofthemostimportantparametersassociatedwithafinancialtransactionincludingsecurity,privacyandtransactioncost.Inthefourthsect
6、ion,weusetheseevaluationparametersinordertogiveastructuredoverviewofthedifferentsystems.Thefifthsectionsummarisestheevaluationresults.Weconcludethispaperwithsomegeneralremarksonthefutureofelectronicpaymentsystems.2AClassificationSchemaforelectronicpaymentsystemsAtthismomentintime,therearemanydiffe
7、rentcompaniestryingtopositiontheirproductsasthedominantwaytotransfermoneyacrosstheInternet[1][2][3].Inthissurveyweclassifytheelectronicpaymentsystemsaccordingtothefollowingschema(illustratedalsographicallyinFigur