The paper investigates the reasons why person-to-person electronic funds transfers are still not very common in the United States compared with practices in many other countries. The paper also describes recent enhancements to online and mobile banking that provide account holders with low-cost...

The way people pay for goods and services is changing dramatically, but little data and research on consumer behavior and payment choice are publicly available. This paper describes the results of a survey of payment behavior and attitudes taken by Federal Reserve employees in 2004. Major...

This paper summarizes the proceedings of the second Consumer Behavior and Payment Choice conference, held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on July 2527, 2006. These conferences are unique in featuring the collaboration of two groups of payments experts the private-sector payments industry...

We aim at explaining why some consumers use only one medium when paying for their point-of-sale transactions, while others multihome and use many. Using data on young Finnish consumers, we find that one key determinant of multihoming behavior in the market for payment media is consumer...

Using the results of a survey on accepted means of payment, the authors examine merchant preferences and perceptions of retail payment reliability, risk, and costs; the share of each type of payment method over total sales; and the costs involved in accepting payments. Models are developed for...

Using data from a 2004 survey of the Canadian public, the authors study the role of convenience and risk in consumers' use of cash relative to debit and credit cards. The authors find that consumers who perceive debit cards and credit cards to be more convenient and less risky than cash use them...

Einleitung -- Methodische Überlegungen – Resilienz und Resilienzmanagement -- Buchführung – Zwischen wirtschaftshistorischer Quelle und Resilienz -- Herkunft, Sozialisation und Rahmenbedingungen – Resilienz-Ressourcen am Ausgangspunkt der Untersuchung -- Geschäftsfelder der Kaufleute -...

Um den Wirtschaftlichkeitsanforderungen an E-Government-Dienstleistungen gerecht zu werden, werden geeignete Zahlungsverfahren benötigt, die die effiziente und sichere Vereinnahmung von Erlösen und Gebühren ermöglichen. Anbieter von Online-Transaktionen sehen sich dabei einer...