BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Transaction
- any item or collection of sequential items of business that are enclosed in encrypted form in an electronic envelope and transmitted between trading partners
- a trade of a security
Wiktionary Definition for: Transaction
- The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
- A deal or business agreement.
- An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
- finance The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
- computing An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
- finance An economic transaction: a valid currency transfer
Additional Resources
- Avoid Mutual Fund Transaction Costs
- You probably never thought about the cost your fund incurs simply by trading the stocks in its portfolio. Here's why you should — plus a few fund types to be wary of. All the more reason, then, to pay attention to transaction costs: the costs...
- Articles 2009-06-19
- Segregation of Duties in the Real World: Streamline SoDs & Strengthen Controls With Real-Time Transaction Inspection
- A patchwork of preventive and manual mitigating controls will get an organization through the first year of compliance with Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley. But segregation of duties remains a thorny issue for many. It's very important to streamline the segregation of duties with continuous monitoring and real-time transaction inspection for...
- White papers 2005-09-07
- Outsourcing Internet Security: The Effect Of Transaction Costs On Managed Service Providers
- Transaction costs are a significant factor in outsourcing decisions. In the case of Internet security, outsourcing has higher transaction costs for two major reasons: The outsourcing process is not yet standardized; and there is uncertainty about the frequency and impact of cyber attacks creating large variations in coordination costs. This...
- White papers 2006-02-20
- Informix First to Support Microsoft Transaction Server to Deliver Scalable Transaction Processing to the Desktop; Informix to Support ActiveX and DCOM for Simplified, Secure Transaction Application Development and Deployment; Informix Extends Microsoft's
- MENLO PARK, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 10, 1996--Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: IFMX), the leading provider of innovative database technology, today announced its support for Microsoft Corporation's Transaction Server 1.0, a distributed transaction server, to deliver Informix's scalable transaction processing capabilities to MicrosoftR desktop applications.
- Research articles 1996-12-10
- KILL BW1010, VA-TRANSACTION-NTWRK-SVCS and KILL BW1287, CQN-VA-TRANSACTION-NTWRK-SVCS
- Please KILL BW1010, (VA-TRANSACTION-NTWRK-SVCS) Transaction Network Services, Inc. Announces First Quarter 1999 Financial Results -- Revenues Up 111 Percent, which ran on Business Wire at 6:00 ET on 04/21/1999. Also KILL the CORRECTION, BW1287, (CQN-TRANSACTION-NTWRK-SVCS) Correcting Transaction Network Services Diluted Earnings per Common Share and Basic Earnings per Common...
- Research articles 1999-04-21
- AEGON N.V. - Completion capital management transaction AEGON.
- The Hague, January 31, 2008 AEGON announces successful completion of innovative capital management transaction AEGON announced today that it has successfully completed an innovative capital management transaction. This transaction provides the company with flexible solutions that help manage reserves and capital...
- Research articles 2008-01-31
- Transaction Network Services Inc. Deploys Ariel Corp.'s High-Density Modem Pools In Transaction Processing Servers
- CRANBURY, NJ.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 17, 1998--Ariel Corp. (Nasdaq:ADSP) today announced that Transaction Network Services Inc. TNS (Nasdaq:TNSI) has placed an order valued at close to 2 million dollars for Ariel's CTI-Modem, a high-density, 32-port modem pool optimized for transaction processing. TNS will use CTI-Modem to perform the remote...
- Research articles 1998-09-17
- What's Driving The Growth Of BPO? The Emergence Of Transaction Engines - II
- The term "transaction engine" is intended to capture the repetitive and scalable nature of the solutions outsourcing providers develop to provide BPO services through the use of labor arbitrage. The article discusses the two types of repetitive activities in a transaction engine and the synergy across these two types. Transaction...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- Multiple Risky Assets, Transaction Costs and Return Predictability: Implications for Portfolio Choice
- This paper contributes to the dynamic portfolio choice and transaction cost literatures by considering a multi-period CRRA individual who faces transaction costs and who has access to multiple risky assets, all with predictable returns. The paper numerically solves the individual's multi-period problem in the presence of transaction costs and predictability....
- White papers 2002-12-17
- Executive Moves.(Alvarez & Marsal Transaction Advisory Group appointed Anthony Caporrino)(Bain and Company Inc. promoted Erika Serow)(Huron Consulting Group appointed Timothy J. Nugent)
- Byline: adrianne pasquarelli accounting & consulting Alvarez & Marsal Transaction Advisory Group: Anthony Caporrino, 32, was named a managing director. He had been a director, transaction advisory services, at Ernst & Young. Bain Byline: adrianne pasquarelli ...
