The purchase card (P-Card) was introduced in the 1990s as a payment mechanism for smaller value items so that purchase paperwork is reduced, itemized reporting and control become possible, and purchasing and payment are decentralized at the user level. Since the late 1990s, with E-procurement and B-to-B E-commerce, the possibilities of P-Card use have magnified exponentially. However, the adopt...

Mobile phones are the most used accessories of people throughout the world and its uses are increasing day by day in India [20]. Due to advancement in the field of ‘Human Computer Interaction (HCI)’ in the last few decades, attention has been drawn to usability studies of mobile devices or mobile phone applications including user need identification, user need analysis, usability testing etc. I...

In November 2010 the German government introduced a new national ID card. The Bundesdruckerei GmbH was the responsible company for designing and producing the ID card including its highly sophisticated security features. Besides traditional means for visual identification, the card contains a wireless smartcard chip enabling online usage of the ID card. Thus citizens are now able to prove their...

introduction: information technology might have some potential effects, such as influencing treatment process, rate and easiness of information retrieval, and information availability for making clinical decisions based on conditions and management, educational and research activities on health service systems. recognizing these effects can be concerned as a foundation to strategic planning in ...

To determine the effect of survey-based, health plan report cards on employees as they selected their 1995 health plan, the authors surveyed two groups of Minnesota State employees, one of which received the report card and one that did not. Both groups were surveyed before and after their enrollment. The authors looked for report card effects on relative changes in the employees' knowledge of ...

the growth of e-commerce increases the money transaction via electronic network which is designed for hassle free fast & easy money transaction but the facility involves greater risk of misuse of facility for fraud one of them is credit card fraud it can be happened by many types as by stolen card, by internet hackers who can hack your system & get important information about your card, or by i...

The growth of e-commerce increases the money transaction via electronic networks day by day which is designed for hassle free, fast & easy money transaction. But the facility involves greater risk of misuse of facility for fraud; one of them is credit card fraud. It can happen by many ways such as by stolen card, by Internet hackers who can hack your system & get important information about you...

Due to the rapid increase of digitization within our society, digital identities gain more and more importance. Provided by the German eID solution, every citizen has the ability to identify himself against various governmental and private organizations with the help of his personal electronic ID card and a corresponding card reader. While there are several solutions available for desktop use o...

This paper is concerned with the business strategy in managing payment innovations. Particularly, the study looks at the smart card electronic cash (e-cash) innovation in the financial service industry. The smart card e-cash has yet to overcome obstacles to its diffusion. Given the e-commerce opportunity, banks and non-banks compete to deploy smart card technology for Internet use. A review of ...