Payment is the process of transferring money from payer to payee through payment instruments, payment processing and payment settlement. An E-payment system utilizes information and communications technologies & integrated circuit card, cryptography, and telecommunications networks to transfer Monetary Values electronically.
The fundamental changes in socio-economic trends and the financial infrastructure of the nation has made it essential to move to a cashless society. The payment system is the infrastructure which comprised of institutions, instruments, rules, procedures, standards, and technical, established to affect the transfer of monetary value between all the parties.