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Giro Di Calabria
Giro or GIRO may refer to: Banking and Investments * Giro (banking), a direct payment from one bank account to another instigated by the payer * Girobank, a state owned and later privatised financial institution in the UK * GiroBank, a Danish bank (1991–1995) which through several mergers is now part of Danske Bank * name of a bank account with the Dutch Postgiro, later Postbank, now ING People * Ivelin Giro, Cuban American actress * Jaume Giró (born 1964), Catalan corporate executive * Giro (singer) stage name of salsa singer Jorge López * Anna Girò, 18th-century Italian contralto * Stefan Giro, Australian footballer Places * Giro, Indiana, a small town in the United States * Giro District, Afghanistan Other uses * Girò, an Italian wine grape * Giró blanc, a Spanish wine grape * Giro d'Italia, a bicycling Grand Tour in Italy * Giro d'Italia Femminile, a bicycling Grand Tour in Italy - Women's * Giro d'Italia automobilistico, automobile race in Italy * Giro (company), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giro (banking)
A giro transfer, often shortened to giro (), is a payment transfer from one bank account to another bank account and initiated by the payer, not the payee. The debit card has a similar model. Giros are primarily used in Europe; although electronic payment systems exist in the United States (e.g., the Automated Clearing House) and Canada (e.g., Interac e-transfer), it is not possible to perform third-party transfers with them. In the European Union, there is the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), which allows electronic giro or debit card payments in euros to be executed to any euro bank account in the area. Name The word "giro" is borrowed from Dutch "''giro''" and/or German "''giro''", which are both from the Italian "''giro''" meaning "circulation of money". The Italian term comes via the Latin "''gyrus''" meaning "gyre" from the Greek "''gyros''" meaning "circle". History and concept Giro systems date back at least to Ptolemaic Egypt in the 4th century BC. State granary d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |