Electronic cash register for use with an electronic purse, uses reader associated with payment terminal and converts both debit and credit operations on purse to format accepted by reader system

摘要

The electronic cash register has a payment terminal (20) connected to a reader (24) which validates a transaction when the merchant has accepted the transaction. The electronic cash register also has a connection to a payment terminal configured so the operation of debiting and the operation of crediting the electronic purse are each converted into transactions accepted by the reading system.