A method for receiving a signal during an intra-body communication via a user carrying a terminal. The method includes, at the level of the terminal: receiving, from a communication device, a signal characterizing the fact that an approach gesture performed by the user toward the device has been performed between two times; detecting the time interval, between the two times, in which the amplitude of the signal is at a maximum; detecting, in the time interval, information determining whether or not the user has touched the device between the two times; and validating a transaction depending on the value of said detected information.