The field of accounting concerned with the summary, analysis and reporting of financial transactions related to a business.

plural of Financial Intelligence Unit

A government agency found in many countries, responsible for investigating and preventing criminal manipulation of finance systems.

(finance) An institution that contracts with the bank and the merchant to enable credit card transactions. The acquirer deposits the credit card totals and debits the end-of-month processing fees from the merchants' accounts.

plural of acquiring financial institution

(business) The executive who is in charge of financial affairs, notably as head of a financial department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board who lead the corporation or other organisation as a whole

plural of chief financial officer