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Glossary of Terms

22 terms used across the course, from APIs to the TMS itself. Each one links back to the module where it is covered.

A
APIApplication Programming Interface
A set of protocols, routines, and tools for building software applications that specifies how software components should interact.
Module 3 · Data Integration and Management →
Artificial IntelligenceAI
Computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.
Module 4 · Automation and Emerging Technologies →
B
Batch Processing
A method of processing transactions in a group or batch, rather than individually as they occur.
Module 3 · Data Integration and Management →
Blockchain
A distributed, decentralized, public ledger technology that records transactions across many computers in a way that is secure, transparent, and resistant to modification.
Module 4 · Automation and Emerging Technologies →
C
Cloud Computing
The delivery of computing services over the internet, including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence.
Module 1 · Treasury Technology Landscape →
Cryptocurrency
A digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography for security and operates independently of a central bank.
Module 4 · Automation and Emerging Technologies →
D
Data Governance
A set of processes, roles, policies, standards, and metrics that ensure the effective and efficient use of information to enable an organization to achieve its goals.
Module 3 · Data Integration and Management →
Distributed Ledger TechnologyDLT
A consensus of replicated, shared, and synchronized digital data geographically spread across multiple sites, countries, or institutions.
Module 4 · Automation and Emerging Technologies →
E
Enterprise Resource PlanningERP
Business process management software that allows an organization to use a system of integrated applications to manage the business.
Module 1 · Treasury Technology Landscape →
H
Host-to-HostH2H
Direct connectivity between a corporate’s systems and their bank’s systems without using an intermediary.
Module 3 · Data Integration and Management →
I
In-house BankingIHB
A centralized approach to internal banking where a dedicated treasury center acts as an internal bank for subsidiaries and business units.
Module 2 · Treasury Management Systems in Depth →
ISO 20022
An international standard for electronic data interchange between financial institutions.
Module 3 · Data Integration and Management →
M
Machine LearningML
A subset of artificial intelligence involving the development of algorithms that allow computers to learn from and make predictions or decisions based on data.
Module 4 · Automation and Emerging Technologies →
Multi-factor AuthenticationMFA
A security system that requires more than one method of authentication from independent categories of credentials to verify the user’s identity.
Module 5 · Cybersecurity and Controls →
P
Payment Factory
A centralized payment processing hub that standardizes payment workflows, formats, and channels across an organization.
Module 2 · Treasury Management Systems in Depth →
R
Real-time Processing
The processing of transactions as they occur, with results available immediately.
Module 3 · Data Integration and Management →
Robotic Process AutomationRPA
Technology that allows configuration of computer software or a “robot” to capture and interpret existing applications for processing a transaction, manipulating data, triggering responses, and communicating with other digital systems.
Module 4 · Automation and Emerging Technologies →
S
Segregation of DutiesSoD
The concept of having more than one person required to complete a task, to prevent fraud and error.
Module 5 · Cybersecurity and Controls →
Smart Contract
Self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement directly written into code, existing across a distributed, decentralized blockchain network.
Module 4 · Automation and Emerging Technologies →
Software-as-a-ServiceSaaS
A software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted.
Module 1 · Treasury Technology Landscape →
SWIFTSociety for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
A member-owned cooperative that provides secure financial messaging services to financial institutions worldwide.
Module 3 · Data Integration and Management →
T
Treasury Management SystemTMS
Specialized software used by corporate treasuries to manage cash, investments, and financial risks.
Module 2 · Treasury Management Systems in Depth →

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