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  "title": "United States: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation: Technical Note on Selected Issues on Oversight of Payment",
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  "summary": "This technical note reviews the United States Federal Reserve’s oversight of payment, clearing, and settlement systems. As is typical for central banks, the Federal Reserve plays multiple and important roles in payment and settlement systems.",
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      "content": "- This technical note reviews the United States Federal Reserve’s oversight of payment, clearing, and settlement systems.\n- As is typical for central banks, the Federal Reserve plays multiple and important roles in payment and settlement systems.\n- The Federal Reserve also exercises supervisory and regulatory responsibility over certain private-sector payment and settlement systems that have bank charters subject to Federal Reserve supervision or that fall under relevant supervisory provisions for bank service companies.\n- Subject areas: Banking; Clearing and settlement systems; Financial markets; Financial sector policy and analysis; Payment systems; Securities settlement systems; Systemic risk."
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      "heading": "Key findings and emphases",
      "content": "- Review focus: oversight of payment, clearing, and settlement systems by the Federal Reserve.\n- Emphasis on the multiplicity of roles played by the Federal Reserve in payment and settlement systems.\n- Emphasis on the Federal Reserve’s supervisory and regulatory responsibilities for private-sector payment and settlement systems when those systems have bank charters subject to Federal Reserve supervision or fall under supervisory provisions for bank service companies."
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      "content": "- Topics and keywords included: Clearing and settlement systems; CR; financial market utility; ISCR; Payment and; payment system expert; Payment systems; payments oversight function; payments role; policy function; RTGS payment system; securities settlement risk; Securities settlement systems; settlement; settlement activity; settlement infrastructure; settlement service; settlement system; Systemic risk.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Cr10123\n  - Cr10123 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Cr10123 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/united-states-publication-of-financial-sector-assessment-program-documentation-technical-23865"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455206636.002",
    "This technical note reviews the United States Federal Reserve’s oversight of payment, clearing, and settlement systems.",
    "As is typical for central banks, the Federal Reserve plays multiple and important roles in payment and settlement systems.",
    "The Federal Reserve also exercises supervisory and regulatory responsibility over certain private-sector payment and settlement systems that have bank charters subject to Federal Reserve supervision or that fall under relevant supervisory provisions for bank service companies.",
    "Subject areas: Banking; Clearing and settlement systems; Financial markets; Financial sector policy and analysis; Payment systems; Securities settlement systems; Systemic risk.",
    "Review focus: oversight of payment, clearing, and settlement systems by the Federal Reserve.",
    "Emphasis on the multiplicity of roles played by the Federal Reserve in payment and settlement systems.",
    "Emphasis on the Federal Reserve’s supervisory and regulatory responsibilities for private-sector payment and settlement systems when those systems have bank charters subject to Federal Reserve supervision or fall under supervisory provisions for bank service companies.",
    "Topics and keywords included: Clearing and settlement systems; CR; financial market utility; ISCR; Payment and; payment system expert; Payment systems; payments oversight function; payments role; policy function; RTGS payment system; securities settlement risk; Securities settlement systems; settlement; settlement activity; settlement infrastructure; settlement service; settlement system; Systemic risk.",
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