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German: Abrufauftragsservice

English translation: (UK) BACS system



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German term or phrase:Abrufauftragsservice
English translation:(UK) BACS system
Entered by:Charles Stanford
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Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
German term or phrase: Abrufauftragsservice
Can anyone help please with "Abrufauftragsservice" - here is the definition = EDV-Dienstleistung, die eine elektronische Abwicklung von Zahlungen in unterschiedlicher Höhe und größerer Anzahl an einen gleichbleibenden Empfängerkreis bzw. Einzug von Forderungen im *Lastschrifteinzugsverkehr vorsieht. Der Abrufauftragsservice wird von Unternehmen und Einrichtungen ohne eigene EDV-Anlage in Anspruch genommen.
Charles Stanford
United Kingdom
Clarification request(s) and response
xxxJeffFish: 12:24am Mar 1, 2005: Can you give us a sentence (aside from the definition) in which this term is used? I'm puzzled as to how companies and organizations without their own IT equipment are supposed to use this service. -

(UK) BACS system
Explanation:
This sounds like an excellent definition of what the BACS system does, i.e. automatically collecting payments from, and transferring payment to, the bank accounts of people who have signed an authorisation. If I remember what BACS stands for, I'll add it later. I think ACS is automated clearing services.

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Note added at 10 hrs 7 mins (2005-03-01 09:40:00 GMT)
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It\'s \"Bankers Automated Clearing Services\", though they probably mean Bankers\' Automated Clearing Services.
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Terry Moran
France
Note from asker to answerer
have to go with Terry the Guru
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1(UK) BACS systemTerry Moran
4Automated payment service providergiselrike
3call-off order serviceLouise Gough
4 -1call order service
SwissTell
2clearing service
Andrew Swift


  

Answers

10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
call order service

Explanation:
Abrufauftrag is a call order, no two ways about it. It ought to folow then ..... (see above)


    Reference: http://dict.leo.org
SwissTell
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 159

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral xxxJeffFish: leo isn't always right. And I couldn't find a single finance-related google hit...
10 mins

disagree Terry Moran: What's that?
9 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
call-off order service

Explanation:
Another possibility, based on European Logistics Association terminology.

Louise Gough
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral xxxJeffFish: but this is finance, not logistics
3 mins
  -> Good point - I thought the same term might apply (as is sometimes the case), but wasn't sure.
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
clearing service

Explanation:
Sounds like that's what they are offering.
Look at "clearing service" (26 kggl)and judge for yourself

Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 162

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral xxxJeffFish: Your right on the kilogoogles, Andrew, but Clearing is fairly widespread in German as well, and common synonyms are Abrechnung and Verrechnung. And why the reference to a "constant group of recipients"?
13 mins
  -> Yes, Jeff. That's why it was a confidence level '2'. We await the results of your research...:-)
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Automated payment service provider

Explanation:
or just payment service provider/direct payment provider.
Just from the prospective of my years in banking, in the US there are many companies that provide mainly payroll direct deposit payment services, again for companies without their own inhouse system. It sounds to me as if this is similar to what the company is offering - it is for a set base of individuals/companies that are paid, the amount may vary and they offer direct debit or direct credit. The reason the base of recipients stays the same is because it is typically the employee base (you would need to add/delete employees), or the customer base (you of course add/delete customers), and so overall the base is the same on a monthly basis, plus or minus any adds/deletes.


giselrike
United States
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 35
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(UK) BACS system

Explanation:
This sounds like an excellent definition of what the BACS system does, i.e. automatically collecting payments from, and transferring payment to, the bank accounts of people who have signed an authorisation. If I remember what BACS stands for, I'll add it later. I think ACS is automated clearing services.

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Note added at 10 hrs 7 mins (2005-03-01 09:40:00 GMT)
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It\'s \"Bankers Automated Clearing Services\", though they probably mean Bankers\' Automated Clearing Services.

Terry Moran
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 123
Note from asker to answerer
have to go with Terry the Guru

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree xxxsonja29
3 hrs
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