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Financial System
Payments and other clearing and settlement systems
General information
What is a payments system?
The Canadian Payments Association (CPA)
How are payments processed?
The Bank of Canada's roles
Canada's major payments systems
The Large Value Transfer System (LVTS)
The Automated Clearing Settlement System (ACSS)
Services provided by the Bank of Canada
Settlement assets, liquidity, and collateral and settlement-agent services
Oversight and legislation
The Payment Clearing and Settlement Act (PSCA)
Designating at-risk systems
Guideline Related to Bank of Canada Oversight Activities under the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act
Responsibilities of the Minister of Finance under the Canadian Payments Act
Other clearing and settlement systems
The CDSX
The CLS Bank
The Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation
International initiatives
The Bank's contributions to the international financial system
Straight-Through Processing of Securities Transactions
Reference material
Articles, research, presentations, links.