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PAYMENT ITEM [2 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Negotiable Instruments (Commercial Law)
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

... a bill of exchange drawn on or payable through a member [of the Canadian Payments Association] and includes any other class of items approved by-law....

CONT

All systems for the production of payment requisitions and payment instruments ... must have the capacity for recording and printing on the payment instrument a surname and at least one given name and initial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Effets de commerce (Droit)
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Lettre de change tirée sur un membre de l'Association canadienne des paiements ou payable par son intermédiaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Instrumentos negociables (Derecho mercantil)
  • Comercio exterior
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Record 2 2014-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Negotiable Instruments (Commercial Law)
  • Banking
CONT

The ACSS [Automated Clearing Settlement System] is a deferred net settlement system that handles all payments not processed by the LVTS [Large Value Transfer System], including paper-based payment items (mostly cheques), as well as small-value electronic payment items, such as point-of-sale (e.g., debit card) or automated banking machine transactions, and pre-authorized debits and credits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Effets de commerce (Droit)
  • Banque
CONT

Le SACR [Système automatisé de compensation et de règlement] est un système de règlement net différé qui est utilisé pour traiter tous les paiements qui ne transitent pas par le STPGV [Système de transfert de paiements de grande valeur], y compris les effets de paiement sur support papier (surtout des chèques) ainsi que les transferts électroniques des petits paiements (tels que les transactions aux points de vente, notamment par carte de débit, les transactions aux guichets automatiques et les débits et crédits préautorisés).

Spanish

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