Card payments Definition.
The French term for all electronic processing of card payments: issuing, acquiring, authorization, clearing, terminals, and cryptographic security. By extension, it covers the whole card ecosystem, from the GIE CB to processors and terminal manufacturers. The word has no true English equivalent; English speakers simply say cards or payments.
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Where this term appears
GuideThe four-party modelGuideThe role of banksGuideMerchant, acquirer, PSPGuidePayments in the BalkansGuidePayments in FranceGuidePayments in Greece, Cyprus, and MaltaGuidePayments in Romania and BulgariaGuidePayments in ColombiaGuideMobile money in AfricaGuidePayments in West and Southern AfricaGuidePayments in the CEMAC zoneGuidePayments in the Gulf and the Middle East