Credit Card Glossary: Terms and Definitions
Settlement
The reporting of settlement amounts owed by one member to another, or to a card issuing concern, as a result of clearing. Settlement is the actual buying and selling of transactions among the merchants, processors and acquirers, along with the card-issuing entities.
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