Electronic funds transfer
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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.
According to the United States
EFT transactions are known by a number of names across countries and different payment systems. For example, in the United States, they may be referred to as "electronic checks" or "e-checks". In the United Kingdom, the term "BACS Payment", "bank transfer" and "bank payment" are used, in Canada, "e-transfer" is used, while in several other European countries "giro transfer" is the common term.
Types
EFTs include, but are not limited to:[1]
- Automated teller machine (ATM) transfers
- Direct deposit payment or withdrawals of funds initiated by the payer
- Direct debit payments in which a business debits the consumer's bank accounts for payment for goods or services
- Electronic bill payment in online banking, which may be delivered by EFT or paper check
- QR Code scanned from a mobile app
- Transfers initiated by telephone
- Transfers resulting from credit or debit card transactions, whether initiated through a payment terminal
- Wire transfer via an international banking network such as SWIFT
See also
- Automated Clearing House(ACH)
- E-commerce payment system
- Electronic funds transfer at point of sale(EFTPOS)
- Immediate Payment Service
- Interbank network
- Payment system
- Real time gross settlement
- Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication(SWIFT)
- Instant payment
References
- ^ a b "Electronic Fund Transfer Act" (PDF). www.federalreserve.gov. Federal Reserve Board. 1978. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
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