Electronic Payment Systems Overview
Electronic Payment Systems Overview
1.1 Overview
Electronic payment offers each and every individual the advantage of using things
without paying for them in cash. Electronic payment the term was initially invented by
IBM's showcasing Internet group in 1996. Electronic payment framework link with
various distinctive applications and web pages including the utilization of MasterCard,
check card, Automated Teller Machine (ATM), Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT), online
payment that acts as a most convenient method for client in processing for the
payment. Electronic payment system is a method of payment over an electronic system,
for example, the web. E-Payment is a technique in which an individual can make Online
Payments for his merchandise and enterprises without physical exchange of money and
cheque, independent of time and area.
In the nation like India where 90% of its population depend on ordinary payment
framework i.e. physical money and check instead of electronic payment, it is not all that
easy to consider and settle on the premise of cost and advantage of utilizing E-Payment
framework
The Reserve Bank of India being the central bank of India has made certain initiatives
for Safe, Efficient, Accessible, Secure, Sound, and authorized payment frameworks in
the nation. The Board for Payment and Settlement Systems (BPSS), a sub-advisory
group of the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India is the finest strategy making
body on payment frameworks in the nation. The BPSS is enabled for approving and
setting principles for controlling and administering all the payment and settlement
frameworks in the nation. The initiatives taken by RBI in the mid-eighties and mid-
nineties concentrated on innovation
based outcomes for the change of the payment and settlement framework system,
combined with the presentation of new payment system.
Financial System in India At present consists of 27 Public Sector Banks including SBI
and its 5 partners and 19 nationalized banks. Also there are two banks, which have
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been permitted by RBI as "Other Public Sector Banks" IDBI and Bhartiya Mahila Bank.
As on September 2015 there are 46 outside banks from 26 nations working as
branches in India and 39 banks from 21 nations working as agent workplaces in India.
E-money: - Electronic money is money which exists only in banking computer systems
and is not held in any physical form. In the United States, only a small fraction of the
currency in circulation exists in physical form. The need for physical currency has
declined as more and more citizens use electronic alternatives to physical currency.
Credit Card: - A credit card is usually a plastic card issued by a financial institutions
generally Banks giving the holder an option to borrow some money from the institution,
usually at the time of sale (Point Of Sale). Credit cards charge a certain amount of
interest and are primarily used for financing for a lesser duration of time.
Debit Card: - Just like credit cards Debit cards are also in the plastic form that directly
deducts money from the consumer’s account to pay for their expenses. Debit cards
reduces the need for carrying cash or physical cheque to make payment for purchases.
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(2) Electronic Transaction-Based payment framework
There are two models of Electronic transaction Based payment framework i.e.
Cyber Cash: - Cyber cash is an online web based service that verifies the customer
credit card information automatically then debiting the customers bank account with the
certain amount and crediting it in the bank account of merchant electronically. Cyber
cash serves as a platform between bank’s financial network and the merchant.
There are various reasons which signifies that there is a vast difference between
traditional mode of payment and modern mode of payment (E-payment) depending on
their effectiveness and efficiency, durability, safety and security reasons etc.
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1.4 Component of effective electronic payment system:-
A consumer first interact with the electronic based commerce system through a web
server and then uses the hyperlink from the mall to get access to merchant’s home
page.
2. Shopping mall:-
A shopping mall is a virtual place where most consumer visit for buying various things
for which they are looking for after evaluating from various shopping malls online and
you may also have to pay to list yourself with one or more well-known mall.
3. Merchant systems:-
It consists of the main website page of the merchant online shop and also some related
software which will manage the webpage of the merchant.
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CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
Sanghita Roy, Dr. Indrajit Sinha: - In today’s era of innovation & technology, Internet
is one of the most important tools to new & existing businesses in the recent times.
Globalization, financial liberalization and technological revolution have opened the door
of new and more efficient delivery & processing channels as well as more innovative
product and services in banking industry. “With increasing educational qualification in
the country and growing wealth of many of the consumers” needs of the individuals are
continually changing and they are involving themselves more into financial decisions.
