Peer-to-Peer Payment
A peer-to-peer payment is a transfer of value from one person or account directly to another through a payment network or application.…
Glossary terms starting with P
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Pending Nonce
A pending nonce is the next account transaction sequence value calculated using both confirmed blockchain state and transactions currently known to a…
Pending Payment
A pending payment is a payment that has been created or observed but has not reached a terminal business outcome. It may…
Performance-Based Payment Routing
Performance-Based Payment Routing is route selection that uses measured processing performance such as approval rate, latency, uptime, or cost-adjusted success to rank…
Perimeter Security
Perimeter Security is a security mechanism or control discipline that protects a defined boundary between trusted resources and external or less-trusted networks…
Permanent Deposit Address
A permanent deposit address is a long-lived blockchain address assigned to an account or customer for repeated deposits without generating a new…
Permissioned Stablecoin
A permissioned stablecoin is a stablecoin whose issuance, holding, transfer, redemption, or smart-contract interaction is restricted to approved participants or addresses. Permissions…
Permissioned Token
A permissioned token restricts minting, holding, transfer, redemption, or use to approved participants, addresses, jurisdictions, or application roles. The contract can consult…
Permit Phishing
Permit phishing deceives a wallet user into signing an off-chain token approval or permit message that authorizes an attacker or malicious contract…
Personal Wallet
A personal wallet is a wallet used by an individual to manage their own digital assets, payments, credentials, or application interactions. The…
Personnel Security
Personnel Security is a security mechanism or control discipline that manages risks involving employees, contractors, and trusted workers throughout screening, onboarding, access,…
Phishing
Phishing is a social-engineering attack that impersonates a trusted person, brand, service, or workflow to induce disclosure of information, malware execution, funds…
Phishing Simulation
A phishing simulation is an authorized exercise that sends realistic but controlled phishing messages or scenarios to measure and improve how people…
PHP Payment SDK
A PHP payment SDK provides PHP classes and methods for creating, tracking, and managing payment-provider operations within server-side applications. PHP Payment SDK…
Phygital NFT
Phygital NFT is an NFT designed to connect a digital token with a physical product, collectible, document, location, service, or real-world experience.…
Physical Backup
A physical backup is a tangible copy of wallet recovery information stored on paper, metal, removable media, hardware, or another offline object.…
Physical Goods Crypto Payment
Physical Goods Crypto Payment is a crypto payment made in exchange for tangible products that require inventory, shipping, delivery, or pickup fulfillment.…
Physical Security
Physical Security is a security mechanism or control discipline that protects people, facilities, devices, media, infrastructure, and assets from unauthorized access, theft,…
Physical Settlement
Physical Settlement is the completion of a contract or trade through delivery of the underlying asset, security, commodity, or instrument rather than…
PIN Encryption
PIN encryption protects a personal identification number by transforming it into an approved encrypted form, usually within a secure payment device and…
Platform Integration
Platform Integration connects a software platform to an external payment, wallet, identity, commerce, or infrastructure provider through APIs, events, SDKs, plugins, or…
Platform Merchant
Platform Merchant is a merchant that receives commerce or payment capabilities through a software platform serving multiple businesses. In merchant account and…
Platform Risk
Platform risk is exposure created by dependence on a shared technology, marketplace, operating system, cloud, protocol, or service ecosystem. Platform Risk must…
Point-of-Sale Crypto Payment
A point-of-sale crypto payment is a cryptocurrency or stablecoin transaction made for an in-person sale through a POS system. The POS generates…