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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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The Case for Real Time Gross Settlement (Media Release 1995-05 attachment 1)
9 Aug 2004
Media Release
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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
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
Application for an Exchange Settlement Account
1 Mar 1999
Media Releases
Application for an Exchange Settlement Account
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1999/mr-99-02-app.html
The Role of Exchange Settlement Accounts
1 Mar 1999
Media Releases
The Role of Exchange Settlement Accounts
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1999/mr-99-02-role.html
RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA FOREIGN EXCHANGE SETTLEMENTPRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA ...
18 Dec 1997
Media Release
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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
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