After various regulations and reforms in Indian Banking payment system like Debit
Card, Credit Card, ECS, EFT, RTGS, NEFT have offered variety of services to the
customers. Despite increase in electronic payment system over traditional cheque
based system, its adoption rate in India is relatively slow.
In the works of Taylor and Todd (1995) and Geffen and Straub (1997), it was
observed that gender has a direct influence on adoption of technology with men and
women having different rates of computer technologies adoption.
Gikandi and Bloor (2009) used time series data to investigate the determinants of
adoption and influence of e-commerce involving 90% of the retail banks in Kenya.
Mookerji (1998) in his research work concluded that India is a fastest growing country
but still it is in the evolutionary stage of internet banking. They expect that a large
sophisticated and highly competitive internet banking market be developed in upcoming
time.
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Filotto and Barnett (1997 & 1998) is of the opinion that still the youth is accepting ATM
to carry out their daily transaction and hard money is acting as means of payment. But
the young customers are more comfortable in using e-banking as a tool for payment.
Jeevan (2000) observed that electronic mode of payment offers comparatively low cost
and highly value added financial services to the customers. Development in the
technology, competition and lifestyle has certainly changed the phase of banking and
nowadays banks are also looking for innovative & differentiated ways to deliver their
services to customers.
Mols (1999) acknowledged that internet banking is an innovative delivery channel which
offers comparatively less waiting time and have lower cost structure as compared to the
traditional channels. As a result internet banking has a high acceptability by those
customers those who have a higher rate of acceptability towards new technology.
Snellman, Vesala and Humphrey (2001) defines E-Payments as any payment service
that makes use of information and communications technologies including Integrated
Circuit (IC) cards, cryptography and telecommunications. However, in this study, E-
Payment refers to delivery multichannel that provides for electronic exchange of
monetary substances without physical contact of the transacting parties. It includes all
electronic transactions as well as e-cheque payment. E-Payment provides means of
transacting business and settling financial commitment electronically without necessarily
touching cash in a cashless society.
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Bergendahl & Lindblom, 2006; ECB, 2001; Raja, 2008; Oginni, 2013). ECB (2001)
Aastha Gupta and Munish Gupta (2013), in their research paper “Electronic mode of
payment- A study on Indian banking system” showcased that banking system in India
has seen a lot of innovative upliftment over the span of time. This development in the
area of ICT has certainly resulted in various innovations and wide use of internet based
mode of payment. In the Indian banking system there are numerous option for
electronic payment. In the rural areas these services are not provided by banking
institutions because of lack of ICT connectivity and other infrastructural facilities.
Mamta, Prof. Hariom tyagi, Dr. Abhishek Shukla (2016); Electronic payment includes
the method of payment which does exclude physical money or cheque. It includes e-
wallet, net banking etc. The threat to the online payments are misuse of private
information with respect to customers. Therefore, and until the utilization of electronic
marks is across the board, we should utilize the innovation accessible for the minute to
ensure a sensible least level of security on the system.
(Humphrey et al, 2001) Electronic payment ensures the wide range of advantage to
both business and buyers as diminished costs, more prominent accommodation and
more secure, solid methods for payment and settlement for products and ventures
offered worldwide over the web or other electronic systems. One such advantage is that
electronic payment empowers customers to deal with their day to day exchanges
without approaching their bank. Electronic payments items could spare traders time and
cost in dealing with money (Appiah and Agyemang, 2006).
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Achal Hardia and Kapil Sharma (2013) says that usage of web internet among youth
has seen a huge amount of growth over the time frame and this has given new
approach to online retailers. The research paper makes an endeavor to concentrate on
the effect of “demographic components, gender, age, qualification Background and
income for online payment”. It was observed in the research that females shop more
over internet henceforth internet based shopping ought to concentrate heavily on female
customers.
