What is online payment system?? (With examples pls...)

Hi,
Here is some info for you:

PayPal, owned by eBay, is a global online payment system and is a convenient, easy-to-use, and secure way for individuals and businesses to send and receive money online for goods, services, charitable donations, and so forth. PayPal is also available to people in 103 countries with over one hundred million user and with 17 currencies (New Zealand Collar, Swiss Franc, Hong Kong Dollar, Singapore Dollar, Sweish Krona, Danish Krone, Polish Zloty, Norwegian Krone, Hungarian Forint, Czech Koruna, U.S. Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling, and Yen) feature. The most important issue is no monthly fee and setup fee is required, but transaction fee for each payment will be charged .

What is PayPal?
PayPal, owned by eBay, is a global online payment system. PayPal is a convenient, easy-to-use, and secure way for individuals and businesses to send and receive money online for goods, services, charitable donations, and so forth.
How does PayPal work?
PayPal can be used to send and receive payments through the Internet. Once you sign up for PayPal, you can send money to anyone with an email address using money from your PayPal balance or another funding option of your choice, such as a credit card, debit card, or your bank account. Recipients are then notified via email that they have received a payment from you.
Is PayPal secure?
Yes. PayPal uses SSL technology to keep your information safe. In addition, when you send a payment using PayPal, the recipient won't receive sensitive financial information like your credit card or bank account number.
About its history, you may browse around the following website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal.

Since this online payment system has been used so many people worldwide, I am sure it will grow even more rapidly in the future.



Hope it helps.
Bye for now.



2008-11-17 10:20:45 補充：
Since this online payment system has been used by so many people worldwide, I am sure it will grow even more rapidly in the future.**********