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e-cash

American  
[ee-kash] / ˈiˌkæʃ /

noun

Digital Technology.
  1. money that is exchanged electronically over computer or telecommunications networks.

  2. any of various systems of payment for purchases made on the internet.


Etymology

Origin of e-cash

First recorded in 1990–95; e- 2 ( def. ) + cash 1

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The bill specifies that e-cash is distinct from CBDCs and wouldn’t supplant a potential Federal Reserve program.

From The Verge Mar. 28, 2022

The Treasury would initiate the pilot within 90 days of the bill’s passage and deploy e-cash to the public within four years.

From The Verge Mar. 28, 2022

Many sites are now harbouring code that secretly uses a visitors' computer to mine the valuable e-cash coins.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2017

And the average person isn't going to carry an e-cash card.

From Time Magazine Archive

Internet banking, Internet gambling, day trading, foreign exchange cyber transactions, e-cash, e-commerce, fictitious invoicing of the launderer's genuine credit cards - hold the promise of the future.

From Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin

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