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CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Finding of most influencing factors among the factors that influence the
customers’ adoption of electronic payment services in India
Finding the most popular electronic payment system among various electronic
payment options.
In this research study on E-payment “Descriptive and exploratory” research design has
been used. The objective of this type of research methodology is to analyse and explain
the data and its characteristics pertaining to the present study. Descriptive research is
used to gather current info. About "what exists" in consideration with variables &
conditions in a particular situation. Exploratory research helps in exploring various
questions but does not provide final solutions or conclusions to the existing problems. It
helps in research design, data collection and sampling.
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3.3 Scope of the study
After researching about various modes of online payments I came to know about recent
trends and methods evolved out of this technology such as PayPal, citrus pay or safety
Pay. After going through many research papers and asking the respondents about their
perception on E-Payments I came to a know that with the passage of time these
credit/debit cards will also become obsolete because now there are many other options
with the customer to pay
their bills either through their e-wallet or Paytm because we see the development of
mobile payment technologies which helps in making the device more flexible to use as
you will be able to store your debit/credit card info. On your SIM. Most customers want
to go with that mode of payment which will help them in reducing their transaction time
and reduce their steps, and by having your banking system info. Saved in your device it
only take to click on ‘buy now” button.
3.4 Sampling
In order to conduct the market research successfully, a sample of 150 respondents has
been taken to study the customer perception towards E-Payment.
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3.6 Sampling technique
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3.8 Limitations of the study
There are some factors which cannot be evaluated in terms of the quantitative data.
Some customers were not willing to give their contribution in the survey with their
personal information
Most of the respondents did not have the knowledge about internet because of
which they could not be the part of the survey.
The study may not provide accurate analysis and conclusion because many people
would be biased at the time of giving interview in terms of attitude, impression and
behaviour.
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CHAPTER 4: DATA COLLECTION & ANALYSIS
For the purpose of the survey both primary data and secondary data has been used.
Structured questionnaire is used for collection of primary data for the purpose of
research. Various websites and journals are used for the purpose of collecting
secondary data.
Primary Data: Responses of Customers from different professions and different age
groups of Delhi NCR are used for the purpose of research through structured
questionnaire.
Secondary data: Data was collected from various websites and journal.
The software used for the analysis on the nominal data collected through the survey is
IBM SPSS.
This study was carried out through a set of structured questionnaire. The data collected
was presented in IBM SPSS report for the future analysis, various tools have been
applied according to the relevance of the study.
Following are the findings based on the survey done during the “The study on consumer
perception towards electronic payment system”.
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Questionnaire survey
Cumulative
Frequency Per cent Valid Per cent Per cent
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AXIS 16
HDFC 34
ICICI 18
SBI 47
PNB 27
Others 62
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
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INTERPRETATION:
The above shown table and figure represents the no. of users having their bank
accounts in various banks. Most of them have their accounts with SBI i.e. 47 out of 150
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respondents almost 1/3 of them have their accounts with SBI and then HDFC, PNB,
ICICI, AXIS in this order. Other category involved various banks such as IDBI, OBC,
SYNDICATE, DENA, CORPORATION etc.
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2. Analysis on availability of Master/visa/Maestro/Rup aye card
Cumulative
Frequency Per cent Valid Per cent Per cent
INTERPRETATION:
The above table and graph shows whether respondents have the card to do the
cashless transaction or not because this is the basic condition required to make any E-
Payment and without which one will not be able to use E-Payment. Out of 150, 129
respondents have these card and only 21 do not have card.
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3. Analysis on the usage of E-payment service regularly.
Cumulative
Frequency Per cent Valid Per cent Per cent
INTERPRETATION:
The above table shows that 80% of the respondents regularly use E-Payment
service whereas remaining 20% are amongst those who resist to use E-Payment
service because of many reasons.
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4. Analysis on how frequently they use E-payment service.
Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
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INTERPRETATION:
The above graph and table clearly specifies that 36% of the respondents use E-
Payment service regularly. Infact 26% use these electronic based payment system
because now the government is launching certain initiatives on cash transaction to
curb black money and corruption. As the outcome of which the E-Payments usage is
increasing rapidly.
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5. Analysis on Payment option availed.
Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
INTERPRETATION:
The above table and graphical representation represent the various option one could
avail for the E-Payment. 36% respondents use debit cards since they have a dual
usage as an ATM as well as E-Payment. After that 20% goes with net banking which
is more convenient and more transparent way to make any transaction.
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6. Analysis on E-Payment service is easy to use
N Valid 119
Missing 31
Mean 4.412
Variance .668
Cumulative
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Figure 1. 6 E-Payment service is easy to use
INTERPRETATION:
According to the responses of the respondents 43% strongly agree with the ease of
usage of E-Payment service and only a few 2% strongly disagree on this part. These
2% can also get to use E-Payment if provided with the knowledge how to use E-
Payment and its benefits. 30% respondents agree with the ease of usage of E-Payment
service.
Mean value is 4.412 i.e. most of the respondents agree to ease of usage.
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7. Analysis on E-Payment services is a time saving process
N Valid 120
Missing 30
Mean 4.567
Variance .601
Cumulative
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Figure 1. 7 E-Payment is time saving process
INTERPRETATION:
More than 50% respondents are of the opinion that E-Payment is a time saving process
and just merely 2% are of the opinion that it is not. Mean value stands here at 4.56
which clearly shows that on an average the population agrees to the fact that E-
Payment is time saving process.
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8. Analysis on E-Payment service is cost effective.
effective
N Valid 120
Missing 30
Mean 3.825
Std. Deviation 1.0425
Variance 1.087
Cumulative
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Figure 1. 8 E-Payment is cost effective
INTERPRETATION:
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1/3 respondents are of the opinion that E-Payment service is cost effective in nature to
them because of various offers we could get by using E-Payment service either by the
service provider or in the form of cash back/ rewards from the company. Mean value is
3.85 i.e. on an average a respondent agree to the cost effectiveness of the E-Payment
feature.
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9. Analysis on E-Payment Services provide transparency
N Valid 120
Missing 30
Mean 4.058
Variance 1.131
Cumulative
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Figure 1. 9 E-Payment service provides transparency
INTERPRETATION:
Around 60% of the respondents are of the opinion that E-Payment provides
transparency in their transactions. Average being 4.05 which clearly shows the
agreed respondents that E-Payment is transparent.
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10. Analysis on E-Payment service provides safety and security
security
N Valid 120
Missing 30
Mean 3.742
Variance .899
Cumulative
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Figure 1. 10 E-Payment provides safety and security
INTERPRETATION
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1/3 of the respondents are of the opinion that E-Payment provides safety and
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11. Level of satisfaction derived after using E-Payment services
N Valid 120
Missing 30
Mean 4.092
Variance .823
Cumulative
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Figure 1. 11 Level of satisfaction derived after using E-Payment service
INTERPRETATION:
From the above table and graphs we conclude that 70% of the respondents are
satisfied with the electronic mode of payment because it provides convenient to the
user and also provides transparency, safety& security which attracts more and more
people to use this method of payment.
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12. E-investment
E-investment
N Valid 120
Missing 30
Mean 1.858
Variance .593
Cumulative
3.0
28 18.7 23.3 100.0
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Figure 1.12 E-investment
INTERPRETATION:
Electronic mode of investment is a new of its kind and people have started adopting to
it. According to the table and graph shown above around 30% rarely invest through
electronic mode of payment but around 18% of the respondents have started adopting
E-investment and will grow further as technology advances.
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13. E-Shopping
E-shopping
N Valid 120
Missing 30
Mean 2.517
Variance .403
Cumulative
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Figure 1. 13 E-shopping
INTERPRETATION:
According to the table and the graph e-shopping has gained the pace and 47% of the
respondents respond in favor of the e-shopping that they frequently use electronic mode
of shopping because there is a boom in e-commerce nowadays which have certainly
changed their shopping habits.
