Glossary

Definitions of the terms used in this documentation.

Term	Definition
Access token	Short-lived credential, issued from the API key and presented in authenticated requests.
Account	The payee’s registration on the platform, holder of the API key, the balance and the transactions.
Acquirer	Institution responsible for the capture, processing and settlement of card transactions.
API key	Credential composed of a public identifier and a secret, used to issue the access token.
Boleto	Brazilian payment slip, payable across the banking network.
BR Code	Brazilian QR Code standard for payment initiation.
Charge	Payment request created by the integrator, which gives rise to a transaction.
Chargeback	Reversal of a payment as a result of an upheld dispute.
CNPJ	Brazilian taxpayer registration number for legal entities.
CPF	Brazilian taxpayer registration number for individuals.
Digitable line	Numeric representation of the barcode of a boleto.
endToEndId	End-to-end identifier of a Pix payment in the Instant Payment System.
Idempotency key	Identifier provided by the integrator so that repeating a request does not produce a duplicate effect.
Infraction	Record, in the Pix scheme, of a dispute relating to a transaction.
Integrator	Party responsible for the system that consumes the API.
Issuer	Institution that issues the card and maintains the relationship with the cardholder.
MED	Special Return Mechanism (Mecanismo Especial de Devolução), the Pix scheme procedure for returning amounts in cases of fraud or operational failure.
Notification	HTTP request sent by the platform to the integrator to communicate an event.
Payee	Holder of the account to which the amounts of the transactions are credited.
Payer	Individual or legal entity that makes the payment.
Pix	Instant payment scheme established by the Central Bank of Brazil.
Plan	Configuration of amount and billing interval that governs a subscription.
Precautionary block	Holding of an amount in the account balance as a result of an infraction under analysis.
Refund	Return in full of a paid transaction to the payer.
Reserve	Portion of the amount of a transaction held for a set period before release to the available balance.
Status	State of a transaction, infraction, subscription or transfer at a given time, reported in the status field.
Subscription	Recurring billing arrangement on credit card, with renewal performed by the platform.
Tokenization	Replacement of card data by a token of restricted use.
Transaction	Record of a payment, created from a charge.
Transfer	Movement of the available balance of the account to the payee.
Webhook	Notification endpoint registered by the integrator.