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margin: 0;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" valign="bottom"> <tr> <td width="125"><strong>CLIENT LOGIN</strong></td> <td>Username:&nbsp;</td> <td> <input type="text" name="entityid" class="formfields" size="15" style="background-color: transparent; border: 1px solid #999;" /> </td> <td width="75" align="right">Password:&nbsp;</td> <td> <input type="password" name="entitypw" class="formfields" size="15" style="background-color: transparent; border: 1px solid #999;" /> </td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><input type="image" name="submit" src="images/loginButton1.gif" width="22" height="22" /></td> <td width="15">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> </form> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="157" valign="top"> <div id="internalNav"> <img src="images/pixelTrans.gif" width="157" height="30" /><br /> <!--left side--> <table width="157" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <table width="136" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tr> <td height="21"> <!--glossary nav--> <h2 style="margin:0;padding:0">Glossary of Terms</h2> <div id="glossary-nav"> <ul> <li><a href="glossary_a-b.shtml">A-B</a></li> <li><a href="glossary_c-d.shtml">C-D</a></li> <li><a href="glossary_e-f.shtml">E-F</a></li> <li><a href="glossary_i-j.shtml">I-J</a></li> <li><a href="glossary_l-m.shtml">L-M</a></li> <li><a href="glossary_n-o.shtml">N-O</a></li> <li><a href="glossary_p-r.shtml">P-R</a></li> <li><a href="glossary_s-t.shtml">S-T</a></li> <li><a href="glossary_u-z.shtml">U-Z</a></li> </ul> </div> <!--end glossary nav--> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="21" background="images/navBarBg.gif"> <img src="images/pixelTrans.gif" width="1" height="1" /> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="images/internalPhone.gif" border="0" width="157" height="35" /></td> </tr> </table> <!--end left side--> <br /> <br /> </div> </td> <td background="images/internalBodyBg.gif" width="409" valign="top"> <img src="images/internalTitleGlossary.gif" width="409" height="54" /><br /> <div id="internalBodyContent"> <h1>CheckGateway.com s Glossary of Financial Terms (L-M)</h1> <p>Use CheckGateway.com as your information resource. Look through our glossary to get the details you need about merchant services, fraud protection and ACH processing.</p> <h2>Level 2 Data</h2> <p>Extra data that may be submitted with the minimum required data for a payment transaction. Examples include shipping and tax information.</p> <h2>Level 3 Data</h2> <p>Broad data that may be submitted with the minimum required data and level 2 data for a payment transaction. Examples include product codes and other merchant-specific order information.</p> <h2>Magnetic Stripe</h2> <p>The black stripe on a credit, debit or stored-value card that stores the cardholder s account or payment information.</p> <h2>Mail Order/Telephone Order</h2> <p>A business, or merchant, that sells merchandise or services to consumers via mail or telephone initiated orders.</p> <h2>Manual Entry</h2> <p>Submission of payment information for a transaction by manually entering the customer s payment information into a hardware terminal or virtual terminal. For instance, any transaction that is not submitted by allowing an organization or business to "swipe," or read, payment information from a magnetic stripe on a credit, debit or stored-value card; or transactions that take place by physically keying in payment information using a keypad. Additionally, for Web merchants a manual transaction might be considered any transaction that is not entered at their e-commerce website by a customer.</p> <h2>MasterCard&reg; SecureCode&trade;</h2> <p>A security program created by MasterCard&reg; to provide identity authentication for cardholders and transaction protection for merchants. By registering for MasterCard&reg; SecureCode&trade;, merchants minimize transaction risks while providing additional security for their MasterCard customers.</p> <h2>MasterCard&reg; Site Data Protection Program</h2> <p>A program created by MasterCard&reg; stating its technology and sensitive data security requirements for merchants and merchant service providers. Compliance is required of its member institutions.</p> <h2>Merchant</h2> <p>The person or business entity that sells goods or services to a customer.</p> <h2>Merchant Account</h2> <p>An account established by a merchant to receive payment via credit cards.</p> <h2>Merchant Account Provider</h2> <p>A financial institution that provides a financial account to a merchant for the purpose of collecting proceeds from consumer bank account or credit card payment transactions.</p> <h2>Merchant Identification Number</h2> <p>A unique number assigned by a merchant bank to a merchant in order to identify the merchant in an e-commerce transaction.</p> <h2>Merchant Interface</h2> <p>The platform that allows merchants to access transaction information, management tools and account settings.</p> <h2>Merchant Service Provider (MSP) </h2> <p>The bank or firm that provides processing for credit card transactions. 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