Let's draw a comparison between digital certificates and credit cards.

Let's draw a comparison between digital certificates and credit cards. Typical PKI implementation is roughly equivalent to a mom-and-pop groceries store attempting to develop and implement their confess credit card without honoring universally accepted cards so as Visa, MasterCard, or American Expres Obviously, the risk management, accounting issues, and contract infrastructure would obstruct such a strategy. It's simply too cumbersome to effectuate on their own ??” earnestly like PKI.

Decades ago, businesses and consumer saw no ne for, or benefit from, a widely accepted credit card as it is as Visa. Today, however, credit cards are a universally accepted, trusted and many times preferred way of doing business.