In general – as a process, the communication of purposeful knowledge with the goal of detection of cognition, in order to be able to see through the circumstances in an area, – as a result, a message in language or a specific character string. – Negatively defined, information means the elimination or noticeable reduction of uncertainty through information, through disclosure, for example of the loan seeker to the bank. – Informing the contracting parties of all circumstances necessary in relation to a transaction on the financial market. – Insight provided by a company to its shareholders, creditors, the supervisory authority and the public. – Information provided by a bank to domestic and/or foreign tax authorities. – The word “information”, which is also used very frequently in the financial sector, goes back to the Latin INFORMATIO and is a translation of the Greek word εντύποσις (entyposis) introduced by the Roman writer Marcus Tullius Cicero. There it means “moulding in, imprinting.” The associated noun τύποσ (typos) originally denotes the strike of the mintman (minter; also Münzschroter: the maker of a metal coin) or sculptor, and later also the form thereby stamped. – See comfort letter, information gap, information obligation, information assurance, information overload, profiling, public disclosure, reporting, information overload, comprehensibility, interest information regulation, reliability.
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