Education & Awareness Glossary
Faster Payments Terms & Definitions

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The contents of the Glossary are for educational purposes only and not intended to be an endorsement by the U. S. Faster Payments Council of a specific product and/or service mentioned within a term or definition.

Sources:
1 FPC Education & Awareness Work Group: Glossary of Terms Subgroup https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/
2 Glenbrook Partners https://glenbrook.com/
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12 Fedwire Funds Services https://www.frbservices.org/financial-services/wires
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23 15 US Code 6827; www.law.cornell.edu
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33 https://www.uniformlaws.org/acts/ucc
34 https://www.upcounsel.com/uniform-commercial-code
35 https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary
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37 https://www.aciworldwide.com/request-to-pay
38 https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/api/what-is-a-rest-api
39 https://www.risk.net/definition/settlement-risk
40 https://www.occ.treas.gov/topics/supervision-and-examination/capital-markets/financial-markets/counterparty-risk/index-counterparty-risk.html#:~:text=Counterparty%20risk%20is%20the%20probability,default%20on%20the%20contractual%20obligations
41 www.theclearinghouse.org
42 https://www.britannica.com/money/fiat-moneyB1A1:B42
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