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| Glossary |
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| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | ||
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| amount | ||
| The amount of the transfer or payment in the currency of the account. |
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| balance | ||
| The running, calculated amount in the account currency. |
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| billing number | ||
| Your account number with the payee |
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| bill payment company | ||
| A payee who has a relationship with us. We enter and maintain all Payee information except your Billing Number and the Payee Name you use to identify the payee. |
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| complete payments | ||
| The number of recurring payments to make. For example, if you create a
recurring payment to occur monthly for 12 months, enter Complete 12 Payments. |
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| complete transfers | ||
| The number of recurring transfers to make. For example, if you create a
recurring transfer to occur monthly for 12 months, enter Complete 12 Transfers. |
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| continue transfers until further notice | ||
| Indicates that you want the recurring transfer to occur without a set number of transfers.
If you select this, you cannot enter a number in the Complete Transfers field. |
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| credit | ||
| The amount of the transaction, in the account's currency, added to the account balance. |
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| CSV | ||
| CSV is an abbreviation for "Comma Separated Value". The file format is a plain text file. So, once you have downloaded the CSV file, you may open it using your spreadsheet, database or text editing software. |
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| date, posting | ||
| The date the transaction was processed. |
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| date, transaction | ||
| The date the transaction is posted to the account. |
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| days to pay | ||
| The number of days after the send date it will take for a payment to reach a payee. |
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| debit | ||
| The amount of the transaction, in the account's currency, subtracted from the account balance. |
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| deposit only | ||
| If an account is a deposit-only account, you can deposit funds
into the account, but cannot view any account information or perform any other account
functions. For example, a parent can set up a college-age child's chequing account as a
deposit-only account so he can deposit money into that account for his child's tuition. |
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| description | ||
| A text description of the transaction. |
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| display | ||
| The time period for which you want to view transactions. You can specify a date range, or enter the number of days, counting back from the current date. |
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| download to | ||
| Downloads are only available in CSV format. Once you have downloaded the CSV file you may open it using your spreadsheet database of text-editing software. |
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| frequency | ||
How often you want the recurring transfer or payment to occur.
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| from amount | ||
| The beginning transaction amount of the range to search for transactions. Use this field to search for transactions with amounts between this amount and the amount in the To field. |
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| from date | ||
| The beginning date of the date range to search for transactions. Use this field to search for transactions processed between this date and the date in the To field. |
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| from number | ||
| The beginning cheque number of the range to search for cheques. Use this field to search for cheques with numbers between this number and the cheque number in the To field. |
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| indefinitely | ||
| Indicates that you want the payment or transfer to occur with no time limit or end date. If you select Indefinitely, you cannot enter a number in the Complete Payments or Complete Transfers field. |
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| interest amount | ||
| Interest for the transfer being made. If you make a transfer to a loan account, you can specify how much of the transfer amount is to be designated as interest. |
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| number | ||
| The cheque number for which you are searching; used only for CHEQUE transaction types. Use this field when you are searching for a specific cheque number. |
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| number of payments | ||
| For a recurring payment, the number of times you want the recurring payment to occur |
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| number of transfers | ||
| For a recurring transfer, the number of times you want the recurring transfer to occur |
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| pay from | ||
| The name, number, and current balance of the account from which the payment is made. Only accounts that are enabled for payments are listed. |
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| pay to | ||
| The payee's business name. This is the name to which all payments will be made. |
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| payee | ||
| The account name and number to whom the payment is made |
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| payee name | ||
| Your nickname for the payee. This name is an additional way to identify the payee. |
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| payment amount | ||
| The amount you want to pay. This amount must be above the minimum and below the maximum amounts set for payments for your account. |
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| payment date | ||
| The date you want the payment to start processing. If the payment is a recurring payment, this is the date for the first recurring payment.
If you enter a non-processing payment date, the date will be changed to the previous processing day. |
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| recurrence | ||
| The frequency for a recurring transfer |
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| save | ||
| Select this field to save the payee to your Pay Many list. Saving the payee to this list allows you to
select this payee for a multiple payment. |
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| statement date | ||
| The date of the statement currently displayed. |
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| third party transfers | ||
| The process of moving funds from one Scotiabank account to another, where one of the accounts is an internal account and one of the accounts is an external account with a different financial institution within the same country. |
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| to amount | ||
| The ending transaction amount of the range to search for transactions. Use this field to search for transactions with amounts between the amount in the From field and this amount. |
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| to date | ||
| The ending date of the date range to search for transactions. Use this field to search for transactions processed between the date in the From field and this date. |
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| to number | ||
| The ending cheque number of the range to search for cheques. Use this field to search for cheques with numbers between the number in the From field and this number. |
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| transfer | ||
| The process of moving funds from one account to another |
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| transfer amount | ||
| The amount you want to transfer. This amount must be above the minimum and below the maximum amounts set for transfers by the financial institution. |
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| transfer date | ||
| The date you want the transfer to start processing. If the transfer is a recurring transfer, this is the date for the first recurring transfer. If you enter a non-processing transfer date,
the date will be changed to the previous processing day. |
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| transfer from | ||
| The name, number, and current balance of the account from which the funds are transferred. Only accounts that are enabled for transfers are listed.
This account must share the same currency as the Transfer To account. |
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| transfer to | ||
| The name and number of the account to which you are transferring funds. Only accounts that are enabled for transfers are listed.
This account must share the same currency as the Transfer From account. |
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| view transactions | ||
| A date range for the transactions that display. |
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