Enhance your understanding of retail and commercial payment systems outside the U.S. and learn how the rest of the world has implemented ACH, funds transfer, and check systems. This session focuses on important national payment systems in different countries throughout the world and their distinguishing characteristics – a must for any institution that wants to know more about non-U.S. payment systems. We will also cover the evolving environment for “ACH” payments outside the U.S. and talk about what’s taking place – identifying some of the organizations involved in cross-border “ACH” payment services.
3. Types of Cross-Border Payments
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Source: US Census BureauSource: World Bank
$22.81
$13.07
$11.96
$10.60
$6.13 $5.68
$0.00
$5.00
$10.00
$15.00
$20.00
$25.00
B2B – Supplier Payments
B2C – PayrolleCommerce – C2B
Remittances – C2C
2012 Worker Remittances
(In Billions of U.S. Dollars)
$26.69
$26.74
$37.14
$37.63
$41.23
$42.37
$59.69
$114.31
$181.69
$251.69
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Singapore
Belgium
Netherlands
Brazil
United Kingdom
Germany
Japan
China
Mexico
Canada
2013 U.S. Exports
(In Billions of U.S. Dollars)
5. 5
Mexico
• Hybrid real-time electronic funds transfer system since 2004
• Interbank payment system owned and operated by the central bank
• Processes almost all large value payments and most interbank low value credit transfers
• Funds transferred within minutes
• Available 23 x 5, but most banks offer payment services only 12 x 5
• Average SPEI banking fee is 4 MXN ($0.3)
• Real-time gross settlement network
• Operated by the central bank since 1990
• Limited functionality
• Manages the liquidity provision facilities and
the banks’ current accounts at the central
bank
• Processes mainly low value payments -
checks, the direct debits service, and the
deferred Electronic Funds Transfers (TEF)
service
• Automated clearing house owned and
operated by CECOBAN, a private company
owned by banks
• Most payments are settled D+1
CCEN
SPEI
SIAC
6. Retail Payments Trends in Mexico
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Source: Bank of Mexico
› Mexico is primarily a cash
culture
› Only for larger purchases
such as household
appliances is cash is a less
common form of payment
› In Mexico, combined credit
card and debit card volume
equates to less than 6% of
GDP
› Mexico is heavily unbanked,
but active mobile
subscription is at nearly 90%
penetration rate
SPEI – Non cash payment instruments in Mexico
(Volume)
7. 7
Brazil
COMPE (Check Clearinghouse)STR (Reserves Transfer System)
SILOC (Deferred Settlement System for
Interbank Credit Orders)
SITRAF (Funds Transfer System)
• Real-time gross settlement system
• Hub of the national payment system (all
Brazilian clearing and settlement systems
settle in central bank money)
• Clears checks (T+1)
• Operated by Banco do Brasil
• Deferred settlement for interbank credit
transfers (DOC), and other services (e.g., TEC,
Boleto) (T+1)
• Two settlement sessions are carried out daily
at 8:20 am and 4:10 pm
• Under the supervision of the central bank
• Hybrid system (RTGS-like system): RTGS and
DNS
• Express Wire Transfers – TED (T0)
• Operation starts at 4 am and ends at 5:10
pm
• Under supervision of the central bank
CIP (Interbank Payment Clearinghouse)
8. 8
Canada
USBE (U.S. Dollar Bulk Exchange)
LVTS (Large Value Transfer System)
ACSS (Automated Clearing and
Settlement System)
• Used for CAD wires – high value, same day,
urgent customer and bank transfers
• 16 direct bank participants
• Processes CAD Checks, EDI, low value (up to
C$25 million), credit and debit transfers, etc.
• 11 direct participants
• 99% of daily transaction volume is processed
• These items represent just 10% of the total
value of the clearing
• Next day (ACH style) settlement of USD
• Positions settled through US correspondents
› Overseas Canada’s national clearing
system
› Not an ACH
› Establishes domestic rules framework
The Role of the CPA…
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*The timeframes allowed by the CPA exceed those in the current NACHA rules
NACHA Terminology CPA Terminology
Originator Payee
ACH agreement (between the Payee/Originator and
Sponsoring member/ ODFI)