- Research articles 2006-08-21
- Avid Technology is acquiring Microsoft animation subsidiary SOFT-IMAGE in a transaction valued at $285 million.(Brief Article)
- Avid Technology is acquiring Microsoft animation subsidiary SOFT-IMAGE in a transaction valued at $285 million. Upon completion of the transaction, Microsoft ... Avid Technology is acquiring Microsoft animation subsidiary SOFT-IMAGE in a transaction valued at $285 million. Upon completion of the transaction, Microsoft will own...
- Research articles 1998-06-22
- Tandem ServerWare Embraces Microsoft Transaction Server for Business Critical Applications on Windows NT Server; Tandem and Microsoft Strengthen Strategic Relationship
- CUPERTINO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 10, 1996--TandemR Computers Incorporated today announced support for the MicrosoftR Transaction Server software that will allow users to quickly build business-critical applications. Tandem believes that Microsoft Transaction Server will create a new generation of transaction-based applications that will drive electronic commerce on the Internet and intranets....
- Research articles 1996-12-10
- Affiliated Computer Services Selects Transaction Network Services; More than 20,000 POS Terminals Enhanced by TNS' Transaction Processing and Data Network Services
- RESTON, Va. -- Transaction Network Services TNS, Inc. (NYSE:TNS), a leading provider of business-critical network and data communications services for transaction-oriented applications, today announced that Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. ACS, a premier provider of business process outsourcing and information technology solutions, has selected TNS to provide cohesive transaction processing networking...
- Research articles 2006-08-15
- Landsbanki Concludes CAD 300,000,000 Maple Bond Transaction
- Landsbanki Íslands HF (A2/-/A) has priced a senior 300 million Canadian Dollar fixed rate Maple transaction in the Canadian market, maturing in January 2010. HSBC acted as sole bookrunner on the transaction and CIBC and National Bank of Canada were Co-managers. Landsbanki undertook an investor roadshow in Canada at...
- Research articles 2006-12-11
- Keynote simplifies web transaction measurement and management with Transaction Perspective 3.0; Self-service recorder is fast and easy to use; In-depth error diagnostics for immediate and accurate root cause analysis.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-5 December 2001-KEYNOTE: Keynote simplifies web transaction measurement and management with Transaction Perspective 3.0; Self-service recorder is fast and easy to use; In-depth error diagnostics for immediate and accurate root cause analysis C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05122001 ...
- Research articles 2001-12-05
- AEGON Announces Successful Completion of Innovative Capital Management Transaction.
- THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, January 31 /PRNewswire/ -- AEGON announced today that it has successfully completed an innovative capital management transaction. This transaction provides the company with flexible solutions that help manage reserves and capital in a cost efficient manner. ...
- Research articles 2008-01-31
- Integrated Paving Announces Going Private Transaction at $1.20 per Share
- Integrated Paving Concepts Inc. (the "Company") (TSX:IPA) announced that the Company has entered into a binding letter of intent which provides for a "going private transaction" (the "Transaction") in respect of the Company, pursuant to which minority shareholders will receive $1.20 cash per share. The Transaction also provides that all...
- Research articles 2006-05-12
- Integrated Paving Concepts Inc. Announces Increase of Price Offered Under Going Private Transaction to $1.30 Per Share and Intention to Adjourn Shareholders Meeting Until July 27, 2006
- Integrated Paving Concepts Inc. (the "Company") (TSX: IPA) announced today that the terms of the proposed plan of arrangement transaction (the "Transaction") that, if approved, will result in a "going private" transaction, have been amended to increase the price to be received by minority shareholders from $1.20 cash per share...
- Research articles 2006-07-06
- Optimal Consumption And Investment With Transaction Costs And Multiple Risky Assets
- This article mainly discusses about optimal consumption and investment with transaction costs and multiple risky asset. It considers the optimal intertemporal consumption and investment policy of a CARA investor who faces fixed and proportional transaction costs when trading multiple risky assets. It show that when asset returns are uncorrelated, the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Can Transaction Based Insurance Solve Deal Jitters?
- Whether because of jitters about the economy, deepening uncertainty about values or just a pervasive sense, dividing and allocating risks among the parties to M&A transactions is becoming more difficult, especially in the private equity context. Deals are harder to finance and are taking longer to close, and diligence obstacles...
- White papers 2002-07-01
