CPA Payments Strategy Vision 2020

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CPA Payments Strategy
Vision 2020
Canadian Payments Association          2 Executive Summary                  12 Glossary of Terms
Association canadienne des paiements   3 CPA Payments Strategy              13 Glossary of Acronyms
February 2010                            Vision 2020 Overview               14 Contributors
                                       4 I The Payments Landscape
                                         in 2020
                                       5 II Developing the Strategy
                                       6 III CPA Strategy
                                         CPA Mandate
                                         CPA Vision
                                         CPA Payments Strategy Objectives
                                         CPA Payments Strategy:
                                         Vision 2020
Executive                                                                                                                                 02

Summary
While the payments landscape in Canada has
evolved rapidly over the past ten years, due to
expansive growth in electronic payments and the
increase of payment service providers and new
market entrants, research indicates that the next
ten years will yield a period of even faster changes.

The Canadian Payments Association (CPA) expects Canadian            institutions, stakeholders, and international counterparts and a
payments to quickly mature into highly automated and interactive    comprehensive consultation program that validated the needs
payments, subject to global trends towards enhanced regulation      of the payments industry. Vision 2020 sets a course for the CPA
and oversight that will present challenges to participants, the     during a period of dynamic change for Canadian payments that
clearing and settlement processes and systems.                      is a reflection of the Board of Director’s strategic priorities and
                                                                    is anchored in five important areas.
Recognizing the trends, in 2008, the CPA embarked on a compre-
hensive exercise to develop a long term strategy for CPA clearing
and settlement systems, that would ensure the CPA framework
for clearing and settlement continues to serve the needs of all
participants and the Canadian public. The development of the
CPA Payments Strategy: Vision 2020 (Vision 2020) was
driven in large part by a research program that engaged member
CPA Payments Strategy                                                                                     03

Vision 2020 Overview
The CPA will strengthen its ability to best serve
members and stakeholders in delivering its statutory
mandate by focusing on:

                                                              1
                                          5                                       2

                                                  4                       3

1 Support the Growth of             Promoting modern, innovative, safe and sound frameworks that
                                    support the introduction and usage of electronic payments;
  Electronic Payments

2 Drive Efficiencies in             Driving efficiency for the CPA clearing and settlement systems, CPA
                                    members and payments users by identifying the opportunities to
  Payments                          improve interoperability & straight through processing (STP) capa-
                                    bilities for CPA clearing & settlement systems, and reducing costs;

3 Modernize CPA Legal               Modernizing the CPA legal framework (Act, bylaws, and rules)
                                    to reflect and better accommodate new clearing arrangements,
  Framework                         business models, and emerging market participants and payment
                                    products;

4 Enhance CPA Exchange,             Enhancing the robustness and resiliency of CPA technology,
                                    networks and applications for clearing and settlement, by devel-
  Clearing and Settlement           oping and implementing a multi-year technology strategy that
  Technology                        improves clearing and settlement arrangements and accommo-
                                    dates evolving electronic payments;

5 Expand Value-added                Enhancing services which promote knowledge and information
                                    sharing to better meet the needs of CPA clearing and settlement
  Services                          system participants and users.
I—The Payments                                                                                                                                04

Landscape in 2020
Payments experts believe that in the period between 1999 and 2010
global payment volume increased to around 330 billion transactions
per year, with growth spread unevenly across payment types.1 The
highest growth was in electronic payments, which grew globally to
about 85% of all non-cash payments—with consumer use of payment
cards representing the highest increase.

