e-wallet

English

Alternative forms

• ewallet, e-Wallet

Etymology

From e- (“electronic”) +‎ wallet.

Noun

e-wallet (plural e-wallets)

1. (finance) An electronic data store for a customer's e-money, credit card details, etc.

   Synonym: digital wallet

   • 2002, Michael Chesher, Rukesh Kaura, Peter Linton, chapter 3, in Electronic Business & Commerce, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 53:

     The concept of virtual cash, and its associated counterpart, the e-Wallet or Digital Wallet became popular vocabulary in the 1990s when a number of initiatives were launched. The digital wallet, either stored on a physical medium such as a smart card of some kind […] or sitting on a server somewhere in cyberspace, began taking form.

Related terms

• cryptocurrency wallet, crypto wallet, e-money, e-payment

Translations

electronic data store for e-money

• Catalan: cartera electrònica f
• Finnish: digilompakko, digitaalinen lompakko
• French: portefeuille électronique (fr) m, porte-monnaie électronique (fr) m
• German: Cyberwallet m, E-Wallet m
• Italian: portafoglio elettronico m
• Portuguese: carteira digital f
• Spanish: cartera digital f

Further reading

• digital wallet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia