clearinghouse
Central exchange hub
A clearinghouse is an intermediary that processes transactions between parties.
In banking, clearinghouses settle checks and payments between financial institutions.
The term extends to any central agency that collects and distributes information or resources: The website serves as a clearinghouse for job listings in the nonprofit sector.
Also spelled clearing house.
Resolved dispute or colony
- nettingInterlaced open fabric
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- transactionsExchanges of value
- paymentsMoney given for obligations
interbank · funds · liquidity · centralized · intermediary · counterparty · exchange · processing
Things derived from another
- futuresContracts for future delivery
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
bonds · contracts · trades · brokerage · marketplace · dealers · members · counterparty
Place for storing things
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- registryOfficial record of entries
- directoryFile system container
- archiveStored historical records
aggregator · hub · portal · catalog · index · referral · coordination · dissemination
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- nettingInterlaced open fabric
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- transactionsExchanges of value
payments · interbank · funds · liquidity · centralized · intermediary · counterparty · exchange · processing · transfers
derivatives
Things derived from another
- futuresContracts for future delivery
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
equities · bonds · contracts · trades · brokerage · marketplace · dealers · members · counterparty · margin calls
repository
Place for storing things
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- registryOfficial record of entries
- directoryFile system container
archive · aggregator · hub · portal · catalog · index · referral · coordination · dissemination · matching
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
- Exchange Systemsbarter, currency, money, stock market, commodity exchange
- information sourcespublic library, national library, academic library, digital library, encyclopedia
- banking termsaccount number, routing number, balance, FDIC, bank statement
- Brokeragesstockbrokers, brokers, securities, commissions, brokerage fees
- market participantsbuyer, seller, vendor, supplier, consumer
clearinghousedirect lender
Loan originator, no intermediary
originator · principal · end user · primary source · issuer