收单行 / 收单银行(也称“收单机构”):在银行卡支付体系中,与商户签约并为其提供受理刷卡/线上支付服务的银行或金融机构;负责将交易信息提交到卡组织网络,并与发卡行(issuing bank)进行清算与结算,同时处理对账、拒付(chargeback)等相关流程。
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The acquiring bank set up a merchant account for the new store.
收单行为这家新店开立了商户账户。
After the customer tapped their card, the acquiring bank routed the authorization request through the card network to the issuing bank and later settled the funds to the merchant.
顾客拍卡后,收单行通过卡组织网络把授权请求发送给发卡行,并在随后完成清算结算,将款项入账给商户。
acquiring 来自动词 acquire(“获得、取得”),在支付行业语境中引申为“获取商户(签约入网)”与“承接/受理交易”;因此 acquiring bank 字面义为“进行收单业务的银行”,对应中文常译为“收单行/收单银行”。