At the same time, cheque volumes decreased by           At the same time, the global economy will further
approximately 70% globally. From 1999 through
                             2
                                                        drive efficiencies in both domestic and international
2010, Canadian payment card activity is estimated       payments systems. International trade expansion
to have doubled to about 67%, electronic payments       and globalization are growing the demands for
are approximately 85% of all non-cash payments          international payments and will increase pressure
and cheque volumes are about 37% lower. The3
                                                        on traditional international payments models. In
Netherlands have already mandated the virtual           response many countries are moving towards the
elimination of cheques, while the United Kingdom        adoption of international standards and technol-
(UK) plans to do so in 2018, and countries like         ogy to become more integrated and to permit more
Australia have outlined a broad strategy to manage      efficient cross-border payments.
this decline.
                                                        Further, payments users are expecting develop-
As 2010 begins, the next ten years promise to deliver   ments in payments processing to be much more
a rapidly changing payments landscape as increas-       responsive to their requirements and demands,
ing standardization and competition is expected         particularly for payment messages to carry robust
to advance the commoditization of payments.             and standardized remittance information. It is
Payment service providers will continue to grow and     expected that end-users and corporate clients will
further develop niche markets within the payments       wield increasing levels of market power with finan-
value chain; offering new and innovative payments       cial institutions and payment service providers, in     1. TowerGroup, Global

services and solutions. International credit card       satisfying their payment needs.                           Payments: Trends,
                                                                                                                  Opportunities, and Impact
companies will enter non-credit retail payment mar-
                                                                                                                  on the Canadian Payments
kets creating payment competition across the full       The CPA expects the Canadian payments landscape           Industry, February 2008.
spectrum of retail payments. 4 Emerging payments,       to evolve over the next ten years towards highly        2. Payments Industry
                                                                                                                  Environmental Scan 2007—
such as mobile payments are set to grow and could       automated payments subject to global trends in
                                                                                                                  CPA, June 2007.
replace payment cards as the next dominant con-         regulation and oversight that will challenge partici-   3. Global Payments: Trends,
sumer payment. Many countries around the world          pants, the clearing and settlement arrangements           Opportunities and Impact
are addressing the emerging trends with a variety of    and the underlying technology. The framework that         on the Canadian Payments
                                                                                                                  Industry—TowerGroup,
oversight responses including government regulation     underpins the CPA clearing and settlement systems
                                                                                                                  February 2008.
and law modernization, standardization of rules to      and the CPA as an entity, need to be carefully          4. CPA Competitive Landscape
apply to payment service providers and new market       reviewed to ensure each is well positioned to adapt.      and Relevancy Position Paper

entrants, and greater consideration given to payment                                                              Part I Market Research—CPA,
                                                                                                                  November 2009.
stakeholders and users.
II—Developing the Strategy                                                                                                                          05

In 2008 the CPA embarked on a comprehensive
exercise to develop a strategy to ensure that its
framework for clearing and settlement continues
to serve the needs of all participants and the
Canadian public.                                                                                                    CPA’s
                                                                                                                    International
                                                                                                                    Counterparts
In this regard, benchmarking surveys were conducted      the CPA substantiate large segments of the draft
with the CPA’s international counterparts, including     version content, determine areas where further             Benchmarking surveys were
                                                                                                                    conducted with the CPA’s
payment organizations in Australia, Ireland, Japan,      work is needed, and shape a recalibrated CPA
                                                                                                                    international counterparts,
Netherlands, South Africa, the United Kingdom (UK),      Payments Strategy—Vision 2020.                             including payment organiza-
and the United States (US). In addition, a needs                                                                    tions in Australia, Ireland,
                                                                                                                    Japan, Netherlands, South
assessment survey was conducted with CPA mem-            The result is a document that sets out a strategic
                                                                                                                    Africa, the United Kingdom
bers and strategic planning sessions and committee       vision for the CPA, provides a framework for innova-       (UK), and the United States
meetings were held with members and stakeholders.        tion, and will be responsive to the dynamic payments       (US) to develop a strategy
These combined findings served as the basis for          landscape and payments industry needs. The CPA’s           to serve the needs of all
                                                                                                                    participants.
defining the CPA’s future direction in its Draft Long    strategic vision is to play a leadership role in provid-
Term CPA Payments Strategy—Vision 2020.                  ing safe and efficient CPA clearing and settlement
                                                         systems that meet the current and future payments
Following the public release of the Vision 2020 draft,   needs of Canadians. The CPA payments strategy              5. A list of contributing CPA

