Electronic Money and Payment System

전자화폐도입현황과 과제

  • Published : 2001.06.01

Abstract

Dramatic changes are beginning to occur in payment system according to increase electronic commerce. and so electronic money as a new payment system are increase role in new and innovative systems. There are two type Electronic money as a IC card type and network-type. Advanced card technologies such as IC-card are playing an increasingly important role in new and Innovation system. The merit of IC-card are more capacity, more secure, more reliable, quick and easy to update, secure offline processing, enabling technology etc than magnetic stripe card. And so many countries began using experiment of IC- card and our country began October 13 in Cheju island. Then there are four types using-experiment (K-cash, VISA-cash, A-cash, MONDEX) in Korea. There are some problems such as standards, widely using, high cost, double investment etc. I think that important things in IC-card using is an international- standardizations and issuing corporation.

전자상거래의 급속한 확산과 함께 주요 전자상거래 지급결제 수단인 전자화폐의 중요성이 증가하고 있다. 그러나 전자화폐의 상용화를 위한 다양한 실험이 진행되고 있으나 전자화폐의 이용은 증가하지 않고 있으며 그 주요 이유는 표준화의 미비로 인한 범용성의 미비라 할 수 있다. 특히 우리나라는 각기 다른 4개 기관의 개발을 서두르고 있어 표준화가 시급한 실정이며 법적 제도적 장치의 보완이 시급한 과제이다.

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