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  2. Automated clearing house - Wikipedia

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    Banking. An automated clearing house ( ACH) is a computer-based electronic network for processing transactions, [1] usually domestic low value payments, between participating financial institutions. It may support both credit transfers and direct debits. [2] [3] The ACH system is designed to process batches of payments containing numerous ...

  3. Clearing house (finance) - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A clearing house is a financial institution formed to facilitate the exchange (i.e., clearance) of payments, securities, or derivatives transactions. The clearing house stands between two clearing firms (also known as member firms or participants). Its purpose is to reduce the risk of a member firm failing to honor its trade settlement ...

  4. List of largest mergers and acquisitions - Wikipedia

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    Transaction values are given in the US dollar value for the year of the merger, adjusted for inflation. As of February 2024, the largest ever acquisition was the 1999 takeover of Mannesmann by Vodafone Airtouch plc at $183 billion ($334.7 billion adjusted for inflation). AT&T appears in these lists the most times with five entries, for a ...

  5. International use of the U.S. dollar - Wikipedia

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    The US dollar is an official currency in Zimbabwe, along with the euro, sterling, the pula, the rand, and several other currencies. A series of Zimbabwean Bond Coins was put into circulation on 18 December 2014 in 1, 5, 10, and 25 cent denominations, and afterwards 50 cent and 1 dollar bonds coins, which are pegged at the same rate as American ...

  6. Bolsa de Madrid - Wikipedia

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    Bolsa de Madrid ( Spanish pronunciation: [bolsa ðe ˈmaðɾið]; Madrid Stock Exchange) is the largest and most international of Spain's four regional stock exchanges (the others are located in Barcelona, Valencia, and Bilbao) that trade shares and convertible bonds and fixed income securities, and both government and private-sector debt.

  7. Venmo - Wikipedia

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    Venmo is an American mobile payment service founded in 2009 and owned by PayPal since 2013. Venmo is aimed at users who wish to split their bills. Account holders can transfer funds to others via a mobile phone app; both the sender and receiver must live in the United States. Venmo also operates as a small social network, as users can observe ...

  8. Charles Schwab Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The Charles Schwab Corporation [2] is an American multinational financial services company. It offers banking, commercial banking, investing and related services including consulting, and wealth management advisory services to both retail and institutional clients. It has over 380 branches, primarily in financial centers in the United States ...

  9. Alcabala - Wikipedia

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    Alcabala. The alcabala or alcavala ( Spanish pronunciation: [alkaˈβala]) was a sales tax of up to fourteen percent, [1] [2] the most important royal tax imposed by Spain in the early modern period. [3] [4] [5] It applied in Spain and the Spanish dominions. [4] The Duke of Alba imposed a five percent alcabala in the Netherlands, where it ...