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''Pensions''.
''Payment systems - credit and debit cards.''


A measure of the life expectancy of current and future pensioners and other beneficiaries of a pension scheme.
In the context of credit and debit cards, a merchant is a business that sells goods and services via cards, whether online or physically presented.


From the perspective of the pensions provider, there is therefore a related 'longevity risk'.


Longevity risk refers to the increased cost of providing pensions, resulting from improvements in health and increases in average life expectancy.
== See also ==
 
* [[Acquirer]]
A closely related term in pensions valuation and management is 'mortality'. 
* [[Card scheme]]
 
* [[Credit card]]
Mortality refers to the relative proportions of groups of pension scheme members who are expected to die in a given period. 
* [[Debit card]]
 
* [[European Association of Payment Service Providers for Merchants]]
So as mortality rates decrease, average life expectancy increases accordingly.
* [[Payment service provider]]
* [[Payments and payment systems]]
* [[PSD2]]
* [[Recourse]]
* [[Strong Customer Authentication]]


 
[[Category:The_business_context]]
== See also ==
[[Category:Cash_management]]
* [[Mortality]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
* [[Pension liabilities]]

Revision as of 09:06, 22 July 2019

Payment systems - credit and debit cards.

In the context of credit and debit cards, a merchant is a business that sells goods and services via cards, whether online or physically presented.


See also