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incoming transfer

An incoming transfer is a payment transaction in which money is received into an account from another account or from another person or organization.

In plain English

This refers to money moving into an account rather than out of it. The money comes from another account or from another person or organization.

In context

As a classification in activity or filters, "incoming transfer" marks a transaction where money was received into the account from another account or from another person or organization.

Situation
Sending transfers, receiving payouts, withdrawing funds, and reading wallet balances
What it communicates
Classifies received transfers in activity or filters.

Meaning limits

The term itself does not say who sent the money or any other details of the transaction.

Examples

“When the landlord returned the deposit, the bank recorded it as an incoming transfer to Maya's account.”

Core meaning

“She filtered the account activity for incoming transfers to isolate the payment her cousin had sent.”

In context

  • transfer Broader Term

    An incoming transfer is a type of transfer distinguished by money moving into the account.

  • outgoing transfer Opposite

    This is the opposite direction of transfer, where money moves out from the account instead of into it.