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14. E-ticket
E-ticket
N Valid 120
Missing 30
Mean 2.692
Variance .265
Cumulative
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Figure 1. 14 E-ticket
INTERPRETATION
According to the table and graph e-ticketing has an edge over every other activity. 57%
of the respondents frequently pay electronically for their tickets and merely 2% retaliate.
The mean value for the same stands at 2.69 which shows that majority of the
respondents pay for their tickets through online mode.
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15. Bank statement
Bank statement
N Valid 118
Missing 32
Mean 2.297
Variance .535
Cumulative
3.0
54 36.0 45.8 100.0
Total
118 78.7 100.0
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Figure 1.15 Bank statement
INTERPRETATION
According to the table and graph majority of respondents i.e. around 36% are in favor
that they frequently use electronic mode to have their bank statement. Generally net
banking supports this feature of checking your account statement and you do not have
to go to your bank to access to that.
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16. Fund transfer
Fund transfer
N Valid 120
Missing 30
Mean 2.250
Variance .592
Cumulative
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Figure 1. 16 Fund transfer
INTERPRETATION
36% of the people also uses electronic mode as a tool for transferring funds to their
friends, relatives, etc. Mean value being 2.25 which clearly states that majority of the
respondents use electronic mode to transfer funds as well which was earlier not
possible and you have to visit you bank to transfer to other bank account.
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17. Reasons for not using E-Payment services
Valid 1 .7 .7 .7
less reliable
lack of knowledge 24
Fees 39.0
Others 1.0
Chart Title
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70
60
50
40
30
20
10
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safety issue ease of use lack of lack of lack of less reliable fees networ others
knowledge resources physical k
issues
evidance
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INTERPRETATION:
From the above bar graph and table various reasons that is to why people retaliate to
use electronic mode of payment we came to know that the first and foremost reason for
their retaliation is safety issue they feel like that their personal info. Is not safe when
they are transacting online or they might become a victim of cybercrime. After that is the
reliability issue which turns out to be at 42 respondents feel that online payment are less
reliable this could be due to the data tampering or leaking of data info. From the sellers
part.
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18. Cross tab Analysis between Profession * how often do they use E-
Payment service
Cases
H0: No association exists between Profession & how often do they use E-Payment
service
H1: Association exists between Profession & how often do they use E-Payment service.
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Table 1.18 Profession * how often do they use E-Payment service
Profession Businessman 5 7 5 0 10 27
Service 6 9 4 2 14 35
Student 19 24 15 0 30 88
Total 30 40 24 2 54 150
Chi-Square Tests
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Figure 1. 18 Profession * how often do they use E-Payment service
INTERPRETATION:
Here we have plotted crosstab between two variables profession and how often do they
use E-Payment service. The crosstab helps you to find out the association between the
variable. The cross tab cluster bar graph shows that majority of the student, service and
businessman use E-Payment services on weekly basis
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19. Cross tab Analysis between Gender * do you use E-Payment
services
Cases
regularly?
No Yes Total
Gender Female 17 48 65
Male 13 72 85
Asymptotic
INTERPRETATION:
Here we have plotted crosstab between two variables Gender and do you use E-
Payment service regularly. The crosstab helps you to find out the association between
the variable. The cross tab cluster bar graph shows that majority of the male uses E-
Payment service regularly.
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20. Analysis One sample t-test on “what is the level of satisfaction
after using E-Payment Service.
One-Sample Test
Test Value = 3
payment?
INTERPRETATION
By running a one sample t-test we would really want to know whether the sample I
have (Level of satisfaction after using electronic mode of payment) comes from
a normal population which has a mean 3.0.
The top row provides the value of the known or hypothesized population mean you
are comparing your sample data to. Moving from left to right “t” column, “df” and the
statistical Significance (sig. 2 tailed) (p-value) of the sample test.