Letter of undertaking
Receiver Payor
Pre-authorized debit authorization form between the
Payor and Payee
Payor's PAD agreement
Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI) Sponsoring member
Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI) Processing member
Consumer returns are permitted for up to, and
including, 60 calendar days after settlement date
Consumer returns of PADs are permitted for up to,
and including, 90 calendar days after settlement
date*
Corporate returns are permitted for up to, and
including, 2 banking days after settlement date
Corporate returns of PADs are permitted for up to,
and including, 10 business days after settlement
date*
Variable date notice: 7 calendar days prior
Variable amount notice: 10 calendar days prior
Variable PAD date: additional authorization required
Variable PAD amount notice: 10 calendar days prior
Pre-notification is a ‘test entry’ in advance of any
real’ entry
Pre-notification is used to describe each written
notice sent to the Payor / Receiver in advance of a
recurring debit
Learning Canadian…
10. Average Company Ltd.
N408911
555 Main Street East
Toronto, Ontario M5K1X1
________20___
Pay to the order of ___________________________________________$_______
VOID
______________________________________________________/100 DOLLARS
The Scotiabank Bank
Toronto Centre Branch
55 King St. W. & Bay St.
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1A2
408911: 95042 : 002 : 0694:0234567
Account Numbers are Different in Canada…
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Populating the NACHA record with the numbers on a Canadian check:
408911: 95042 : 002 : 0694:0234567
Country
code
Bank transit
routing
number
Institution
number
Foreign receiver’s
account number
(maximum of 12 digits)
To create Foreign Receiving DFI
Identification ⇨ 000295042
1) Add leading 0 to Institution Number
2) Combine with Branch Transit Number
11. Retail Payments Trends in Canada
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Cash
46.0%
Debit
16.0%
ABM
1.0%
Prepaid Cards
2.0%
Checks &
Paper
4.0%
Credit Card
14.0%
On-Us
9.0%
E-Wallets / P2P
0.1%
EFT
8.0%
Cash
2.0%
Checks & Paper
40.0%
Debit
2.0%
ABM
1.0%
Prepaid Cards
0.6%
EFT
32.0%
Credit Card
4.0%
On-Us
18.0%
E-Wallets / P2P
1.3%
Volume Value
Source: 2012 Canadian Payments and Trends Report, CPA
NOTE: With the focus on retail payments or payments other than wholesale payments, LVTS payments are excluded. Business
checks (under $25 million), direct debit, credit card, etc. payments are included in the data.
12. CPA Future Vision:
Migration & Drivers to ISO 20022
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• Enhanced remittance data
• Domestic and global interoperability
• Single global standard
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China
• Check clearance all over China
• Promotes and satisfies non-cash payment
demands
• Established June 2006
• Transactions below RMB 500,000
• Operates 8 am to 5 pm
• Credit collection – T+1; pre-authorized
collection – T+1; dated debit – T +2
• 1754 direct and 107, 755 indirect participants
• Expected to launch at the end of 2015
• Enable cross-border RMB clearing among
both onshore and offshore participants
• Run on a SWIFT standard
• Operate 23 hours a day in 17 different time
zones
• Multilingual
• Real-time gross settlement system
• Established June 2005
• Transactions above RMB 500,000
• Operates 8 am to 5 pm
• 1747 direct and 107,850 indirect participants
CIS (Check Image System)
HVPS (High Value Payment System)
CIPS (China International Payment
System)
BEPS (Bulk Electronic Payment System)
CNAP (China National Advanced Payments System)
14. SEPA: Pan – European ACH
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› 34 countries
› Euro currency only
› All intra-European credit transfers,
direct debits (and card payments)
are domestic payments
› Harmonized legal environment
› Standardized schemes based on
ISO 20022 XML
› Technically interoperable ACH
infrastructures
› Use of IBAN and BIC
› Remittance details of 140
characters
Euro introduced in
interbank
settlement in 1999
2013-2016 EU
Regulation 924 –
SEPA End Date
PSD 2012 (EC
Regulation
260/2012)
EPC Regulation on
mandatory BIC and
IBAN in 2007
PSD 2009 (EC
Regulation
924/2009)
SEPA Direct
Debit (SDD)
launch
SEPA Credit
Transfer (SCT)
launch
Euro Cash and Coins
EU Regulation 2560
introduced for
payments ≤ € 12,500
in 2003
1998 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
EU
Regulation
2560
increased to
€ 50,000
Integrated payments environment…
SCT & SDD
End Date
As of March 2015. Qinsights.net
15. SEPA Members
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European Union (EU)
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Hungary
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Sweden
United Kingdom
Non-Euro
Single Market Area
As of March 2015. Qinsights.net
Italy
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Portugal
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Latvia
‘Euro zone’
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Estonia
France
Finland
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Croatia
Non EEA
Switzerland
Monaco
San Marino
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Norway
Non-Euro
European Economic
Area (EEA)
16. Key Features – SEPA Credit Transfer
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› Faster settlement: maximum one day time between debit on payer
account and credit on payee account (D+1)
› No deductions of charges – beneficiary receives full amount of transfer
› Common pricing – same cost whether within country or cross border
› No scheme or transactions value limit (Exception: Bank of Spain
imposed a 50,000 limit on residential to non-residential transactions
within Spain)
› Central Bank of Reporting (CBR) may still apply to transactions over
defined thresholds in some countries, as they do for domestic
transactions.
