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Authorization hold (also card authorization, preauthorization, or preauth) is a service offered by credit and debit card providers whereby the provider puts a hold of the amount approved by the cardholder, reducing the balance of available funds until the merchant clears the transaction (also called settlement), after the transaction is completed or aborted, or because the hold expires.
PayMe (officially known as PayMe from HSBC) is a mobile payment service from HSBC, currently available only for Hong Kong users with local phone numbers and banks. Users can pay businesses, transfer money to one another using a mobile app , linked to their credit card or (any local) bank account.
The Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS) is a United States private clearing house for large-value wire transfer transactions. [1]As of late 2024, it settles approximately 500,000 payments totaling US$1.8 trillion per day. [2]
A confirming bank is a bank other than the issuing bank that adds its confirmation to credit upon the issuing bank's authorization or request thus providing more security to the beneficiary. A complying presentation is a set of documents that meet with the requirements of the letter of credit and all of the rules relating to letters of credit.
The payee's name, the written and numeric amount to be tendered, the remitter's information, and other tracking information (such as the branch of issue), are printed on the front of the check. The check is generally signed by one or two bank employees or officers ; however, some banks issue cashier's checks featuring a facsimile signature of ...
A direct debit or direct withdrawal is a financial transaction in which one organisation withdraws funds from a payer's bank account. [1] Formally, the organisation that calls for the funds ("the payee") instructs their bank to collect (i.e., debit) an amount directly from another's ("the payer's") bank account designated by the payer and pay those funds into a bank account designated by the ...
The New Payments Platform (NPP), operated by New Payments Platform Australia Ltd (NPPA) [1] is an industry-wide payments platform for Australia. It became accessible to the general public on 13 February 2018 [2] with the introduction of PayID, an addressing capability, and Osko, [3] the first NPP overlay service, operated by BPAY.
The fundamental difference is that standing orders send payments arranged by the payer, while direct debits are specified and collected by the payee. [4] A standing order can be set up and modified only by the payer, and is for amounts specified by the payer to be paid at specified times (usually a fixed amount at a specified interval examples).