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Banking Terms - T
  • Tax Anticipation Bill (TAB) - (U.S. Treasury bill sold on an irregular basis and scheduled to mature in periods of heavy tax receipts - intended to provide interim funding until tax payments are received)

  • Tax Anticipation Note (TAN) - (short-term note issued by states and municipalities to finance current operations, with repayment from aniticipated tax receipts)

  • Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) - (federal legislation designed to raise tax revenue by closing various loopholes and instituting tougher enforcement proceedures)

  • Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) - (IRS identification number needed before most bank accounts can be opened - for individuals and sole proprietors, the tax number is the individual's Social Security number; for corporations and partnerships, the TID is the employer identification number (EIN))

  • Third-Party Service Provider (TPSP) - (an entity that processes ACH entries on behalf of a bank, but not considered a party to the ACH transaction, such as an originator or receiver)

  • time deposit (TD) - (savings account or certificate of deposit held in a financial institution for a fixed term or with the understanding that the depositor can withdraw only by giving notice)

  • Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML) - (money laundering involving international, or domestic, trade, such as bulk shipping of raw materials or trade in high-risk activities, such as military arms dealing)

  • Trading With the Enemy Act (TWEA) - (1917 law providing for sanctions against companies doing business with Germany)

  • Transaction Account Guarantee Program (TAGP) - (guarantee of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) that provided customers of insured depository institutions with full coverage on noninterest bearing transactions until December 31, 2010, when it expired)

  • Transferable Underwriting Facility (TRUF) - (Euronote facility allowing the original underwriter, the project manager, to reserve the right to transfer the commitment to another agent willing to assume financial responsibility)

  • Travel and Entertainment (T&E) - (type of business expense);
    (type of charge card used to pay for hotel, airline, and similar employee expenses, which provides a summary statement of expenses charged)

  • Treasury General Account (TGA) - (general checking account for the U.S. Treasury Department maintained at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

  • Treasury Investors/Income Growth Receipts (TIGER/TIGR) - (a form off zero-coupon security - U.S. government-backed bonds that have been stripped of their coupons)

  • Treasury Tax and Loan account (TT&L) - (checking account balances maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department at depository institutions, primarily commercial banks)

  • Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) - (government program created by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA) of 2008, to purchase up to $700 billion in illiquid mortgage-backed securities or other assets from U.S. financial institutions)

  • true interest cost (TIC) - (annual percentage rate cost of credit, including finance charges, credit life insurance, discount points, and prepaid interest)

  • true interest cost (TIC) - (actual cost of issuing a bond, taking into account the present value (time value) of money - commonly used in municipal bond offerings)

  • Trust Preferred Securities (TRUPS) - (hybrid securities issued by bank holding companies with characteristics of preferred stock and subordinated debt which could count towards capital requirements - TRUPS were to be phased out under the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) of 2010)

  • Truth in Lending Act (TILA) - (act, part of the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968, which requires vendors to disclose the method of computing finance charges, the conditions under which a finance charge may be imposed, and the finance charge expressed as an annual percentage rate)

  • Truth in Savings Act (TISA) - (act, part of the Federal Deposit Insurance Improvement Act (FDICIA) of 1991, requiring financial institutions to disclose terms and conditions regarding interest and fees when giving out information on or opening a new savings account)