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FRB: Press Release -- Request for comment on proposed comprehensive policy statement on Privately Operated Multilateral Settle…

Release Date: November 6, 1997

For immediate release
The Federal Reserve Board today requested public comment on a proposal to integrate its
policies on Privately Operated Large-Dollar Multilateral Netting Systems and Private SmallDollar Clearing and Settlement Systems into a single, comprehensive policy statement on
Privately Operated Multilateral Settlement Systems.
Comment is requested by February 10, 1998.
The proposed policy statement would apply to privately operated multilateral settlement
systems or arrangements that settle U.S. dollar payments, including but not limited to
systems for the settlement of checks, automated clearing house (ACH) transfers, credit,
debit, and other card transactions, large-value interbank transfers, or foreign exchange
contracts involving the U.S. dollar.
The proposed policy statement also would require multilateral settlement systems to address
credit, liquidity, operational, legal, and systemic risks if these risks are material in the
particular system.
The proposal is not intended to alter the Board's policy with respect to existing privately
operated large-dollar multilateral netting systems, but rather to integrate it within a a more
consistent policy framework.
The Board is also proposing to repeal its exiting policies for certain "small-dollar" payments
clearing and settlement arrangements.
The Board's notice is attached.
Summary and proposed notice (49 KB PDF)
1997 Banking and consumer regulatory policy
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