A system for the cashless payment of products or services, comprising: a payment unit which is arranged in at least one automat and which comprises at least one transmitting/receiving unit for short-range communication, a processing unit and a memory, and at least one mobile telephone which comprises a transmitting/receiving device for short-range communication as well as for long-range communication, a processing unit and a memory, wherein a credit for the operator of the automat is stored in the memory of the mobile telephone and wherein the payment unit is configured to send an amount which is stored in the memory of the payment unit and is for the selected product or the service, exclusively via the short-range communication to the mobile telephone after the selection of at least one product or at least one service, and the processing unit of the mobile telephone is designed to reduce the credit stored in the memory of the mobile telephone by the amount, and the transmitting/receiving device sends a receipt signal for the reduction of the amount to the payment unit, said payment unit thereupon enabling the release of the selected product or the service, wherein the system further comprises a server and a plurality of automats having payments units and having sensors for scanning parameters of the functioning manner of the automat concerning the condition of the automat, wherein the transmitting/receiving units of the respective payment unit are configured to send data on the condition of the respective automat amongst one another via a short-range communication and to store this data in their respective memories, wherein the data is transmitted to the at least one mobile telephone in the short-range communication of one of the payment units with this mobile telephone and is intermediately stored in its memory, wherein the server is configured to receive the data on the condition of the plurality of automats and on the selected product or service from the at least one mobile telephone via a long-range communication, said data being transferred between the payment unit and the mobile telephone with the short-range communication as soon as a long-range communication can be established, if necessary in a temporally staggered manner. a payment unit which is arranged in at least one automat and which comprises at least one transmitting/receiving unit for short-range communication, a processing unit and a memory, and at least one mobile telephone which comprises a transmitting/receiving device for short-range communication as well as for long-range communication, a processing unit and a memory, wherein a credit for the operator of the automat is stored in the memory of the mobile telephone and wherein the payment unit is configured to send an amount which is stored in the memory of the payment unit and is for the selected product or the service, exclusively via the short-range communication to the mobile telephone after the selection of at least one product or at least one service, and the processing unit of the mobile telephone is designed to reduce the credit stored in the memory of the mobile telephone by the amount, and the transmitting/receiving device sends a receipt signal for the reduction of the amount to the payment unit, said payment unit thereupon enabling the release of the selected product or the service, wherein the system further comprises a server and a plurality of automats having payments units and having sensors for scanning parameters of the functioning manner of the automat concerning the condition of the automat, wherein the transmitting/receiving units of the respective payment unit are configured to send data on the condition of the respective automat amongst one another via a short-range communication and to store this data in their respective memories, wherein the data is transmitted to the at least one mobile telephone in the short-range communication of one of the payment units with this mobile telephone and is intermediately stored in its memory, wherein the server is configured to receive the data on the condition of the plurality of automats and on the selected product or service from the at least one mobile telephone via a long-range communication, said data being transferred between the payment unit and the mobile telephone with the short-range communication as soon as a long-range communication can be established, if necessary in a temporally staggered manner.