Overview#

Transaction Account (or Deposit Account) is an Account used within a Transaction

Transaction Account may be have a Legal definition within a Jurisdiction

Transaction Account is available to the account owner and is available for frequent and immediate access by the Account owner or to others as the Account owner may Delegate.

Access may be in a variety of ways, such as cash withdrawals, use of cheques (checks) and debit by electronic transfer.

In economic terms, the funds held in a Transaction Account are regarded as liquid funds and in accounting terms they are considered as cash.

Some common terms used for Transaction Account

• Demand Deposit Account - checking account
• Savings Account - Transaction Account which that pays interest but cannot be used directly as Currency-exchange in the narrow sense of as a medium of exchange (for example, by writing a cheque).
  These accounts let customers set aside a portion of their liquid assets while earning a monetary return. This account is followed by another account known as Fixed deposit account.

Transaction Account and Payment Services Directive#

Transaction Account is a deposit account held at a Financial Institution (Custodian) which is often referred to as a Account Servicing Payment Service Provider

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• ACH
• Account Information Service
• Account Information Service Provider
• Account Servicing Payment Service Provider
• Account owner
• Clearing House Interbank Payments System
• Demand Deposit Account
• Deposit Account
• Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980
• Financial Settlement
• Payment Initiation Service
• Payment Initiation Service Provider
• Payment Service Provider
• Payment Service User
• Payment Transaction
• Savings Account