Series
CHAPS Co Website
Catalogue reference: T 662
What's it about?
T 662
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the CHAPS Co website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 662
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Title (The name of the record)
- CHAPS Co Website
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Date (When the record was created)
- From 2012
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the CHAPS Co website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Please see information at Divisional level.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Bank of England, 1694-1694
- Treasury, 1667-1667
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- archived website(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Gathered from original website.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Future website versions may be anticipated.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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CHAPS (Clearing House Automated Payment System) is a sterling same-day system that is used to settle high-value wholesale payments as well as time-critical, lower-value payments like buying or paying a deposit on a property.
CHAPS was originally established in London in February 1984 by the Bankers Clearing House. In December 1985 it transferred to the CHAPS and Town Clearing Company Limited. This company also operated the 'town clearing' system, where cheques cleared the same day between the 'town' bank branches in central London; 'town clearing' had been the forerunner of the CHAPS system and was finally closed in 1995. With the closure of the town clearing, the operating company was renamed to CHAPS Clearing Company Limited (informally 'CHAPS Co'). Responsibility for the CHAPS system transferred to the Bank of England in November 2017.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16597663/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: T
Records created or inherited by HM Treasury
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CHAPS Co Website