This document summarizes security considerations for electronic business and e-payment systems. It discusses different types of electronic commerce including business-to-business, customer-to-business, and customer-to-customer. It then describes typical components of an electronic payment system and compares offline vs online payment mechanisms. It also discusses debit vs credit payments and macro vs micro payment systems. The document outlines various payment security services and mechanisms to provide authentication, integrity, authorization, confidentiality and non-repudiation for electronic transactions. It focuses on anonymity, untraceability and securing different elements of payment transactions.