an extensive consultation program was completed          builds on the CPA’s vision and mandate and provides          members and organizations
                                                                                                                      may be found on page 14.
to engage a wide variety of stakeholders and             a direction for the progression of payments cleared
validate the CPA’s strategic direction. The consulta-    and settled through the Association’s systems.
tion period extended over 100 days and consisted of      The CPA payments strategy also aims to reflect the
webinars, written feedback, and town-hall meetings       demands of the payments industry and will seek
held across Canada. The consultation was attended        to respond to changing industry needs. As such,
by over 240 individuals representing more than 100       the activities planned in pursuit of the overarching
organizations. 5 The CPA received well-informed          strategy for the CPA are intended to evolve over time,
feedback that reflected a rich understanding of          reflect changing market realities, and will follow the
payments and international practices. Much of the        appropriate CPA project methodology.
feedback acknowledged the challenges facing the
payments industry and the CPA, and sought to pro-
vide suggestions and answers. Taken together, the
consultation program was instrumental in helping
III—CPA Strategy                                                                                                 06

CPA Mandate                                            CPA Payments Strategy Objectives
Pursuant to the Canadian Payments Act, the             The CPA continues to play a vital role in the evolution
mandate of the Association is:                         of the payments industry and its payments strategy
• To establish and operate national systems for the    will establish and articulate a dynamic plan that
  clearing and settlement of payments and other        aims to:
  arrangements for the making or exchange of           • Maintain an efficient, modern and accommodating
  payments;                                              CPA clearing and settlement system;
• To facilitate the interaction of its clearing and    • Promote flexibility, innovation, and growth for CPA
  settlement systems and related arrangements            payments; and
  with other systems or arrangements involved in       • Provide CPA clearing and settlement systems that
  the exchange, clearing or settlement of payments;      enable reliable, secure, safe and sound payments.
• To facilitate the development of new payment
  methods and technologies.                            CPA Payments Strategy: Vision 2020
                                                       The CPA will continue its focus on the collaborative
In pursuing its mandate, the Association will          development of rules and standards and a national
promote the efficiency, safety and soundness of its    approach for safe, sound and efficient clearing and
clearing and settlement systems and will take into     settlement systems that best serve CPA members
account the interests of users.                        and that take into consideration stakeholders’
                                                       interests. Relying on the CPA, efficiencies can be
CPA Vision                                             achieved through the coordination and implementa-
The CPA plays a leadership role in providing a safe    tion of common standards and processing rules,
and efficient clearing and settlement system to meet   leading to system interoperability. In the down-
the current and future payment needs of Canadians.     stream markets, payments providers will continue to
                                                       aggressively compete for payment users.

                                                       The CPA’s payments strategy objectives are
                                                       anchored in five key strategic pillars, each
                                                       reflective of specific goals and work initiatives.
                                                       The execution of the initiatives identified under
                                                       each of the following pillars will serve to enhance
                                                       the CPA clearing and settlement systems and
                                                       the relevance of the CPA.
Support the Growth of                                                                                                     07

   1          Electronic Payments

The CPA will enable the migration of paper             added benefits to users and participants of the CPA
payments to electronic payments in its systems         clearing and settlement systems. As such, the CPA
by researching viable payment alternatives,            will seek to study unmet payment needs and facili-
exploring opportunities to leverage investments        tate the progression of electronic payments. Efforts
in imaging, enhancing the existing electronic          will commence with a review to identify barriers to
payments framework, and facilitating new and           increasing the use of electronic payments. The CPA
emerging electronic payment instruments in its         will seek to adapt the rules and develop supporting
framework.                                             communications aimed at promoting electronic pay-
                                                       ments acceptance and usage in Canada.
The migration toward electronic payments presents
a significant opportunity to reduce cost, improve      Given the increasing complexities of this industry
processing speed, and enhance payment-related          and the emergence of non-traditional players in the
services like fraud detection. This move does,         electronic payments space, open collaboration and
however, introduce challenges that must similarly      information sharing between financial service provid-
be considered and addressed, such as increasing        ers, scheme operators, financial institutions and the
complexities and risks, and the varying needs of       CPA will also become an imperative part of the CPA’s
different business segments. However, on balance,      facilitation of electronic payments.
the adoption of electronic payments will introduce

ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS SOLUTION PATH

DESCRIPTION
              Paper to Electronic                      Enhancing CPA                             Facilitation of
              Migration                                Electronic Payments                       Emerging Payments
                                                       Framework

STRATEGIES/   • Undertake a review of barriers to      • Develop and implement policy            • Develop, as required, the standards
INITIATIVE
                increased electronic payment usage       frameworks to support the changing         and rules framework to support the
                and identify opportunities               needs related to:                          clearing and settlement of emerging
              • Develop proactive rule frameworks        • Point-of-Sale (POS) transactions         and innovative payment solutions—
                that facilitate electronic payments       in face-to-face and remote                e.g., mobile payments and EMV Chip
              • Identify opportunities that leverage      environments                              card applications
                image technology investments of          • Electronic Bill Payments
                CPA and members                           Framework
              • Research & identify new potential
                uses for AFT and EDI payments
Drive Efficiencies                                                                                                               08

   2           in Payments

In conjunction with members and stakeholders,            The CPA Member Needs Assessment Survey demon-
the CPA will identify the opportunities to improve       strates that STP and interoperability are key industry
straight through processing (STP) capabilities
                                      6
                                                         priorities. Stakeholders indicated that their interna-
for CPA clearing and settlement systems, and             tional payments needs are not currently being met,
reduce clearing and settlement costs. The CPA            as there is considerable complexity, uncertainty, and    6. Provide a framework to
will also monitor international standards, facili-       lack of transparency. Members and stakeholders             facilitate the capture of
                                                                                                                    payment and remittance
tate knowledge sharing with its members, and             agreed that developing STP could be an important
                                                                                                                    details to enable members
seek domestic applications where applicable.             part of a cheque reduction strategy.                       to offer more complete
                                                                                                                    automated processing of
                                                                                                                    payments reducing the need
Standards for payments messages are significant          Similarly, opportunities exist within the CPA to
                                                                                                                    for processing, keying and/
enablers of innovation, global interoperability,7        enhance and promote the efficiencies of internal           or formatting data.
competition, efficiency, processing speed and cost       processes and CPA clearing and settlement systems,       7. Provide a common founda-
reduction. As such, the CPA and its members will         to contain cost, operational risk and transactional        tion of standards to facilitate
                                                                                                                    efficient sending and receiv-
monitor international efforts and facilitate knowl-      inefficiencies. In conjunction with Pillar 4 Enhance
                                                                                                                    ing of payments.
edge sharing with one another, and where applicable      Exchange, Clearing and Settlement Information
stakeholders, to promote the development and align-      Technology Systems, an IT system health check will
ment of domestic payments standards with existing        be completed and recommendations implemented
international standards. Where a business case is        to enhance internal system delivery to members.
realized for domestic applications, the CPA will seek
to facilitate global and domestic interoperability for
its clearing and settlement systems. Standards will
enable improved CPA member interoperability which
may contribute to future interoperable payment
options for end users.

