- AML/BSA: Anti-Money Laundering/Bank Secrecy Act
- BIC: Bank Identification Code
- BIS: Bank for International Settlement
- BSA: Bank Secrecy Act of 1970
- CHIPS: Clearing House Interbank Payments System
- FATF: Financial Action Task Force
- FinCen: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
- FGO: Foreign Gateway Operator
- FX: Foreign Exchange
- GO: Gateway Operator
- IAT: International ACH Transaction
- IBAN: International Bank Account Number
- ISO: International Standards Organization
- KYC: Know Your Customer
- OECD: Organization for Economic Co-operations and Development
- OFAC: Office of Foreign Assets Control
- PE-ACH: Pan European ACH
- RTGS: Real Time Gross Settlement
- SDN: Specially Designated National
- FTO: Foreign Terrorist Organization
- SDNT: Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers
- SEPA: Single Euro Payments Area
- STP: Straight Through Processing
- SWIFT- Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
- USA PATRIOT ACT: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001
- UN/CEFACT: United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
- XML: eXtensible Mark-up Language