Glossary

Account Information Service Provider

Another critical response to ‘What are Fintech abbreviations?’ would draw attention toward AISP or Account...

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Account to Account

Payments that involve the transfer of funds between two accounts owned by a single party.

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Accounts Payable

Amounts due to vendors or suppliers for goods or services received.

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Accounts Receivable

Amounts owed for goods or services delivered that have not yet been paid for.

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ACH Authorization

A payment authorization that gives the lender permission to electronically take money from your bank,...

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ACH Credit

A transaction pushing funds into an account.

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ACH Debit

A transaction pulling funds from an account.

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ACH Return

A credit or debit entry initiated by a Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI) or ACH...

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ACH Reversal

An entry, (credit or debit entry) that reverses an erroneous entry. It must be made...

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Acquirer Reference Number

An Acquirer Reference Number is a unique number created in credit or debit card transactions....

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Acquiring Bank

In simple terms, the acquiring bank is the business bank, and the issuing bank is...

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Activiti

Activiti is an open-source BPM and workflow automation engine designed for enterprise business process automation....

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Address Verification Service

A security system that works to verify that the billing address entered by the customer...

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Advanced Encryption Standard

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a widely employed encryption algorithm established by the US National...

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Airdrop

An airdrop is the distribution of cryptocurrency tokens or coins, usually unsolicited and for free,...

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All Time High

ATH is defined as the historically highest price in market capitalisation of an asset.

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Altcoin

Any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin is referred to as an altcoin.

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Alternative finance

Alternative finance is defined as a range of finance solutions that sit outside of traditional...

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Alternative lending

Alternative lending is defined as the various loan options beyond a traditional bank loan. Generally,...

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Angel Investor

An angel investor (also known as a business angel, informal investor, angel funder, private investor,...

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Annual Percentage Rate

Refers to the yearly interest generated by a sum charged to borrowers or paid to...

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Anti money laundering

The activities that banks and other financial institutions carry out to prevent the use of...

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Apache Airflow

Apache Airflow is an open-source workflow orchestration platform used for automating, scheduling, and monitoring complex...

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Apeing

Apeing is an internet slang term referring to traders who buy a token shortly after...

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API Banking

API-based technologies that allow customers to access banking services through other applications are commonly referred...

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API-First approach

An API-First approach is a software development strategy where the API is designed, developed, and...

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Application Programming Interface

The acronym for "Application Programming Interface," which is a set of tools and procedures for...

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Appwrite

Appwrite is an open-source Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform designed to simplify backend development for web, mobile,...

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Arbitrage

Arbitrage is a trading strategy in which a digital asset is bought in one market...

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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an attempt to reproduce human intelligence with computers in order to...

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Ascending Wedge

An ascending wedge is a bearish chart pattern characterised by two converging trendlines that slope...

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Asset based Loan

The asset-based loan, or ABL, is a variant of business finance or a loan backed...

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Asset Management

Managing OPM (see entry below on “OPM”) to generate financial returns, including money invested in...

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Asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerance

Asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerance (ABFT) allows honest nodes in a network to agree on the...

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Auth0

Auth0 is a cloud-based authentication and authorization platform that simplifies identity management for applications. It...

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Authentication

The process of verifying the identity of a user is commonly referred to as identity...

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Authorization

Authorization is the process of requesting/receiving permission access to data. It allows a user to...

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Automated Clearing House

An electronic network that coordinates automated money transfers and electronic payments. It is a way...

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Automated investment services

Automated investment services, such as robo-advisors, that use algorithms to create personalized portfolios are commonly...

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Automated Market Maker

Automated Market Makers (AMMs) are a way to provide liquidity to a cryptocurrency exchange via...

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Average Price (7D)

Average Price (7D) represents the average price paid for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a collection...

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AWS Amplify

AWS Amplify is a cloud-based Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) and full-stack development platform provided by Amazon Web...

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AWS Cognito

AWS Cognito is a fully managed authentication and user management service by Amazon Web Services...

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Azure AD B2C

Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure AD B2C) is a cloud identity management solution designed for...

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Azure Mobile Apps

Azure Mobile Apps is a Microsoft Azure service that provides backend capabilities for mobile applications,...

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