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Payment Systems (2) Flashcards

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Originator

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A company or individual that has been authorized by the Receiver to initiate either a credit or debit ACH entry to their account.

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Receiver

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An individual or company that has authorized an Originator to initiate an ACH entry to their account with the RDFI.

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Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI)

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A financial institution that receives payment instructions from Originators and forwards the entries to the ACH Operator.

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Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI)

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A financial institution that receives ACH entries from the ACH Operator and posts the entries to the accounts of its depositors.

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ACH Operator

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The central clearing facility for ACH transactions.

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Third-Party Service Provider

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A third-party that processes ACH files and/or entries on behalf of financial institutions and/or Originators.

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Third-Party Sender

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A third-party that provides ACH services to the Originator, and, in that capacity, acts as an intermediary between the Originator and ODFI.

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Card Issuer

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An entity that issues a credit or debit card to the Cardholder.

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Acquirer (Processor, Merchant Bank or Merchant Processor)

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The financial institution that contracts with a merchant to initiate payment requests to a card association or company in the context of credit and debit card payments.

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Cardholder

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A person or entity that is issued a credit or debit account that is accessed using a card.

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POS/ATM/Credit Card Network

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Network which provides switching facilities for the routing of credit, debit and ATM card transactions between Acquirers and Card Issuers.

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Paying Bank (Payor’s Depository Financial Institution)

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Financial institution identified by the routing number encoded on the MICR line of a check.

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Payee

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The party to whom a check is made payable.

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Bank of First Deposit (Payee’s Depository Financial Institution)

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The first bank to which a check is deposited or transferred.

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Payor (Check Writer, Maker or Drawer)

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The party obligated to pay on a check.

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Clearing House

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A voluntary association of depository institutions that facilitate the clearing of checks or electronic items through the direct exchange of funds between members.

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Correspondent Bank

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Private depository institution, Bankers’ Bank or Federal Reserve Bank providing clearing or settlement services to a Paying Bank or Bank of First Deposit.

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Truncating Bank

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Financial institution that creates the image of the original check.

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Reconverting Bank

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Financial institution that produces the Substitute Check or Image Replacement Document (IRD).

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Originator

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Sender of the payment order in a funds or securities transfer.

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Originating/Sender Bank

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Financial institution that initiates a funds transfer on behalf of the Originator.

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Federal Reserve Bank

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Entity that processes and settles Fedwire Funds.

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Beneficiary’s Bank

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Financial institution identified in a funds transfer to be credited pursuant to the payment order.

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Beneficiary

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Person or entity to be paid in a funds transfer.

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Pay Later

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Type of retail processing where a card payment is expected after the goods or services have been received; typically refers to credit payments (e.g., credit card).

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Pay Now

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Type of retail processing where a card payment is expected when the goods or services are received; generally associated with debit payments (e.g., debit card).

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Pay Before

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Type of retail processing where a card payment is made for goods or services with prepaid or stored-value cards.

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Remote Deposit Capture (RDC

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Delivery system that enables paper checks to be processed remotely.

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Remotely Created Check (RCC)

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Check created by a Payee based on the account holder’s authorization that does not bear a signature.

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Electronically Created Item (ECI)

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A check that never appears in paper form.

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Debit Entry

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An entry to the record of an account to represent the transfer or removal of funds from the account.

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Credit Entry

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An entry to the record of an account that represents the transfer or placement of funds into the account.

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Debit Card

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A payment card issued to a person for purchasing goods and services through an electronic transfer of funds from a demand deposit account rather than using cash, checks or drafts at the point-of-sale.

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Credit Card

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A card indicating the holder has been granted a line of credit to make purchases or withdraw cash up to a prearranged ceiling.

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Prepaid/Stored Value Card

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A card-based payment system that assigns a value to the card; some cards can be “reloaded” through various methods and others are designed to be discarded.

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Payroll Card Account

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A bank account established directly or indirectly by an employer on behalf of an employee to which an employee’s wages are electronically transferred to.

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SWIFT

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Global network messaging service supporting correspondent banking and financial market utilities.

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Financial Market Utilities (FMUs)

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Multilateral systems that provide the infrastructure for transferring, clearing and settling payments, securities and other financial transactions among financial institutions or between financial institutions and the system.

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Application Program Interface (API)

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A set of specifications, standards or conventions that enable computer programs to exchange information.

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Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

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Computer-to-computer exchange of business documents and payment-related information in a standard electronic format between business partners.

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Value Added Network (VAN)

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Hosted service offering that acts as an intermediary between business partners to transmit data (i.e., business documents).

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International Organization for Standards (ISO)

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An international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations.

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Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

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A type of database that is consensually shared and synchronized across nodes in a network spread across multiple sites, institutions or geographies.

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Blockchain

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Uses algorithms to enable transactions to be aggregated in blocks, which are added to a chain of existing blocks using a cryptographic signature.

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