An acquirer is a company that offers its affiliated partners the opportunity to accept credit cards and debit cards as methods of payment, e.g. Aduno SA (also see “acquiring”).

Refers to the card acceptance business at a company that offers its affiliated partners the opportunity to accept credit cards and debit cards as methods of payment, e.g. at

A company (merchant) who offers and sells goods and services and accepts credit or debit cards as payment for them (see “acquirer”).

The Consumer Finance division of the Aduno Group offers loans for private individuals and leasing solutions for private individuals and companies. The products and services of Consumer Finance are sol [..]

With contactless payment, the card is held a few centimetres from a payment terminal with contactless facility.

Card for the payment of goods and services. In contrast to a debit card, the payment transactions are not debited directly against the cardholderʼs account. They are invoiced collectively (see also “d [..]

Data analytics refers to the study of large and diverse quantities of data with the help of mathematical and statistical methods to detect interconnections, meanings and patterns in the data. These ef [..]

Payment card linked directly to the bank or post office account. Unlike a credit card, the amount payable is immediately debited against the account if a transaction is paid with the debit card (see a [..]

Refer to “EMV chip”. 

A security standard jointly developed by Mastercard and Visa for online merchants. Cardholders authenticate themselves during the payment procedure with a personal password. More