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RBA Glossary definition for ESA
ESA – Exchange Settlement Account. An account held at the Reserve Bank of Australia by financial institutions to settle financial obligations arising from the clearing of payments.
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Operations in Financial Markets
24 Oct 2016
RBA Annual Report
– 2016
These are remunerated at the cash rate target. In addition to these balances, ESA holders typically hold aggregate surplus balances of around $2 billion. ... During 2015/16, ESA holders accessed overnight funding from the Bank on only one occasion.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2016/operations-in-financial-markets.html
Operations in Financial Markets
27 Oct 2022
RBA Annual Report
– October 2022
The funds traded in the cash market are the balances held by financial institutions in their Exchange Settlement Accounts (ESAs) at the Reserve Bank. ... The most frequently used standing facilities are those for the provision of intraday liquidity to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2022/operations-in-financial-markets.html
2.3 Banking and Payment Services
19 Oct 2023
RBA Annual Report
– October 2023
Banking and Payment Services | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – October 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2023/banking-and-payment-services.html
Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology – December 2019 | Payments System | Submissions
28 Dec 2019
Submissions
The broader eligibility for ESAs led to an increase in the number of ESA holders, including non-bank third-party payment providers such as Tyro, Adyen, First Data and EFTEX. ... The revised ESA Policy, which became effective in July, seeks to ensure that
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/payments-system/financial-and-regulatory-technology/index.html
Appendix A: Interbank Market Infrastructure
20 Jan 2021
RDP
2021-01
During 2008 there were around 50 banks with RITS ESAs, comprising Australian banks and subsidiaries and/or branches of foreign banks. ... Entities that hold an Austraclear account but not an ESA execute DvP securities settlements by having another bank
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2021/2021-01/appendix-a.html
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Features of the Market
15 Dec 2016
RDP
2016-11
This suggests that banks are managing their end-of-day ESA balances during a briefer period than has been the case historically. ... However, rollovers still appear to be used by banks to manage their end-of-day ESA balances.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2016/2016-11/features-of-the-market.html
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Supplementary Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology – December 2020 | Responses and…
8 May 2024
Submissions
settlement accounts (ESAs) at the Reserve Bank.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/payments-system/supplementary-submission-technology-12-2020/index.html
Banking and Payment Services
12 Apr 2020
RBA Annual Report
– 2020
A further 40 institutions were dormant ESA holders, using another ESA holder as a settlement agent to settle their payment obligations. ... ESA and settlement activities, which are vital to the smooth operation of the payments system.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2020/banking-and-payment-services.html
Operations in Financial Markets
17 Oct 2019
RBA Annual Report
– 2019
target. Therefore, ESA holders typically aim to maintain a small surplus in their accounts. ... The most frequently used standing facilities are those for the provision of intraday liquidity to ESA holders.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2019/operations-in-financial-markets.html
Identifying Interbank Loans from Payments Data
6 Dec 2016
RDP
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from the clearing of payments’ (RBA 2009b). ESAs are mandatory for all Australian-licensed banks. ... uncertainty about their end-of-day ESA balance positions is at its lowest.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2016/pdf/rdp2016-11.pdf