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Clearing House Associations

nounid 1831·updated May 9, 2026
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Voluntary associations, formed by financial institutions that establish an exchange for checks drawn on them. Typically, institutions participating in check clearing houses use the Federal Reserve's National Settlement Service for the checks exchanged each business day.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Organization85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

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

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Clearing House Associationses
possessive
Clearing House Associations's
pluralpossessive
Clearing House Associationses'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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Voluntary associations, formed by financial institutions that establish an exchange for checks drawn on them. Typically, institutions participating in check clearing houses use the Federal Reserve's National Settlement Service for the checks exchanged each business day.

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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