Acceptor
Access point
Access right
Accounting Centre
Accounting transaction
Acknowledgement
Algorithm
Approval
Archiving
Assessment
Evaluation
Asymmetric algorithm
ATM card
ATM withdrawal
Attack
Audit trail
Authentication
Authorisation
Authorisation request
Automated clearing house (ACH)
Automated teller machine (ATM)
Availability

Authorisation

The approval or guarantee of funds given by the card issuer or, on behalf of the card issuer by the acquirer (or his a gent).