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Payments and settlement systems

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This section is about our wholesale payment and settlement systems which enable us to promote and maintain a sound and efficient financial system. We oversee and operate two systems for financial transactions - the interbank Exchange Settlement Account System and NZClear.

NZClear

NZClear provides financial markets with clearing and settlement services for high-value debt securities and equities.

NZClear

ESAS

ESAS is our Exchange Settlement Account System and along with Real-time Gross Settlement (RTGS) allows individual transactions between financial institutions to be settled electronically as the transactions happen.

ESAS