Embedded Payment
An embedded payment is a payment capability integrated directly into a non-payment product, platform, marketplace, or workflow. Users can pay or receive…
Glossary terms starting with E
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Embedded Wallet
An embedded wallet is wallet functionality integrated inside an application so users can hold or transact without leaving the product experience. Reliable…
Emergency Recovery
Emergency recovery is an exceptional, tightly controlled process for regaining or protecting asset control when ordinary access or authorization cannot be used…
Emergency Withdrawal
An emergency withdrawal is an exceptional, time-sensitive transfer of funds or assets from a platform, wallet, custodian, or treasury location because normal…
Emerging Cryptocurrency
Emerging Cryptocurrency is an informal label for a relatively new or still-developing crypto asset whose network, liquidity, adoption, governance, infrastructure, and economic…
Empty Block
An empty block is a valid blockchain block that contains no ordinary user transactions, although it may still include mandatory protocol data,…
Encrypted Backup
An encrypted backup is a protected copy of wallet data, keys, configurations, or records that requires authorized decryption before use. The Encrypted…
Encrypted Mempool
An encrypted mempool hides pending transaction contents until ordering or commitment, reducing opportunities for frontrunning, censorship, and value extraction. The design can…
Encryption
Encryption is a security mechanism or control discipline that transforms readable information into ciphertext so only holders of authorized cryptographic keys can…
Encryption at Rest
Encryption at Rest is a security mechanism or control discipline that protects stored data by keeping database files, disks, backups, objects, or…
Encryption Key
An encryption key is a cryptographic value that controls how an algorithm converts plaintext to ciphertext or restores protected data. Symmetric systems…
End-of-Day Reconciliation
End-of-day reconciliation is the formal comparison and sign-off performed after a defined operational or accounting day has reached its cutoff. End-of-day reconciliation…
End-of-Day Settlement
End-of-day settlement calculates and completes settlement for eligible activity accumulated up to a defined daily cutoff. The cycle can generate net or…
End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) is a security mechanism or control discipline that keeps content encrypted between communicating endpoints so intermediaries cannot normally decrypt…
Endpoint Security
Endpoint Security is a security mechanism or control discipline that protects laptops, phones, servers, terminals, and other connected devices from compromise, misuse,…
Enterprise Settlement
Enterprise settlement is the controlled completion and accounting of payment obligations for a large organization across business units, providers, accounts, currencies, and…
Enterprise Treasury
Enterprise treasury is the organization-wide function that governs liquidity, funding, risk, asset custody, payments, and financial control across business operations. The operating…
Enterprise Wallet
An enterprise wallet is a business-grade wallet environment designed for controlled multi-user asset management, policy enforcement, reporting, and integration with organizational systems.…
Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessment (EWRA)
An Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessment (EWRA) is an organization-level evaluation of material risks across business lines, products, customers, geographies, technologies, third parties, processes,…
Enumeration Attack
Enumeration Attack is an attack or weakness pattern that systematically tests inputs or responses to discover valid accounts, identifiers, resources, services, or…
Envelope Encryption
Envelope Encryption is a security mechanism or control discipline that protects data with a data-encryption key, then encrypts that key under a…
Environment Variable Security
Environment Variable Security is a security mechanism or control discipline that prevents secrets and sensitive configuration stored in process environments from leaking,…
Epoch Block
An epoch block is a block identified by its position at the beginning, end, or checkpoint boundary of a consensus epoch. The…
Equity Token
An equity token is a blockchain token representing shares, beneficial ownership, or equity-like rights in a company, fund, project, or legal entity.…