CBR, via banks, is to be removed by February 1, 2016
17. Key Features – SEPA Direct Debit
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SDD Core SDD B2B
› Debtor is business or consumer (C2B
and/or B2B)
› All SEPA banks must participate
› First / One off on D-5, recurrent on
D-2
› Refund possible within 8 weeks
› Unauthorized transactions – claims
up to 13 months
› Debtor mandate only to the
creditor
› Returns – 5 days after due date
› Customer pre-notification – 14 days
› Legacy mandates can be re-used
› Debtor is a business (B2B)
› Optional - Restricted number of
banks participate
› All types on D-1
› Refunds are not possible
› Unauthorized transactions – claims
up to 13 months
› Debtor mandate to creditor &
debtor bank
› New mandates are required
› Returns – 2 days after due date
› Customer pre-notification – 14 days
› Debtor bank verifies every SDD
transaction
18. Construction of the IBAN and BIC
International Bank Account Number (IBAN): Length differs per country,
up to maximum of 34 positions
DE 79 3706 0590 1234 5678 90
18
Country
code
Check digits
/ control
code
Bank identifier/ routing
number
Account number
*NOTE: BIC details will no longer be required after February 2016
Bank Identifier Code (BIC)*: length of 8 or 11 letters and numbers
DEUT DE FF XXX
Bank
identifier
Country
code
Location
code
Branch
Code [XXX denotes
head office]
19. United Kingdom
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• 3-day clearing batch system
• Direct debits
• Direct credits (e.g., salary, pensions,
welfare, and tax credits)
• Current account switch service
• Processing time of 15 seconds
• Lower value payments [limited to
between £10,000 and £100,000]
• Small percentage of total UK clearing
value (focus on retail online/telephone)
• 24 x 7 availability
• 140 character narrative
• RTGS intra-day service for sterling
payments
• Low volume - total of .5% of clearing
volume
• High value - 93% of daily value
• The check clearing system in Great
Britain, includes bankers’ drafts, building
society checks, postal orders, warrants
and government payable orders
• The systems for clearing paper bank giro
credits and euro-denominated checks
20. Payments Trends in the UK
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Source: 2013 The Way We Pay Report, Payments Council
26. Cross-Border Considerations…
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Account number
requirements
› BIC, IBAN, Transit and
routing codes
Currencies
› Generally ACH
systems clear in local
currency only
› Varying currency
digits for different
countries e.g., 3 or 0
decimal currencies
Cut Off Times
› Varies greatly by
country or region
e.g., Latin American,
Asia
Settlement Cycles
› Hong Kong,
Malaysia and India
same day
› Generally three
days
Clearing Rules and
Regulations
› Value Dates
› Direct Debit
Mandates
› Recourse
› Returns and Rejects
› Threshold amounts
Features and
Functions
› Varied capacity and
capabilities
› Disparate pricing
› Many regions lack
common standards
Unique Requirements
› Character / language
restriction - Japanese
Zengin Clearing based
on Katakana
› South Africa restricts
specific type of
international flows
Reconciliation
› Challenges with
support of remittance
information including
reference information
29. FedGlobal ACH
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Domestic Formats &
Rules
FX
USD
IAT Format & Rules
USD MXN
02:15 am ET
Day 0 Day 1
ACH Flow Example: Fixed-to-Variable payment to Mexico
› International ACH payments service
offered by the Federal Reserve
Banks to Financial Institutions
› Relies on open bank-to-bank system
› Allows for cross-border ACH credit
payments to 35 countries and
debits to Canada
Services Foreign Gateway
Operator
Service
Provider
Clearing and
Settlement
System
Canada Bank of Nova Scotia n/a ACSS
Mexico Banco de Mexico n/a SPEI
Panama Banco Nacional de
Panama
Telered ACH Directo
Europe DZ Bank Equens Multiple
Latin
America
Banco Rendimento MFIC Proprietary
30. PayPal
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prevention expertise
› >100M active accounts
› >$100B total payment volume
› Millions of merchants, from sole
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› 190 countries
› 25 countries
› Localized websites in 21 markets
› >27 financial networks
› >15K bank partners globally
› 12+ years experience fighting fraud online
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Online Shoppers Prefer
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#2
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Payments network designed for e-commerce
31. Earthport
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Earthport is a regulated global financial services organization specializing in cross-border payments
Established in 1997 | FSA regulated | SWIFT member, supervised financial institution |
Traded on London Stock Exchange (AIM: EPO) | Major investors: Henderson, Schroder, Blackrock, Millennium
Investment by World Bank (IFC) - 2013 | Purchase of Baydon Hill (FX) – 2013
Global reach - 60 countries, multicurrency capability