UNITED  STATES
                       SECURITIES  AND  EXCHANGE  COMMISSION
                             Washington,  D.C.  20549

                                    FORM  8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  13  OR  15(D)  OF  THE  SECURITIES
                       EXCHANGE  ACT  OF  1934 

Date  of  Report (Date  of  earliest  event  reported):  December 10, 2004

                       Payment Data Systems, Inc.
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            (Exact  name  of  registrant  as  specified  in  its  charter)

         Nevada                    000-30152        98-0190072
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(State or other jurisdiction            (Commission       (IRS Employer
      of incorporation  )               File Number)    Identification No.)

         12500 San Pedro, Suite 120 San Antonio, TX  78216
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       (Address  of  principal  executive  offices)         (Zip  Code)

                          (210) 249-4100
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            (Registrant's  telephone  number,  including  area  code)

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if  the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
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Act  (17  CFR  240.14d-2(b))
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Act  (17  CFR  240.13e-4(c))

Item  2.03  Creation  of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an
Off-Balance  Sheet  Arrangement  of  a  Registrant.

On  December  10,  2004, we entered into a Promissory Note with Dutchess Private
Equities Fund, II, LP.  Pursuant to terms of the Promissory Note, we promised to
pay  Dutchess  $284,000  with a maturity date of April 10, 2005.  We shall issue
75,000  shares  of  restricted  common stock to Dutchess as an incentive for the
investment.  We  agreed  to  register  the  Common  Stock issued pursuant to the
Promissory  Note  on  the next registration statement we file. Proceeds from the
Promissory  Note  will  be  used to pay back the balance of existing debt and to
support  on-going  operations.

Payments  on  the  Promissory Note are to be made from the Equity Line of Credit
that we previously entered into with Dutchess. We will make payments to Dutchess
of  the  lesser  of  $71,000  or  50%  of each put, until the face amount of the
promissory note is paid in full.  The first payment is due at the closing of the
first  put  30 days after the issuance of the Promissory Note and all subsequent
payments  will  be  made  at  the  closing  of  every  put  to  Dutchess.

Dutchess has the right to elect to lower the amount of a payment if so requested
by  us.  In  the event of this election, the next payment under the Note will be
increased  by  the  greater  of  1)  the  percentage difference between the next
payment and the lowered payment amount or 2) the actual dollar amount difference
between  the  next  payment  and  the  lowered  payment  amount.

We  will  issue  as  collateral twenty-five Put Notices to Dutchess for the full
amount applicable under the terms of the Investment Agreement and shall do so at
the maximum frequency allowed under the Investment Agreement, until such time as
the  Note  is  paid  in  full.

In  the event that on the Maturity Date, we have any remaining amounts unpaid on
this  Note,  Dutchess  can exercise its right to increase the residual amount by
2.5%  per  month  paid  as  liquated  damages.

In the event that we default, Dutchess has the right, but not the obligation, to
1)  switch the residual amount to a three-year, 10% interest bearing convertible
debenture  at  a  conversion rate at the lesser of (i) 75% of the average of the
lowest  closing  bid price during the fifteen trading  immediately preceding the
convertible  maturity  date  or (ii) 100% of the average of the lowest bid price
for  the  twenty  trading  days  immediately  preceding the convertible maturity
date.  If  Dutchess  chooses  to  convert  the  residual amount to a convertible
debenture, we shall have twenty business days after notice of the same to file a
registration  statement  covering  an  amount  of  shares  equal  to 300% of the
residual  amount. In the event we do not file such registration statement within
twenty business days of Dutchess' request, or such registration statement is not
declared  by  the Commission to be effective under the Securities Act within the
time  period  described  above, the residual amount shall increase by $1,000 per
day.

Item  9.01  FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS  AND  EXHIBITS.
Exhibit  Description
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10.1  Promissory Note between the Registrant and Dutchess Private Equities Fund,
II,  LP,  dated  December  10,  2004.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
the  Registrant  has  duly  caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  thereunto  duly  authorized.

Payment  Data  Systems,  Inc.


BY:  /S/  Michael  R.  Long

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Michael  R.  Long,  Chief  Executive  Officer  and
Chief  Financial  Officer

Dated:  December  16,  2004