FMI type
This filter limits the search results to the selected FMI types. FMIs may be subject to different regulatory, supervisory and oversight regimes depending on their organisation, function and design.
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PS |
Payment system: a set of instruments, procedures and rules for the transfer of funds between or among participants; the system includes the participants and the entity operating the arrangement. |
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CSD/SSS |
Central securities depository: an entity that provides securities accounts, central safekeeping services and asset services, which may include the administration of corporate actions and redemptions, and plays an important role in helping to ensure the integrity of securities issues (that securities are not accidentally or fraudulently created or destroyed or their details changed). Securities settlement system: an entity that enables securities to be transferred and settled by book entry according to a set of predetermined multilateral rules. Such systems allow transfers of securities either free of payment or against payment. Typically, a CSD also operates an SSS. |
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CCP |
Central counterparty: an entity that interposes itself between counterparties to contracts traded in one or more financial markets, becoming the buyer to every seller and the seller to every buyer and thereby ensuring the performance of open contracts. |
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TR |
Trade repository: an entity that maintains a centralised electronic record (database) of transaction data. |