Okuzeka
Finance & Banking vocabulary · Payments & Cards

Real-time gross settlement

Meaning in finance & banking, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In finance & banking, real-time gross settlement means: Settling transfers individually and continuously, without first offsetting them against other transfers.

In Turkish: gerçek zamanlı brüt mutabakat

How it is used

Abbreviated RTGS; gross describes individual settlement, not the size of a payment.

Example sentences

  1. The bank sent the urgent transfer through real-time gross settlement.

    The payment settles individually rather than waiting for a net batch.

  2. Real-time gross settlement requires banks to manage liquidity throughout the day.

    Each outgoing transfer creates its own immediate funding need.

Common collocations

  • real-time gross settlement system
  • RTGS payment
  • settlementThe final step of a payment or trade, when money or securities actually move from one party to the other and the deal is complete.
  • liquidityHow easily an asset can be turned into cash without losing value, or how much cash and easily sold assets a bank or company has to meet its payments.

More terms: Payments & Cards

Practise with graded reading

Reading at the right level is the fastest way to make new words stick. Pick free English books by level:

This page explains English vocabulary for learners. It is not financial advice.