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RBA Glossary definition for Exchange Settlement Account balances
Exchange Settlement Account balances – The sum of balances held in Exchange Settlement Accounts with the Reserve Bank.
RBA Glossary definition for Surplus Exchange Settlement Account balances
Surplus Exchange Settlement Account balances – Exchange Settlement Account balances, excluding balances that account holders keep to meet their after-hours payments in the direct entry system or the New Payments Platform.
RBA Glossary definition for settlement
settlement – The discharge of obligations arising from fund transfers between two or more parties.
RBA Glossary definition for Exchange Settlement Account
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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RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA FOREIGN EXCHANGE SETTLEMENTPRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA ...
18 Dec 1997
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3.2 Settlement methods. For most currencies, foreign exchange payments and receipts were made principallythrough the use of a nostro account held with another (correspondent) bank. ... Settlements in these currencies are not generally ofa significant
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1997/pdf/fxsp.pdf
December: 1997-Risk Management Practices
9 Mar 2023
Media Release
Beyond the fact that most dealers net some foreign exchange settlements, their responses displayed little else in common. ... exchange settlement risk in much the same way as are transactions in USD/DEM, for example.
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1997/mr-97-22-fxsp/risk-management-practices.html
Payments System Board Update: February 2018 Meeting
23 Feb 2018
Media Releases
At its meeting today, the Payments System Board considered issues including the public launch of the New Payments Platform, least-cost routing of transactions on contactless debit cards, card-not-present fraud, technology and the evolving nature of
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2018/mr-18-04.html
The Case for Real Time Gross Settlement (Media Release 1995-05 attachment 1)
9 Aug 2004
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In a RTGS system, a bank can make each payment only if it has adequate balances in its settlement account at the central bank. ... 4. Bank and Austraclear) would strengthen this position further. RITS already provides a facility for real-time funds
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1995/pdf/mr-95-05-attach-1.pdf
Reform of Interbank Payments
5 Apr 1995
Media Releases
Announces that after consulting with the banks and the Australian Payment Clearing Association (APCA), the RBA is now presenting a case for moving to a Real-time Gross Settlement (RTGS) payments system and proposes a means of achieving this
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1995/mr-95-05-attach-1.html
Information on Open Market Operations
19 Jun 2003
Media Releases
After consultation with financial market participants, the RBA has decided to increase the range of information published regarding its open market operations. Effective 20 June 2003, the RBA will publish a summary of each day's open market
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2003/mr-03-07.html