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Chapter 6
Time For Business - 1st Year
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A financial institution | provides financial service for its customers, including storing their money, managing payments and providing loans |
| Types of financial institutions | Commercial Banks, Credit Unions, Building societies, The Post Office (An Post) |
| A Commercial Bank | Is a bank that offers financial services to the general public and to business |
| Current accounts | Are used for day-to-day banking needs |
| Deposit/Savings accounts | Are used to save money |
| ATM | Automated teller machiene |
| A digital wallet | Is an online service that allows you to make electronic transactions |
| A standing order | Is an instruction to a financial institution to pay fixed amounts to a specific person or organisation on a certain date |
| Direct debit | Is used when the amount to be paid and/or the payment date are likely to change |
| A credit transfer | Is a once-off instruction from a current account holder to their bank to transfer an amount of money to another account |
| POS | Point of Sale |
| DR | Over Drawn |
| A cheque | Is a written instruction from an account holder to their bank to pay a specific amount of money to a named person or business |
| An exchange rate | Is the price at which one currency can be exchanged for another |