Glossary

    B
  • Abbreviation of Business Identifier Code. A unique ISO identifier for banking institutions, consisting of 8 to 11 characters.
  • C
  • Set of conventions governing the treatment and especially the formatting of data in an electronic communications system.
  • Entity with legal rights and responsibilities aimed at operating a business. It is the main body of an organizational structure upon which one or more sites depend. Only companies can have an official accounting system.
  • Medium of exchange in current use within a particular country.
  • E
  • Data in electronic form which are attached to or logically associated with other electronic data and which serve as a method of authentication.
  • F
  • Function processing information to extract a smaller but relevant amount of data.
  • O
  • European Anti-Fraud Office. Office of the European Union which investigates fraud against the EU budget, corruption and serious misconduct within the European institutions, and develops anti-fraud policy for the European Commission.
  • P
  • Funds transfer to a third-party account.
  • S
  • Acronym for Single euro payments area (SEPA) that harmonizes the way cashless euro payments are made across Europe. It allows European consumers, businesses and public administrations to make and receive the following types of transactions under the same basic conditions.
  • A person who signs and is bound by a document.
  • T
  • Specific set of data and characteristics used as a base.
  • Date on which the bank records the transaction in its books.
  • U
  • Custom field you create to track information specific to certain subject areas.
  • Coordinated Universal Time used as a reference in a global environment.
  • V
  • Customizable display of organized information in various forms.
  • X
  • Validation process involving one or more users.