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Users. 30 million (as of 2024) G2A.COM Limited (commonly referred to as G2A) is a digital marketplace headquartered in the Netherlands, [ 1][ 2] with offices in Poland and Hong Kong. [ 3][ 4] The site operates in the resale of gaming offers and others digital items by the use of redemption keys. G2A.COM’s main offerings are game key codes for ...
Carding (fraud) Carding refers not only to payment card based fraud, but also to a range of related activities and services. Carding is a term of the trafficking and unauthorized use of credit cards. [ 1] The stolen credit cards or credit card numbers are then used to buy prepaid gift cards to cover up the tracks. [ 2]
Electronic funds transfer ( EFT) is the electronic transfer of money from one bank account to another, either within a single financial institution or across multiple institutions, via computer -based systems, without the direct intervention of bank staff. Funds transfers are the primary mechanism used by the business community for fast and ...
An automated clearing house ( ACH) is a computer-based electronic network for processing transactions, [ 1] usually domestic low value payments, between participating financial institutions. It may support both credit transfers and direct debits. [ 2][ 3] The ACH system is designed to process batches of payments containing numerous transactions ...
Prior to the development of payment terminals, merchants would use manual imprinters (also known as ZipZap machines) to capture the information from the embossed information on a credit card onto a paper slip with carbon-paper copies. These paper slips had to be taken to the bank for processing. This was a cumbersome and time-consuming process.
An internetwork is the connection of multiple different types of computer networks to form a single computer network using higher-layer network protocols and connecting them together using routers. The Internet is the largest example of internetwork. It is a global system of interconnected governmental, academic, corporate, public, and private ...
Authorization hold. 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 ...
Suspicious activity report. In financial regulation, a Suspicious Activity Report ( SAR) or Suspicious Transaction Report ( STR) is a report made by a financial institution about suspicious or potentially suspicious activity as required under laws designed to counter money laundering, financing of terrorism and other financial crimes.