Authors:
Juliana Tavares
;
Ramiro Gonçalves
and
Paulo Martins
Affiliation:
UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Banking, Electronic Banking, Technological Solutions.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
B2B, B2C and C2C
;
Communication and Software Technologies and Architectures
;
e-Business
;
e-Business and e-Commerce
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
Economic activities are part of everyday life since always. The banking sector has a large dimension that exists for a long time, doing a major contribution to economic growth in Portugal. In this new millennium the advent of Internet has had a significant impact on the banking service that is traditionally offered by banks to customers. With help of the Internet, customers can access its banking services anytime, anywhere, since Internet access is available. This service is called Electronic Banking (EB), being in explosive growth in many countries, transforming the traditional banking practices. With this paper, we intend review, evaluate and characterize the technological solutions of EB in Portugal.