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From ETA Glossary of Acquiring Terms

A2A (Account-to-Account)

AAV

ABA

ABA Transit Routing Number

Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Mark

Access Card

Access Control System Format

Access Device

Access Provider

Access Point

Access Time

Account Aggregation

Account-Based Stored Value Card

Account Data Compromises

Account Funding Transaction

Account History

Accountholder Authentication Value

Account Maintenance

Account Mask Information

Account Number

Account-Number-Verifying Terminal

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Account Receivable Entry

Account Takeover

Account-to-Account

ACH

ACH Fraud

ACH Network

ACH Operator

ACH Regional Associations

Acquirer

Acquirer Fraud Activity Level

Acquirer Monitoring Program

Acquirer Payment Gateway

Acquirer's Processing Date

Acquirer's Reference Number

Acquiring Bank

Acquiring Member

Acquiring Processor

Acquisition

Activation

Activity

Activity File

Activity File Parameters

Activity Limits

ADA

ADC

ADV

Addenda Record

Addendum

Additional Commercial Card Data

Address Verification Service

Adjudication

Adjustment

ADSL

ADV

Advanced Encryption Standard

Advance-Fee Loan

Advice

AES

AF

AFC

AFD

AFDC

Affiliate

Affinity Card

Affinity Partner

Agent

Agent Agreement

Agent Bank

Agent Member

Agent Reference File

Age Verification

Aggregators

Aging

Aid for Dependent Children

Alert

Alert Merchants

Algorithm

Alphameric of Alphanumeric

Altered Card

Alternate Payments

American Bankers Association

American Express

American National Standards Institute

American Public Transportation Association

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Americans with Disabilities Act

AMEX

AML Policy

Analog

Angel Investor

Anonymous Proxy Detection

ANSI

ANSI X12

ANSI X9.17

ANSI X9.52

Annual Fee

Annual Percentage Rate

Anti-Money Laundering Policy

A/P

API

APP

Applet

Application

Application Program Interface

Application Processing

Application Service Provider

Approval Response/Code

APR

APTA

A/R

Arbitration

Arbitration Filing

ARC

Archiving

ARN

ARU

ASCII

ASP

ASP Hosted Systems

Assent

Assessments

Assignment

Association

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATM

ATM Acquirer

ATM Card/Debit Card

Audio Frequency

Audio Response Unit

Audit

Auth

Auth Only

Authentication

Authentication Key

Authorization

Authorization Approval

Authorize Certificate

Authorize Code

Authorization Only

Authorization Request

Authorization Request Cryptogram

Authorization Response

Authorization Response Code

Authorization Preferred

Authorization Processor

Authorization System

Authorization Terminal

Automated Accounting Device

Auto-Close

Automated Bill Payment

Automated Fuel Dispenser

Automated Clearing House

Automated Enrollment Entry

Automated Notification of Change

Automated Teller Machine

Automatic Bill Payment

Automatic Check Handling

Automatic Fare Collection System

Auto Re-presentment

Available Credit

Available Funds

Average Daily Balance

Average Ticket

AVS