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14 June 2019

Ref. 34/07/029/0001/002

Payments and Settlement Systems Circular No. 05 of 2019

To: All participants of LankaSettle System

Amendment to Daily Operating Schedule of the LankaSettle System

1. The LankaPay Common POS Switch (CPS) of LankaClear (Pvt) Ltd. is planned to go live from 24 June 2019. The fund settlement of CPS will be implemented in four (04) clearing cycles and RTGS settlement times for each Clearing Cycle will be as follows:

Cycle	LCPL Clearing Cycle	RTGS Settlement Time
1	14:00:01 hrs. – 07:00:00 hrs. (next day)	0900 hrs.
2	07:00:01 hrs. – 10:00:00 hrs.	1115 hrs.
3	10:00:01 hrs. – 12:00:00 hrs.	1315 hrs.
4	12:00:01 hrs. – 14:00:00 hrs.	1515 hrs.

2. Accordingly, you are hereby informed that the table in the Clause 1.2 of Volume 4 of LankaSettle System Rules Version 2.1 – August 2013 on Daily Operating Schedule will be amended as follows with effect from 24 June 2019.

TIME	EVENT	ACTIVITIES / TRANSACTIONS
0630 hrs.	System start-up	Start-up of RTGS/SSS applications.
0730 hrs. to 0800 hrs.	Start of day processing	Update Official Prices of securities, earmarking securities for ILF.
0800 hrs.	LankaSettle System opens for business	System opens for effecting transactions.
0800 hrs.	ILF/Auto reversal of Repos and Standing Deposit Facility (SDF)	Grant ILF and settle second leg of Repos of OMO and SDF
0815 hrs.	Maturities/Interest payments, start of the day (SOD) file and maturities of CBSL Securities	Settlement of maturity proceeds/coupon payments of securities, effecting LankaSettle charges/penalties and maturities of CBSL Securities.
0830 hrs.	Multilateral Net Settlement (MLNS) Batch from LankaClear	SLIPS Cycle 1/Main Clearing of CITS.
0830 hrs.	Outright sales/ Purchases / Long Term Repo Auction/ Issue of Long Term CBSL Securities	Settlement of OMO outright sales, purchases, Long Term CBSL Securities Auction and first leg of LONG Term Repo Auction.
0845 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	Common ATM Switch (CAS) Cycle 1

TIME	EVENT	ACTIVITIES / TRANSACTIONS
0900 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch (CEFTS) Cycle 1
0900 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	Common POS Switch (CPS) Cycle 1
1100 hrs.	Reversal of Reverse Repos and Standing Lending Facility (SLF)	Settlement of second leg of Reverse Repos under OMO and SLF.
1100 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	CAS Cycle 2
1115 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	CEFTS Cycle 2
1115 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	CPS Cycle 2
1145 hrs.	Long Term Reverse Repos (Auction)	Settlement of first leg of Long Term Reverse Repos under OMO.
1300 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	SLIPS Cycle 2
1300 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	CAS Cycle 3
1300 hrs.	Closure of Primary Auction Settlement/Short Term CBSL Securities Auction	Settlement of securities under Primary Auction. Settlement of Short Term CBSL Securities Auction
1315 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	CEFTS Cycle 3
1315 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	CPS Cycle 3
1315 hrs.	Short Term Repos/Reverse Repos (Auction)	Settlement of first leg of Short Term Repos/Reverse Repos under OMO
1445 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	Settlement Clearing and Adjustment Clearing.
1500 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	SLIPS Cycle 3
1500 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	CAS Cycle 4
1500 hrs.	Primary cut-off time for third party transactions	Close for new transactions (for T + 0) in favour of third parties, except for bank-to-bank (MT2XX series).
1515 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	CEFTS Cycle 4
1515 hrs.	MLNS Batch from LankaClear	CPS Cycle 4
1545 hrs.	Cut-off time for Participant managed ILF Repo creation	Participants should not initiate ILF Repos after 1545 hrs.
1600 hrs.	SDF	Settlement of first leg of SDF
1615 hrs.	SLF	Settlement of first leg of SLF.
1615 hrs.	ILF Repayment	Repayment of ILF.
1630 hrs.	Final Cut-off Time Closure of System for business	No further inputs are accepted. With the closure of system for business, queue/Settlement processing will cease and any transactions still in queues will be rejected by the system.
1630 hrs. to 1700 hrs.	EOD processing	End-of-day (EOD) processes e.g. generate reports/GL export (EOD) file, database maintenance for billing/statement printing purposes.
1700 hrs.	System shut down	Commence shutting down of RTGS/SSS application software, obtain off-line backups.

3. Participants are advised to monitor their settlement accounts through browser workstations and ensure sufficient funds are available in the settlement accounts at the time of settlement of Multilateral Net Settlement (MLNS) batches in the RTGS system.

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C P S Bandara
Actg. Director Payments and Settlements

M.Z.M.Aazim
Superintendent Public Debt

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