EFFICIENCIES SOLUTION PATH

DESCRIPTION
                             Explore Efficiencies                                     Integrate With Global
                                                                                      Standards
STRATEGIES/INITIATIVE        • Examine the opportunities resulting from the           • Map Domestic Standards to Global standards
                               establishment of enhanced Remittance Data                (i.e. CPA standards to ISO 20022, EPN 820)
                               standards                                              • In partnership with members, participate in
                             • Identify the opportunities and costs associated          international forums to facilitate development
                               with improving STP capabilities for retail and           of standards for international interoperability—
                               wholesale payments                                       e.g., International Standards Organization (ISO),
                             • Based on international best practices, identify          SWIFT, Global Payments Forum (GPF)
                               near and long-term opportunities to reduce
                               clearing and settlement costs and increase pay-
                               ment velocity—e.g., review ACSS model against
                               other models (to determine continued relevancy
                               and effectiveness)
Modernize CPA Legal                                                                                                                     09

   3           Framework

The robustness and flexibility of the            with a focus on ensuring the efficiency,         select research efforts designed to under-
CPA legal framework 8 and consultative           safety, and soundness of CPA clearing and        stand and assess the issues of payments
processes will be enhanced in order to           settlement systems. Any framework modi-          users and alternative oversight models for
address the dynamic payments land-               fications will be aligned with all applicable    CPA activities. In particular the CPA will
scape and the needs of its users.                global and domestic payment regulations          leverage research in the areas of regulatory
                                                 [e.g. Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and            requirements, in order to highlight the regu-
The International Benchmarking research          Know Your Customer (KYC) provisions].            latory gaps within the Canadian payments
showed a trend towards increased flexibility                                                      landscape; oversight and regulatory models
in clearing arrangements for direct and          Stakeholder consultations revealed a             employed internationally of comparable
indirect clearers, as well as inclusion of new   strong consensus that the rapidly evolv-         organizations to the CPA; and stakeholders
market players in rules, regulations, and in     ing payments landscape—new players               and CPA members to better understand
clearing and settlement systems. For stake-      and payment types, emerging technology           their evolving needs.
holders, modernizing the CPA’s framework         and system functionality and capabilities,
may mean more flexibility in payment pro-        increased competition, and a growing             Given the Minister of Finance’s review of
cessing arrangements & enhanced trans-           number of payments that operate outside          Federal Financial Legislation generally
parency in payment processing practices.         the CPA’s regulatory framework—requires          occurs every five years, the next being
                                                 the CPA to investigate ways in which it may      2012, the CPA may seek to identify and
The CPA will modernize its legal frame-          make better and more efficient use of its        present to the Minister recommendations
work—through the review of its legislation,      statutory mandate. In this regard, the CPA       for legislative amendments to the Canadian
by-laws and rules—to reflect new clearing        will seek to improve its rules development       Payments Act—respecting key policy issues,
arrangements and business models, inno-          and consultation process.                        that may include the governance, member-
vative payment products, and to consider                                                          ship, and funding of the CPA.
new market participants (e.g. Payment            Building on the work already done to date
Service Providers and money service              in the development of strategic payments                            8. The CPA regulatory
providers). These issues will be reviewed        policy, the CPA proposes to undertake                                    framework comprises its
                                                                                                                          governing Act, by-laws, as
                                                                                                                          well as rules, guidelines
                                                                                                                          and standards.

CPA LEGAL FRAMEWORK SOLUTION PATH

DESCRIPTION
                              Modernize CPA
                              Legal Framework
STRATEGIES/INITIATIVE         • Enhance the risk management framework for                • Assess the benefits of implementing more
                                CPA clearing and settlement systems—review                  principle-based rules to the CPA, members and
                                and update current member default model/rules               stakeholders
                              • Update the By-law framework to reflect industry          • Enhance business model to accelerate rule
                                practices and meet member needs— e.g., credit               development “speed to market”
                                union framework                                          • Review and make recommendations on the cur-
                              • Assess models for participation in the retail               rent membership criteria, governance model,
                                payments clearing system that improve upon                  compliance framework, and association dues/
                                its objectivity and transparency—e.g., Direct               funding approach under current mandate
                                Clearer Criteria, Tiering structure
                              • Identify options to enhance the effectiveness of
                                CPA public consultative process
Enhance Exchange, Clearing                                                                                             10

