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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818928903321

Titolo

Reforming payments and securities settlement systems in Latin America / / Massimo Cirasino ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2006

ISBN

1-280-72556-7

9786610725564

0-8213-6637-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xv, 277 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

CirasinoMassimo

Disciplina

332.64/2

Soggetti

Payment - Latin America

Clearing of securities - Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Major Trends in Payments and Securities Settlement Systems; 3 Assessment Tools; 4 Payments Systems Assessment Findings in Latin America and the Caribbean; 5 Securities Settlement Systems Assessment Findings in Latin America and the Caribbean; 6 Transparency, Oversight, and Cooperation in Payments Systems; 7 Implementing Payments and Securities Settlement Systems Reforms; 8 Concluding Remarks; APPENDIX; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the Latin America and Caribbean Region (LAC) efforts to raise the awareness of the importance of modernizing national payments systems were formalized in 1999 through the ""Western Hemisphere Payments and Securities Clearance and Settlement Initiative"" (WHI), dedicated to the assessment of payments and securities settlement systems in the LAC countries. This book extracts the main lessons and experiences of the WHI. It describes major trends in payments and securities settlement systems worldwide and undertakes an assessment of LAC systems in relation to international standards and best