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Agent Bank

nounid 1464·updated May 9, 2026
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A member of a bankcard company that agrees to participate in an acquirer's merchant processing program. The agent may be liable for losses incurred on its merchant accounts. An agent is usually a small financial institution that wants to offer merchant processing services as a customer service. Agent banks that only refer merchants to an acquiring financial institution's program are known as referral banks.

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

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Variants

plural
Agent Banks
possessive
Agent Bank's
pluralpossessive
Agent Banks'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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A member of a bankcard company that agrees to participate in an acquirer's merchant processing program. The agent may be liable for losses incurred on its merchant accounts. An agent is usually a small financial institution that wants to offer merchant processing services as a customer service. Agent banks that only refer merchants to an acquiring financial institution's program are known as referral banks.

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