In plain English
This status marks a gap between sending a payment and getting an official acknowledgment back. The payment has already been sent, but it has not yet been formally confirmed as received or completed.
In context
Here, it labels a payment that has been sent and is still waiting for final external confirmation that it was received or completed.
- Situation
- Reading card, bank, wallet, authorization, decline, pending, and settlement states
- What it communicates
- labels a payment awaiting a final external confirmation.
Meaning limits
By itself, this status does not establish whether the payment will later be formally confirmed as received or completed.
Examples
“Her rent payment is still awaiting confirmation, even though she sent it this morning.”
“After she submitted the transfer, the clerk recorded it as awaiting confirmation.”