Its product and services are free to merchants and customers. CyberCash collects fees from the banks processing their credit cards.
CyberCash operates payment servers and gateways that connect the web based to external financial networks. The company business model is as a payment service provider, with free based on transaction, rather than as a software vendor.
CyberCash’s Secure Internet Payment system does use cryptography to protect the transaction data. CyberCash provides a protocol; similar to SSL to secure purchases over the web.
The system contains a back-end credit card architecture that protects confidentiality and authenticity of the user who in many cases is a merchant.
In October 1997 the German subsidiary Cyber Cash Gmbh was founded. The basic CyberCash is based on secure credit card resp. account detail presentation. The so-called electronic direct debit is a special CyberCash GmbH service.
CyberCash payment system