E-Wallet offers secure enrollment of the user (application download, identity check) and secure provisioning of credentials (e.g., user ID and password for wallet access). It also offers the ability for the user to securely provision and store customer-identity information (e.g., email address), payment information (e.g., credit card data), and shipping address details. The user can preselect a payment method within the wallet application to execute commerce transactions (i.e., pay merchants online, in-app, or in-store).
Electronic wallets being very useful for frequent online shoppers are commercially available for pocket, palm-sized, handheld, and desktop PCs. They offer a secure, convenient, and portable tool for online shopping.
E-Wallet: Software program for electronic transaction