To settle a trade is settled out by the seller delivering securities and the buyer delivering funds in the proper form. A trade that does not clear is said to fail. Comparison of the details of a transaction between broke../../finance-glossary/dealers prior to settlement; final exchange of securities for cash on delivery.
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Automated Clearing House (ACH)
Automated Clearing House (ACH) A collection of 32 regional electronic interbank networks used to process transactions electronically with a guaranteed one-day bank collection float.
British clearers
British clearers The large clearing banks that dominate deposit taking and short-term lending in the domestic sterling market.
Check clearing
Check clearing The movement of a check from the depository institution at which it was deposited back to the institution on which it was written; the movement of funds in the opposite direction and the corresponding credit and debit to the involved accounts. The Federal Reserve operates a nationwide check-clearing system.