This electronic money transfer system provides an electronic money transfer method and a system for the same which allow handling electronic money in a sense that is very similar to cash, and which allow avoidance of loss of the electronic money even at a time of loss or theft of a terminal for operating the electronic money. To this end, first, information of an electronic certificate for a terminal (A) of a user A is sent from a terminal (B) of a user B to an electronic money management server (300), and information of the electronic certificate for the terminal (B) is sent from the terminal (A) to the electronic money management server (300). Thus, the terminals to perform the transaction are authenticated. Then, requests for a payment/receipt of electronic money is sent from the terminal (A) and the terminal (B) to the electronic money management server (300), based on which requests, the electronic money is transferred from the account of the user (A) to the account of the user (B) within the electronic money management server (300).