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In the above table p < 0.05 (i.e. p = 0.00). Therefore it can be concluded that the
population means are statistically significantly different.
The section in the extreme right corner of the table shows that the mean difference in
population means is 1.09 and the 95% confidence interval of the difference are 0.928
and 1.256.
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21. Analysis ONE SAMPLE T-TEST on E-Payment service is easy to
use.
One-Sample Test
Test Value = 3
Difference
Mean
t df Sig. (2-tailed) Difference Lower Upper
e-payment service is
easy to use 18.843 118 .000 1.4118 1.263 1.560
INTERPRETATION
By running a one sample t-test we would really want to know whether the sample I
have (E-payment service is easy to use) comes from a normal population which
has a mean 3.0.
The top row provides the value of the known or hypothesized population mean you
are comparing your sample data to. Moving from left to right “t” column, “df” and the
statistical Significance (sig. 2 tailed) (p-value) of the sample test.
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In the above table p < 0.05 (i.e. p = 0.00). Therefore it can be concluded that the
population means are statistically significantly different.
The section in the extreme right corner of the table shows that the mean difference in
population means is 1.42 and the 95% confidence interval of the difference are 1.263
and 1.560.
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CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Internet is emerging as the major platform in every field and spreading itself over the
globe. Nowadays Indian Baking system has undergone a significant transformation
change in it because of the introduction of internet in it and certainly it has made
banking easy for many customers. Due to the developments in Information &
Communication technology (ICT) the payment system in India has seen certain
innovations which were not possible without the internet. But the benefits of these
innovation are not being effectively delivered to the rural part of the country because of
lack of ICT connectivity in these areas.
This paper has certainly focused on studying the perception of customers towards E-
Payment services in India. Four main objectives of the research are considered and we
have tried to gather as much responses from the customer which will help us in
directing the research in a proper direction with an aim of achieving the objectives. First
objective was to analyze the most important factor that is being considered by the
customers before using e-payment service in India. Ease of usage in e-payment service
is most influential factor that attracts the customers towards it and at the same time
safety issue and reliability are some of the reasons due to which the customers retaliate
from it. Second, finding the most popular e-payment option being adopted by the
customers with which they are comfortable. Third is the level of awareness they have
and fourth is the reason for the unpopularity of e-payment option in today’s world.
E-payment have seen a tremendous growth in India but still most of the transaction are
cash based but after the Demonetization in India most of the people are being forced to
use E-payment mode and also the government initiative to make it a cashless economy.
Key contributors towards strengthening the E-payment system in India are Innovation,
Incentive, customer convenience and legal framework.
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ANNEXURE
Questionnaire
Name
Occupation
Age
Below 20 yrs
20-30 yrs
30-50 yrs
Above 50 yrs
Gender
Male
Female
60
Income
2-4 lakh
4-8 lakh
Above 8 lakh
In which bank do you have you have your operational bank Account? Check
all that apply.
SBI
HDFC
PNB
ICICI
AXIS
Others
Yes
No
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Do you use E-Payment service regularly? * Mark
only one oval.
Untitled Section
Daily
weekly
monthly
quarterly
yearly
Net Banking
Debit card
Credit card
Paytm (wallets)
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E-Payment service is easy to use Mark
only one oval.
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly disagree strongly agree
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly disagree strongly agree
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly disagree strongly agree
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly disagree strongly agree
1 2 3 4 5
Strongly disagree strongly agree
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What is the level of satisfaction derived after using electronic mode of payment? Mark
only one oval.
1 2 3 4 5
Highly dissatisfied highly satisfied
E-investment
1 2 3
Rarely Frequently
E-shopping
1 2 3
Rarely Frequently
E-ticket
1 2 3
Rarely Frequently
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Fund transfer Mark only
one oval.
1 2 3
Rarely Frequently
Untitled Section
Safety issue
ease of use
Lack of knowledge
lack of resources
less reliable
Fees
Network issues
other:
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