A collection of transaction records. The data in transaction files is used to update the master files, which contain the data about the subjects of the organization (customers, employees, vendors, etc ...

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Bolstered by its recent acquisition of Carreker Corp., CheckFree Corp. is working on a product that will allow banks to view and manage both check and automated clearing house data in one integrated ...

File-oriented and transaction-oriented storage systems use digital technology, including computers and local area networks, to store information for businesses across the country. For small business ...

What if you could turn the tedious task of combining transaction files into a quick and easy process? With Power Query in Excel 365, you can do just that. This powerful tool allows you to merge files ...

Building a distributed database is complicated and needs to consider many factors. Previously, I discussed two important techniques, sharding and partitioning, for gaining greater throughput and ...

A collection of records pertaining to one of the main subjects of an information system, such as customers, employees, products and vendors. Master files contain descriptive data, such as name and ...

Apple Card added support for exporting monthly statements as CSV files last month. Today, Apple continued expanding its data export options by adding support for OFX files. Read on as we detail how to ...

Ever more numerous digital payments and better management tools are helping transform the venerable stored-credential transaction. As ubiquitous as card-on-file transactions have been, the expectation ...