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From ETA Glossary of Acquiring Terms

CA

Call Center

Call-Me

Call Report

Campus Card

Cancellation

Cancellation Code

CAP

Capture

Capture Date

Capture Method

Card

Card-Absent Environment

Card Acceptance

Card Acceptance Agreements

Card Activation

Card Approved Vendor

Card Association

Card Authentification Value

Card Authorization System

Card Base

Card-Based Stored Value Card

Card Capture

Card Carrier

Card Company

Cardholder

Cardholder Access Device

Cardholder-Activated Terminal

Cardholder Authentication Verification Value

Cardholder Bank

Cardholder Dispute

Cardholder Fraud

Cardholder-Initiated Chargeback

Cardholder Information Security Program

Cardholder Master File

Cardholder MSP

Cardholder Profile

Card Identification Number

Card-Issuing Bank

Card Mailer

Cardmember

Card Not Present

Card Number Generator

Card-Present Environment

Card Production

Card Registration Company

Card Reissue

Cards in Force

Card Skimming

Card Validation Code

Card Validation Code 2

Card Verification Service

Card Verification Value

Card Verification Value Procedure

Card Verification Value 2

Card Verification Value 3

CAS

Cash Account

Cash Advance

Cash Back

Cash Benefit

Cash Concentration/Disbursement

Cash Flow

Cash Letter

Cash Management

Cash Management Improvement Act

Cash Reserves

Cash Theft

CAV

CBT

CCD

CDMA

CDPD

CD-ROM

CEBP

Cellular Digital Packet Data

Central Affiliated Property

Central Information File

Central Processing Date

Central Processing Site

Central Processing Unit

Certificate

Certification Authority

CFR

Chain

Chain Transaction

Chargeback

Chargeback Form

Chargeback Period

Chargeback Reason Code

Chargeback Reference Number

Chargeback Ratio

Charge Cards

Charge-Off

Charge per Transaction

Charge Volume

Chat

Check

Check 21

Check & List Payment

Check Authorization

Checks-by-Phone

Check Card

Check Conversation

Check Digit

Check-Electronification

Check Fraud

Check Guarantee

Check Imaging

Check Reader

Check Truncation

Check Truncation Act for the 21st Century

Check Verification

Checking Account

Chip

Chip Card

CHIPS

CIE

CIF

CIP

Cipher Text

CIRRUS®

CISP

Claim

Classic Card

Class A Certification

Class B Certification

Clayton Antitrust Act

Clean Door/Clean Window Policy

Clearing

Clearing Account

Clearing Balance

Clearing Bank

Clearing House

Clearing Processor/Member

Clearing Record

Clearing Reversal

Clear Text

Client Organization

Client Reference Number

Click Rate

Client-Server

Client-Server Architecture

Close Batch

Closed-Loop

Closed System

CMIA

CNP

Co-Branded Cards

Code "10"

Code-Division Multiple Access

Code of Ethics

Code of Federal Regulations

COGS

Cohabitation

Cold Call

Collateral

Collateral Material

Collected Funds

Collections

Combined Terminated Merchant File

Combined Warning Bulletin

Commercial Card

Commercial Card Enhanced Data Transport

Commercial Credit

Commercial Relationship

Commercially Reasonable Time Frame

Commission-Only Sales

Communications Processor Unit

Compliance

Compliance Filing

Computer-Based Training

Concentrator

Confidentiality

Confirmation

Confirmation Number

Confirmed Fraud Transaction

Congestion

Connection Endpoint

Consolidator

Consumer

Consumer Cards

Consumer Credit Protection Act

Consumer Fraud

Consumer-Operated Terminal

Contact Smart Card

Contactless Payments

Contactless Smart Card

Contactless Chip with dCVV/CVC3

Controller

Control Panel

Control Totals

Controlled Disbursement

Convenience Card

Convenience Check

Convenience User

Cookie

Copy

COR

Corporate Card

Corporate Executive Card

Corporate Fleet Card

Corporate Purchasing Card

Corporate Travel Online

Corporate Trade Exchange

Correction

Correspondent Bank

Co-Sign

Co-Signer

Cost of Capital

Cost of Dept

Cost of Funds

Cost of Goods Sold

COT

Counterfeit Card

Counterfeit Paper

CPC

CPP

CPS

Credential

Credit or Return

Credit Authorization

Credit Balance

Credit Bureau

Credit Cap

Credit Card

Credit Card Fraud

Credit Card Processor

Credit Card Protection Service

Credit Counseling

Credit Deposit

Credit Draft Transaction

Credit Life Insurance

Credit Limit

Credit Loss

Credit Policy

Credit Rating/Grade

Credit Record

Credit Report

Credit Risk

Credit Scoring

Credit Schemes

Credit Slip

Credit Transaction

Credit Union

Credit Voucher

Creditworthy

CRM

Cross-Border Payments

Cryptographic

Cryptographic Algorithm

Cryptography

CSP

C-Store

CTO

CTMF

CTX

Current Account

Currency Conversion

Custom Payment Services

Customer

Customer Identification Program

Customer-Initiated Entry

Customer Payment Provider

Customer Relationship Management

Customer Service

Customer Service Provider

Customer Support

CV

CVC

CVV

Cyberspace

Cycle

Cycle Billing

Cycle Period