   4           and Settlement Information
               Technology (IT) Systems
The CPA will enhance its current IT systems                Based on a comprehensive assessment of the
by developing and implementing a multi-year                current CPA exchange, clearing and settlement
technology Strategy that will improve clearing             IT systems, the CPA will develop a multi-year
and settlement arrangements and accommodate                Technology Strategy, reflecting leading technology
evolving electronic payments.                              practices, and addressing key issues of CPA IT
                                                           systems performance, availability, costs, security,
The CPA IT systems clear and settle on average             risks, and reliability. This technology program will be
$173 billion every day and plays a vital role in           supported by a clear funding plan to ensure required
Canada’s financial services industry. The CPA will         investments are identified, prioritized and moni-
continue to provide secure, highly available and           tored. In this regard, investments will be guided by
cost-effective exchange, clearing and settlement IT        the strategic priorities of Vision 2020, particularly
systems. Continual and rapid technology advance-           in regard to supporting electronic payments and
ments, heightened member and stakeholder expecta-          improved processing efficiency.
tions and emerging payment schemes/services are
primary change drivers requiring the CPA to invest in
its critical IT infrastructure. In this dynamic environ-
ment, it is imperative that the CPA IT systems not
only meet existing needs but also have the ability to
appropriately respond to future developments.

EXCHANGE, CLEARING AND SETTLEMENT IT SYSTEMS SOLUTION PATH

DESCRIPTION
                              Enhancing the CPA’s Exchange, Clearing and
                              Settlement IT Systems and Applications
STRATEGIES/                   • Based on an IT System Health Check, develop             • Enhance CPA IT systems safety through the
INITIATIVE
                                and implement long-term CPA Technology                     advancement of the information security
                                Strategy and Plan, including long-term                     management program
                                funding plan
                              • Initiate high-priority IT system projects to meet
                                changing payments industry needs and busi-
                                ness requirements
Expand Value-Added                                                                                                        11

   5          Services

Given the increasing complexity of payments              Similarly, there have been calls to bring together
processes and arrangements and the resulting             CPA clearing and settlement system participants to
risk, the CPA will more formally share its               openly discuss CPA payments, clearing and settle-
knowledge and expertise with members and                 ment issues. It is generally recognized by members
stakeholders, and facilitate discussion to               and stakeholders that there is not an appropriate
enhance the understanding of CPA clearing                forum established to facilitate this dialogue. The CPA
and settlement systems and payments.                     will seek to develop a leadership role in the industry
                                                         and leverage its relationships with financial institu-
There exists an opportunity to enhance the               tions, stakeholders, regulators and international
knowledge of market participants and as a result,        counterparts to address these unsatisfied needs.
the efficiency of the CPA clearing and settlement
systems. In responding to the needs of the market
and pursuant to its mandate and value proposition,
the CPA will examine the opportunities to facilitate
training and educational forums with member
institutions and stakeholders.

VALUE-ADDED SERVICES SOLUTION PATH

DESCRIPTION
                            Advance Industry                                           Payments Education/
                            Dialogue & Debate                                          Training
STRATEGIES/                 • CPA will identify issues of common interest to           • The CPA will leverage internal expertise and
INITIATIVE
                                 payments system participants and effective              competencies to enhance members and
                                 means to broker a constructive industry dia-            stakeholder knowledge of CPA payments,
                                 logue— e.g., explore partnerships with stake-           rules, clearing and settlement systems
                                 holder groups and payments forums on specific
                                 issues affecting the CPA or its members
Glossary of Terms                                                                                                                                         12

