| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACCC |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ADI |
Authorised Deposit-taking Institution |
| APCA |
Australian Payments Clearing Association |
| APRA |
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| ASX |
Australian Securities Exchange |
| ATM |
Automated Teller Machine |
| AUD |
Australian Dollar |
| BI |
Basic Infrastructure |
| BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
| BoE |
Bank of England |
| CAC Act |
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 |
| CCP |
Central Counterparty |
| CFR |
Council of Financial Regulators |
| CFTC |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| CHESS |
Clearing House Electronic Subregister System |
| CLS |
Continuous Linked Settlement |
| CPMI |
Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (formerly CPSS) |
| CPSS |
Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (recently renamed CPMI) |
| CS |
Clearing and Settlement |
| DCO |
Derivatives Clearing Organisations |
| DE |
Direct Entry |
| DTR |
Derivatives Transaction Rules |
| EC |
European Commission |
| eftpos |
electronic funds transfer at point of sale |
| EMEAP |
Executives' Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks |
| EMIR |
European Market Infrastructure Regulation |
| EMV |
Europay, MasterCard & Visa chip card standard |
| ePAL |
eftpos Payments Australia Ltd |
| ERPB |
Euro Retail Payments Board |
| ESA |
Exchange Settlement Account |
| ESMA |
European Securities and Markets Authority |
| EU |
European Union |
| FEX |
Financial and Energy Exchange |
| FMI |
Financial Market Infrastructures |
| FSB |
Financial Stability Board |
| FSI |
Financial System Inquiry |
| FSS |
Financial Stability Standards |
| ICS |
Initial Convenience Service |
| IOSCO |
International Organization of Securities Commissions |
| IRD |
Interest Rate Derivatives |
| LCH.C Ltd |
LCH.Clearnet Limited |
| NBB |
National Bank of Belgium |
| NFC |
Near Field Communication |
| NPP |
New Payments Platform |
| OG |
SWIFT Oversight Group |
| OTC |
Over-the-counter |
| PEXA |
Property Exchange Australia Ltd |
| PFMI |
Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures |
| PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
| PSR |
Payments System Regulator |
| RBA |
Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RBNZ |
Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
| RITS |
Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System |
| SCCI |
Specialist Credit Card Institution |
| SEPA |
Single Euro Payments Area |
| SSF |
Securities Settlement Facility |
| SWIFT |
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication |
| TR |
Trade Repository |
