The invention relates to an electronic
payment method, comprising the following steps, implemented by a
payment server: a) receiving a sales message from a
client terminal, the sales message including information relating to a transaction amount and information relating to a merchant's identity; b) comparing the transaction amount to a
payment capacity contained in a
client account stored in the payment
server and determining if the transaction amount is less than or equal to the payment capacity; c) sending a transfer message to a central
server for the transaction amount such that the central server credits a merchant's operating account with the transaction amount less a commission, debits a
client's operating account, and credits a central operating account with the commission;c) Issuance to the central server of an order to debit the debit balance of the customer's operating account from the customer's
bank account to the central
bank's central operating account; d) Issuance of an order to transfer the balance of the merchant's operating account to the merchant's
bank account; e)
Receipt from the central server of a notification that the debit balance of the customer's operating account has been debited. No figure;