CPA Legal Framework                       electronic data interchange (EDI) X12   Retail Payments
Comprises the CPA’s legal objects,        820 standards commonly used for         For the purposes of this document,
including its governing Act (the          payment files within the U.S.           retail payments are mainly consumer
Canadian Payments Act), by-laws,                                                  payments or non-urgent payments
rules, guidelines and standards.          Financial Legislative Review            that are of a relatively low value.
                                          Every five years the Government         These payments are not generally
CPA Clearing &                            of Canada embarks on a review           made through the CPA’s Large Value        9. Bank of International
Settlement Systems                        of financial legislation that has an    Transfer System (LVTS).                      Settlement (BIS), Core
Describes the end to end process of       explicit sunset clause.                                                              Principles for Systemically
exchange, clearing, and settlement                                                Risk Management                              Important Payment
                                                                                                                               Systems, p.9
at the CPA, which includes the Legal      Global Interoperability                 A systematic process that involves
                                                                                                                            10. Canadian Standards
Framework, IT systems, accompany-         Describes a situation in which pay-     identifying and assessing risks, evalu-
                                                                                                                               Association, Risk
ing rules and standards, and any other    ment instruments belonging to a given   ating risks against the organization’s
                                                                                                                               Management: Guidelines for
aspects that facilitate or enable CPA     payment scheme may be used in other     stated risk tolerance, communicating
                                                                                                                               Decision-Makers—A National
clearing and settlement of payments       countries and in systems operated in    those risks and developing strategies        Standard of Canada (CAN/
for CPA members.                          separate schemes. Interoperability      to prevent any negative event from           CSA–Q850–97), 2002;
                                          requires technical compatibility        occurring and contain or minimize            IRGC, An Introduction to
CPA Exchange, Clearing and                between the systems, but can only       potential harm, while providing              the IRGC Risk Governance
Settlement IT Systems                     take effect where commercial agree-     reasonable assurance regarding the           Framework, 2008;
Refers generally to the technology,       ments have been concluded between       achievement of the CPA’s objectives. 10      Presidential/Congressional
networks and applications that            the schemes concerned.                                                               Commission on Risk
                                                                                                                               Assessment and Risk
enable the exchange, clearing and                                                 Schemes
                                                                                                                               Management, 1997;
settlement of payments to be carried      Governance                              A payment scheme is defined as a
                                                                                                                               Treasury Board of Canada
out as described in the CPA Rules.        Payment System Governance               payment mechanism that has its own
                                                                                                                               Secretariat, Integrated
This includes the IT systems of the       arrangements may be defined as          distinct:
                                                                                                                               Risk Management
Automated Clearing and Settlement         the set of relationships which exist    1) rules, standards, and guidelines          Framework, 2001;
System (ACSS), the Large Value            between a payment system’s owners,      (policies);                                  Committee of Sponsoring
Transfer System (LVTS), and the U.S.      governing body, management and          2) requirements for storage and com-         Organizations of the
Bulk Exchange (USBE). At members’         other payment system stakeholders.      munication of data between partici-          Treadway Commission
request, the CPA also supports            These arrangements provide the          pants (data flow).                           (COSO), Enterprise Risk
related IT infrastructure for the         structure through which a payment                                                    Management—Integrated
CPA Services Network (CSN), the           system’s overall objectives are set     Strategic                                    Framework, 2004; KPMG
                                                                                                                               LLP, Best Practices in
Financial Institution File (FIF), and     and achieved, risk is monitored and     The formal pro-active consideration
                                                                                                                               Risk Management: Private
the Corporate Creditor Identification     assessed and how performance is         of an organization’s future course or
                                                                                                                               and Public Sectors
Number (CCIN).                            optimized. 9                            direction.
                                                                                                                               Internationally, 1999.

EPN STP 820                               ISO 20022                               Wholesale Payments
This standard was developed by the        This is an eXtensible Markup            Payments, generally of large
Electronic Payments Network (EPN),        Language (XML) schema for the           amounts, which are primarily
one of two Automated Clearing House       development of financial messages.      exchanged between banks or
(ACH) processors in the United            The schema is driven by payments        financial institutions that require
States. The objective is to standardize   industry bodies including SWIFT and     urgent and timely settlement.
the use of ten remittance fields          the Treasury Workstation Interface
to ease payment file integration.         Standards Team (TWIST). ISO 20022
                                          is being adopted as the framework
EPN STP 820                               for payments messaging under Single
This standard is approved by the          European Payments Area (SEPA) rules
American National Standards Institute     throughout Europe, and for the new
(ANSI), and is a derivation of the        SWIFT MX message category.
Glossary                                           13

