acquirer

Sense 1

Stakeholder that acquires or procures a product or service.

Bibliography

NIST CSRC Glossary
Accessed Jan 05, 2026Quoted
acquirer
https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/acquirer
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Source: NIST CSRC Glossary (csrc.nist.gov).

1 (O) /SET/

"The financial institution that establishes an account with a merchant and processes payment card authorizations and payments." [SET1]

IETF RFC 4949 (Internet Security Glossary)

Bibliography

IETF RFC 4949 (Internet Security Glossary)
Accessed Jan 06, 2026Quoted
RFC 4949 — Internet Security Glossary (Version 2)
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4949.txt
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Source: IETF RFC 4949 (rfc-editor.org).

2 (O) /SET/

"The institution (or its agent) that acquires from the card acceptor the financial data relating to the transaction and initiates that data into an interchange system." [SET2]

IETF RFC 4949 (Internet Security Glossary)

Bibliography

IETF RFC 4949 (Internet Security Glossary)
Accessed Jan 06, 2026Quoted
RFC 4949 — Internet Security Glossary (Version 2)
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4949.txt
RFC 4949 is published by the IETF Trust and marked as "Distribution of this memo is unlimited". Verify IETF Trust copyright/licensing terms for reuse.

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