Automated Clearing House (ACH) A collection of 32 regional electronic interbank networks used to process transactions electronically with a guaranteed one-day bank collection float.
Automated teller maching (ATM)
Automated teller maching (ATM) Computer-controlled terminal located on the premises of financial institutions or elsewhere, though which customers may make deposits, withdrawals or other transactions as they would through a bank teller. Other terms sometimes used to describe such terminals are customer-bank communications terminal (CBCT) and remote service unit (RSU)Groups of banks sometimes share ATM.
Cross sectional approach
Cross sectional approach A statistical methodology applied to a set of firms at a particular time.