A method for facilitating the sale of goods or services comprises
receiving at an ordering system payment information relating to a payment
instrument that is being used to purchase a good or a service from a
merchant. The ordering system transmits a message to the merchant that
includes information on the good or service being purchased to permit the
merchant to provide the good or service. Funds are collected from an
account associated with the payment instrument, and the ordering system
transmits to a money transfer computer system information useable by the
money transfer computer system to provide a cash payment to the merchant.