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Real time gross settlement (RTGS) System

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

A type of payments system operating in real time rather than batch processing mode. It provides immediate finality of transactions. Gross settlement refers to the settlement of each transfer individually rather than netting. FedwireÒ is an example of a real time gross settlement system.

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Classifications

Entity Type

System0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

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