Equities Clearing Services

The Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS) is NSCC’s central processing system for the transfer of customer account assets.

The Bulk Transfer Initiative streamlines the mass transfer of large quantities of customer accounts and assets from a distressed broker to a more stable broker.

The CNS^® System is NSCC’s core netting, allotting and fail-control engine.

The Cost Basis Reporting Service (CBRS) helps financial firms and other market participants report cost basis information to investors and the federal government.

Envelope Settlement Service (ESS/IESS) standardizes and controls physical delivery of securities.

The Securities Financing Transaction (SFT) Clearing Service are any transactions where securities are used to borrow cash or vice versa.

The Fully-Paid-for-Account is a special sub-account within NSCC’s CNS System that permits Members to use customer fully-paid-for positions to satisfy institutional deliveries in DTC.

Obligation Warehouse (OW) is a non-guaranteed, automated service that facilitates matching broker-to-broker ex-clearing trades and provides the ability to track, manage and resolve failed obligations in real-time.