Editing Debit card (section)

===Electronic purse card system===
[[Smart card|Smart-card]]-based electronic purse systems (in which value is stored on the card chip, not in an externally recorded account, so that machines accepting the card need no network connectivity) have been in use throughout Europe since the mid-1990s, most notably in Germany ([[Geldkarte]]), Austria ([[Quick Wertkarte]]), the Netherlands ([[Chipknip]]), Belgium ([[Proton (bank card)|Proton]]), Switzerland (CASH), and France ([[Moneo]], which is usually carried by a debit card). In Austria and Germany, almost all current bank cards now include electronic purses, whereas the electronic purse has been recently phased out in the Netherlands.