authorisation
Authorisation is the validation that a payment or securities movement has been approved by the account holder or another duly empowered person. It supports decisions about releasing the transaction and helps establish who is…
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appointee
An appointee is an individual chosen to assume a designated role, whether or not the appointment has received all required approvals. In institutional, financial, or public-sector contexts, the term commonly covers people entering senior…
automated security lending programme (ASLP)
An automated securities-lending programme is a bank-facilitated service in which securities owners can earn returns by making selected assets available for borrowing while receiving other eligible assets as collateral. The bank may either take…
Alert Mechanism Report
An Alert Mechanism Report is a Commission screening document used at the outset of the EU’s Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure. Drawing on economic indicators, it flags Member States whose conditions warrant detailed review. Those reviews…
acquirer (card acquirer)
A card acquirer is a financial institution or payment service provider that operates on the merchant side of a card-payment network. It typically handles merchant onboarding, routes authorization and settlement messages, and enables funds…
automated clearing house (ACH)
An automated clearing house (ACH) is a banking network and operating framework used to route and settle batches of electronic credit and debit transactions between financial institutions. It applies common procedures for submitting, sorting…
auto-collateralisation
Auto-collateralisation is a settlement liquidity arrangement in which securities serve as security for temporary financing needed to complete a purchase. The financing may be based on assets already owned by the purchaser or on…
agency relationship
Agency describes a delegation in which an individual or organisation is empowered to represent another and make decisions within agreed limits. The represented party may define the scope of that authority, while the representative…
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asset
An asset is an economic resource available to an enterprise for use in its activities or for conversion into value. It can include cash, property, rights, or other controlled resources that support operations or…