Glossary

Updated 17 October 2016

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) provides this glossary of payments and market infrastructure terminology as a reference to the standard terms and definitions used in connection with payment, clearing, settlement and related arrangements. Current definitions are now shown alongside the previous ones. You can generate a PDF version of the glossary here.

debit caps

Quantitative limits on the funds transfer activity of individual participants in a system; limits may be set by each individual participant or may be imposed by the body managing the system; limits can be placed on the net debit position or net credit position of participants in the system.

Updated: 1 Sep 2016

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debit caps

Quantitative limits on the funds transfer activity of individual participants in a system; limits may be set by each individual participant or may be imposed by the body managing the system; limits can be placed on the net debit position or net credit position of participants in the system.

Updated: 1 Sep 2016

Source documents

 Additional terms that are not included in the main glossary can be found in the previous version of the glossary.