Iyini i-EFTPOS?
Ukudluliswa kwemali nge-elekthronikhi endaweni yokuthengisa, noma i-EFTPOS, uhlelo lokukhokha nge-elekthronikhi olubandakanya ukudluliswa kwemali nge-elekthronikhi okususelwa ekusetshenzisweni kwamakhadi okukhokha, njengamakhadi wedebithi noma wekhredithi, kumatheminali okukhokha atholakala ezindaweni zokuthengisa. Ubuchwepheshe be-EFTPOS basungulwa phakathi nawo-1980. E-Australia naseNew Zealand, futhi igama lomkhiqizo lohlelo oluthile olusetshenziselwa izinkokhelo ezinjalo; lezi zinhlelo ikakhulukazi eziqondene nezwe futhi azixhumani. ESingapore, yaziwa ngokuthi i-NETS.  Amakhadi asebhange nawokuthenga ngesikweletu amakhadi epulasitiki aqoshiwe ahambisana ne-ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 standard. Amakhadi anenombolo yekhadi lasebhange eliqoshiwe elihambisana ne-ISO/IEC 7812 yokufaka izinombolo.