Forward Contract

Custom contract to buy/sell later.

Educational content only. This page does not provide investment, legal, or regulatory advice.

Why it matters

Forward Contract matters because it affects financial interpretation, product decisions, and industry communication.

Forward Contract is commonly explained through its core definition and the practical example used in the glossary.

A common mistake is to use Forward Contract without understanding its operational and regulatory context.

Forward Contract may vary across payment rails, regulations, and market practices.

Acquirer

Bank processing payments for merchant.

AML

Anti Money Laundering.

Anti Money Laundering

Laws against clean dirty money.

Arbitrage

Profiting from price differences in markets.

Asset-backed Token

Token backed by physical assets.

Chargeback

Reversal of a card payment.

Stripe

Stripe: Payment tokenization 101

Used for payment tokenization, network token, and account updater context.

Coinbase

Coinbase Learn: Crypto glossary

Reference source for crypto infrastructure terminology.

Bank for International Settlements

Bank for International Settlements: Crypto reserves and transparency

Used as an institutional reference for reserve transparency context.

Author

Founder and multilingual fintech glossary editor

Reviewer

Editorial and source review layer

Reviewed

3/15/2026