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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 ...
A direct deposit (or direct credit), in banking, is a deposit of money by a payer directly into a payee's bank account.Direct deposits are most commonly made by businesses in the payment of salaries and wages and for the payment of suppliers' accounts, but the facility can be used for payments for any purpose, such as payment of bills, taxes, and other government charges.
To determine whether to debit or credit a specific account, we use either the accounting equation approach (based on five accounting rules), [13] or the classical approach (based on three rules). [14] Whether a debit increases or decreases an account's net balance depends on what kind of account it is. The basic principle is that the account ...
According to the United States Electronic Fund Transfer Act of 1978 it is "a funds transfer initiated through an electronic terminal, telephone, computer (including on-line banking) or magnetic tape for the purpose of ordering, instructing, or authorizing a financial institution to debit or credit a consumer's account".
Debit card (cashless direct payment at a store or merchant) Cash (deposit and withdrawal of coins and banknotes at a branch) Cheque and money order (paper instruction to pay) Direct debit (pre-authorized debit) Standing order (automatic regular funds transfers) Electronic funds transfers (transfer funds electronically to another account)
Deposit accounts can be savings accounts, current accounts or any of several other types of accounts explained below. Transactions on deposit accounts are recorded in a bank's books, and the resulting balance is recorded as a liability of the bank and represents an amount owed by the bank to the customer. In other words, the banker-customer ...
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Standing orders are distinct from direct debits; both are methods of setting up repeated transfers of money from one account to another, but they operate in different ways. The fundamental difference is that standing orders send payments arranged by the payer, while direct debits are specified and collected by the payee. [4]