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The global payments infrastructure glossary for every team.

136 terms across cross-border payments, FX, card issuing, embedded finance, compliance, and stablecoin payments written for product, engineering, and finance teams building on global payments infrastructure.

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Products

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Account verification

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Validate beneficiary account details before sending payments.

Account verification
Real-time account validation
IBAN verification
Failed payout prevention
Beneficiary validation
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FX

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Access transparent FX rates and avoid hidden markups.

Foreign exchange (FX)
FX spread
FX margin
FX markup
Real-time FX
FX hedging
FX exposure
Spot rate
Forward contract
Cross-currency settlement
Liquidity provider
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Cross-border payouts

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Send payouts to 190+ countries via local currencies and methods.

Cross-border payments
Global payouts
Mass payouts
Marketplace payouts
Cross-border payroll
Real-time payments
Instant payments
Account-to-account (A2A) payments
Settlement cycle
SWIFT network
Correspondent banking
Payment orchestration
Straight-through processing (STP)
Payment routing
Gross settlement
Net settlement
ISO 20022
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Multi-currency accounts

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Open global accounts and fund in local currency.

Multi-currency account
Multi-currency wallet
Local collection account
Virtual account
Cross-border liquidity
Global liquidity
Liquidity management
Intraday liquidity
Liquidity pooling
Float management
Treasury management
Centralized treasury
Cash pooling
Netting
Working capital optimization
Global cash visibility
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Stablecoin cards

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Spend stablecoin balances using payment cards.

Stablecoin-backed card
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Physical and virtual cards

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Card issuing
Virtual cards
Corporate cards
Prepaid cards
BIN sponsorship
Interchange fee
Merchant discount rate (MDR)
Chargeback
Chargeback fraud
Tokenization
Network tokenization
Card authorization
Card settlement
Merchant category code (MCC)
Card lifecycle management
Dynamic spend controls
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Stablecoin payouts

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Stablecoin
Fiat-backed stablecoin
Stablecoin settlement
On-chain settlement
Off-chain settlement
Tokenized fiat
On/off ramp
Digital asset custody
Proof of reserves
24/7 settlement
Travel Rule
FATF guidance
Digital asset AML
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Industry solutions

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Airlines

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Settle payments between airlines, travel agents, and travel partners.

IATA payments
BSP settlement
Airline settlement
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Banks

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Cross-border infrastructure
Correspondent banking alternatives
Regulatory reporting
Cross-border compliance
Payment modernization
Real-time rails integration
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Marketplaces

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Seller onboarding
Split payments
Platform settlement
Multi-entity payouts
Escrow payments
Seller reconciliation
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Payroll

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Global payroll infrastructure
Bulk disbursements
Payroll compliance
Contractor payouts
Salary disbursement automation
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Spend management

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Corporate spend control
Expense automation
Virtual card controls
Programmatic card issuance
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Travel

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Travel supplier payouts
OTA settlement
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Ways to implement Nium

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API

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Go from idea to implementation using bank-grade APIs.

Embedded finance
Embedded payments
Embedded cards
Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS)
Platform banking
White-label payments
Payment APIs
Payout APIs
Card issuing APIs
REST API
Webhooks
Idempotency
OAuth
API authentication
Rate limiting
Sandbox environment
Developer portal
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Compliance and risk

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Compliance and risk

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KYC, AML, sanctions screening across all Nium products.

KYC
KYB
AML
CFT
Sanctions screening
PEP screening
Transaction monitoring
Fraud detection
PCI DSS
EMI license
MSB license
Beneficial ownership
Client money safeguarding
Data residency
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