Commercial Transactions and the rise of currency 3 Electronic Commerce and the World Economy 7
Electronic Commerce and Business Strategy 9
The Effects of Electronic Commerce 11
PAYMENT SYSTEMS USED IN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 12
Issues associated with Micropayments 21
SECURITY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 24
Public Key Infrastructure and Electronic Commerce 32
Digital Signatures and Certificate Authorities 33
Increased competition between PayPal-type systems and Traditional Payment Systems 35
Issues Associated with Mobile Payments 38
Although the Internet is an increasingly large part of the commercial environment, it continues to represent only a small fraction of the total commercial transactions taking place during any given day. Nonetheless, there are important factors that need to be taken into account with regard to electronic comme