Glossary

Client application

Connection

Connector

Credentials

Credentials generally represents end user identifiers (login, password or other key fields). In the context of connections in Powens API, "credentials" is also the name we use for a specific authentication mechanism where the end user is filling a form with his identifiers in order to establish the connection with the institution. In this case, we store the credentials in an encrypted and secured device.

Direct Access

Fallback

Open API

PSU

Payment Service User, the end-user of payment services.

Source

Subscription

A subscription is a representation of a bill contract or group of documents. It is a parallel representation of accounts on the bank system.

Webauth

"webauth" is the name we use for a specific authentication mechanism where the end user is redirected to the app or website owned by the institution on which he wants to connect. In this case, we do not store end user credentials, the login process is handled by the institution that just confirms or denies the authentication and calls us back.

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