Re: "Payment Agent" vs. "User Payment Agent"

A system of specific jargon appears in the e-mail domain, with

MUA Mail User Agent
MTA Mail Transfer Agent
OMTA Outbound MTA
MDA Mail Delivery Agent

and possibly others. Differentiating "Payment Agent" into various
subclasses might follow that model.

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:05 AM, David Ezell <David_E3@verifone.com> wrote:
> Joerg wrote:
>        Actually I would think it is important to  differentiate the user's (payer's side) view from that of the services
>        (payee and processors, and all the others, the user usually doesn't need to  know much about). I would, thus,
>        propose to use the term 'user payment agent', leaving open whether there might be a 'merchant payment agent'
>        or something similar, acting on the 'other side' of the user's payment experience.

Received on Thursday, 20 November 2014 16:17:33 UTC