Electronic trade is to rearrange the existing trade structure and to adjust its system to be operated in on-line environment. The principal parts of the electronic trade process are the conclusion of contract by electronic documentation and payment wi...
Electronic trade is to rearrange the existing trade structure and to adjust its system to be operated in on-line environment. The principal parts of the electronic trade process are the conclusion of contract by electronic documentation and payment with electronic means.
The Electronic trade is generally performed with the processes of electronic contract conclusion, electronic payment, and delivery. Among these steps, the electronic payment process needs to be completed more than other processes.
At present, there are some problems in credit transactions with the electronic document. Considering the practical operating status of the letter of credit, real paper based documents are still circulated generally when a bank negotiates the shipment documents after the shipment. When a letter of credit is negotiated, electronic B/L and some other requisite documents are required. Recently, e-UCP established by ICC(International Chamber of Commerce) and applied since 1st April, 2002, became a became a method to solve this difficulty. According to the situation e-UCP is applied in Bolero payment system, electronic data based authentication is suggested as a substitute for original data.
Nowaday, global electronic trade payment systems such as Bolero, TradeCard, BeXcom, Identrus, etc. are common means of trade payment. However, there remain some problems relating to commerce such as conflicting viewpoints between users and suppliers, relating to technology such as standardization of the system, security of data, authentication, payment, and relating to legal system such as legalization of the related laws and establishment of network.
Some solutions to the above mentioned problems relating to commerce can be suggested according to the respective positions of the system users and system suppliers. As for the users of those systems, they need to take decisive action to invest in the introduction of the system, and to complete the infrastructure including experts and the necessary equipment. On the other side, the system suppliers need to develop various electronic payment systems with security,. convenience and easiness considering economic effects on price for the system uses when they introduce the systems. Besides, they need to perform fruitful marketing to distribute the system globally.
As legal infrastructure, electronic payment related laws reflecting the difficulties in the system industry should be legislated following the model of developed countries.
The technological solution is the standardization of data security and authentication technologies, which is for international compatibility between the systems.
At present, formulating a plan to apply domestically the electronic payment system developed in the developed countries became the center of interest in the industry. The domestic banks as system suppliers are now performing the marketing alignment with foreign specialized companies. The introduced systems should be developed and adjusted in domestic circumstances. The projects of cTradebank and MP&T to develop the system for domestic use with industrial-educational-laboratory cooperation are to solidify and improve the domestic trade industry foundation. Domestic application of the electronic payment system in international trade is expected to contribute greatly to activate the electronic based trade domestically and to strengthen our competitive position in world markets.