Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

acquirer sovraordinato

English translation:

the higher level acquirer

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Italian term

acquirer sovraordinato

Italian to English Law/Patents Law: Taxation & Customs Counterclaim
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e) i titolari della carta, vale a dire coloro che utilizzano una carta di credito del circuito (credit card company) come strumento di pagamento.

Ogni qual volta i titolari effettuano presso gli esercenti convenzionati l’acquisto di beni e servizi con carta di credito, si attivano dei flussi di pagamento nell’ambito dei quali ciascuno dei soggetti suindicati svolge una specifica funzione.

In particolare, l’esercente convenzionato eroga al titolare della carta il bene o il servizio acquistato e riceve il pagamento del corrispettivo dall’acquirer (ossia, company 1).

A fronte di tale pagamento, company 1addebita una commissione, la quale viene di fatto decurtata – alla stregua di una ritenuta fiscale – dall’importo versato.

A sua volta, company 1 riceve da company 2.
(il gestore del network, che funge in pratica da acquirer sovraordinato) l’ammontare versato dal primo a favore del commerciante convenzionato, corrispondente all’ammontare speso dal titolare della carta, al netto di una commissione (anch’essa solitamente trattenuta dall’importo versato) di spettanza del gestore del network per il servizio di pagamento reso nei confronti dell’acquirer.

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Giovanni Pizzati (X) Jan 2, 2016:
Strana forma di italiano.

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the higher level acquirer

The acquirer is the merchant's bank, company two is the credit card association (eg. Visa) which is the intermediary between the acquiring bank and company three (not mentioned here) the issuing bank (customer's bank). The author here has chosen to call the credit card association which clears the transactions a "higher level acquirer". What I have described is the theoretical standard system. In different countries and different associations more than just three entities may be involved. Perhaps this is why company 2 has been described as a type of acquirer, it the real intermediary is at a still higher level with four or more parties involved. Alternatively the author (probably a lawyer, rather than a banker) has not fully grasped the situation or wants to put a legal slant on it.

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Note added at 14 hrs (2016-01-03 04:54:11 GMT)
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Correction "as a type of acquirer, if the real intermediary"
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