A pending transaction means funds in your account are earmarked and authorized for a specific transaction. However, the transaction isn’t yet fully processed or posted to your account. Read Next: 5 ...

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When you choose to invest money, you first need to transact it. That is, you need to buy into an investment and, eventually, sell out of it. Every investment transaction is an important one because it ...

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Cash equivalents include any items that can be used as cash or converted to cash quickly. Foreign currency and money orders are common examples. As a small business, you'll come across the term in two ...

The treatment of transaction costs in the context of a transaction involving a partnership that is either the acquiring entity or the target entity raises unique issues. In addition to the general ...

Transactions over $10,000 trigger a currency transaction report under the Bank Secrecy Act. Structuring deposits to avoid reports can still alert banks and lead to a possible suspicious activity ...

You may use your credit card to make payments everywhere, including when you travel the world. But be careful: Paying with a credit card in a foreign country can come with foreign transaction fees.