S

From ETA Glossary of Acquiring Terms

Sales Draft

Sales Pitch

Sales Slip

Same-Day Settlement

Sarbanes-Oxley

Satellite Communications

SAR

SBA

Scalability

Screen Scraping

Screening

Scrip

Scrip Terminal

SDLC

SDP

SE

Seasonal Merchant

SEC

Second Presentment/ Second Chargeback

Secret Key

Secure Electronic Transaction

Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) Specification

Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Secure Payment Application

Secure Sockets Layer

Secured Credit Card

Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

Security Agreement

Selective Authorization

Self-Service Terminal

Seller

Seller Direct

Serial Port

Server

Service Bureau

Service Code

Service Corps of Retired Executives

Service Establishment

Service Initiation

Service-Level Agreement

Session

Session Key

SET

Settlement

Settlement Account

Settlement Amount

Settlement Bank

Settlement Date

Settlement Processor

Settlement Risk

Settlement Summary

Setup Fees

Shopping Basket

Shopping Cart

Shopping Cart Software

Short-Message Service

SHTTP

SIFMA

SIC

Signature-Based Debit

Signature Capture

Signature Panel

Sign-Up

SIIP

SIM

SingleConnect Service

Single Point of Entry

Singleton

Site Data Protection

Site Visit/Inspection

Skimming

Skip Account

SKU

SLA

Slug

Small Business Administration

Smart Card

Smart ID Card

SmartX

SMBS

SMS

SMSA

SNA

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications

Sole Proprietorship

Soft Decline

Software

SPA

Spam

Speedpass

Split-Dial

Split-Dial Authorization

Split-Funding

Split Sale

Spoofing

Sponsor

SSI

SSL

Stages of Processing

Stand-Alone Balance Inquiry Terminal

Standard Acceptance

Standard Card

Standard Floor Limit

Standard Industry Code

Standard Metropolitan Statistic Area

Stand-In Processing

Stand-in Processor

Start-Up Kit

Statement

Statement Date

Statement Notice

Statement Rendering

Status Change

Status Check Procedure

Statused Account

Stockkeeping Unit

Stop-Payment Order

Store and Forward

Store-and-Forward Transaction

Store Card

Stored-Value Payment Card

Storefront

STP

Straight-Through Processing

Strip Off

Subject Matter Expert

Submission

Subscriber Identification Module

Substantive Chargeback

Substitute Draft

Super ISO

Supplemental Security Income

Support Documentation

Suppression

Surcharge

Surcharge-Free ATM Network

Suspect Activity

Suspect Transaction

Suspended Batch

Suspicious Activity Report

SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications)

Swiped Card

Switch

Switch Fee

Symmetric Key Algorithm

Synchronous

Synchronous Data Link Control

Synchronous Network Access

System Processor

Systemic Risk

Systemwide Risk