of Acronyms

ACSS    Automated Clearing and Settlement System
AFT     Automated Funds Transfer
AML     Anti-Money Laundering
CPA     Canadian Payments Association
EDI     Electronic Data Interchange
EMV     Europay-Mastercard-Visa
EPN     Electronic Payments Network
GPF     Global Payments Forum
ISO     International Standards Organisation
IT      Information Technology
KYC     Know-Your-Customer
LVTS    Large Value Transfer System
POS     Point-of-Sale
STP     Straight-Through Processing
SWIFT   Society for Worldwide Interbank
        Financial Telecommunication
UK      United Kingdom
US      United States
Contributors                                                                                                  14

The Association is grateful for the participation and submissions
it received in developing the CPA Payments Strategy: Vision 2020.
The CPA would like to formally acknowledge the contributions of CPA
members and stakeholder representatives from 107 organizations.

ABN AMRO Bank, N.V.,                 Fédération des Caisses               Retail Council of Canada
   Canada Branch                        Desjardins du Québec              Rogers Wireless
ACT Canada                           Financial Consumer Association       Royal Bank of Canada
ADP Canada                              of Canada                         Safeguard Business Systems Inc.
AOC Consulting                       First Calgary Savings Credit Union   Scotia iTRADE
ATB Financial                        Gaz Metro                            Shaw Finance
Bank of America National             Global Thermoelectric Inc.           Smart Strategies
   Association, Canada Branch        Great West Life Assurance Company    Software AG
Bank of Canada                       Groupe Promutuel Fédération          State Street Canada
Bank of Montreal                     GWL Realty Advisors Inc.             SWIFT
Bank of Nova Scotia                  Hedge Rho Management Inc.            Symcor Inc.
Bell Canada                          HSBC Bank Canada                     TD Bank
BNP Paribas (Canada)                 Hydro Quebec                         TelPay Inc.
Bridgewater Bank                     ICICI Bank Canada                    Telus
CGA Canada                           Imperial Oil Ltd.		                  Union Gas
Caisse centrale Desjardins           Industrielle Alliance                UseMyBank Services, Inc.
Canadian Bankers Association         Industry Canada                      Van Leeuwen Engineering Limited
Canadian Council of                  ING Direct Canada                    Vancity Business Banking
   Grocery Distributors              Intact Financial Corporation         Ville de Longueuil
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce   Interac Association                  Visa Canada
Canadian Tire Bank                   Intria Items Inc.                    VisionCraft Development Corp.
Capital One Canada                   Investors Group Inc.                 Wawanesa Mutual
Central 1 Credit Union               Jameson Bank                             Insurance Company
Ceridian Canada Ltd.                 Laurentian Bank                      Westminister Savings Credit Union
CGI                                  Manulife Bank of Canada              Westoba Credit Union
Chambre des notaires du Québec       Meridian Credit Union                York University
Chase Paymentech                     Ministère des Finances du Québec
Citibank Canada                      National Bank of Canada
City of Grande Prairie               NetSecure Technologies Ltd.
City of Surrey                       Ombudsman for Banking
CLHIA                                   Services and Investments
Community Natural Foods              Ontario Financing Authority
Consumers Council of Canada          Optimal Payments
Credit Union Central of Canada       Option consommateurs
Credit Union Central of Manitoba     Payment Solutions Marketing
Cryptolex Trust Systems              Peace Hills Trust Company
CUPS Payment Services                Penn West Energy
Davis + Henderson                    Pitney Bowes Business Insight
Department of Finance Canada         Planet Payment
Duncan Consulting                    Polish Credit Union
EnCana Corporation                   Province of Manitoba
Everlink Payment Services Inc.       Public Interest Advocacy Council
EWA Canada                           Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Expertus                             ResMor Trust Company
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