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Prompt payment of suppliers is encouraged or required by a number of initiatives.  


A subsidiary of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the DTC is an automated central securities depository.
Examples include the UK’s voluntary Prompt Payment Code and the EU’s mandatory Late Payment Directive 2011/7.


It is a member of the US Federal Reserve System, a limited-purpose trust company under New York State banking law and a registered clearing agency with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  
 
As an example, signatories to the UK Prompt Payment Code undertake to pay suppliers within a maximum of 60 days (in line with late payment legislation requirements), to work towards adopting 30 days as the norm, and to avoid any practices that adversely affect the supply chain.
 
Similar codes and legislation have been implemented in a number of jurisdictions.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Central securities depository]]
*[[Credit]]
* [[DTCC]]
*[[Open account]]
* [[Securities and Exchange Commission ]]
 
 
===Other links===
*[http://www.promptpaymentcode.org.uk/ Prompt Payment Code home page]

Revision as of 16:04, 8 February 2017

(PPC).

Prompt payment of suppliers is encouraged or required by a number of initiatives.

Examples include the UK’s voluntary Prompt Payment Code and the EU’s mandatory Late Payment Directive 2011/7.


As an example, signatories to the UK Prompt Payment Code undertake to pay suppliers within a maximum of 60 days (in line with late payment legislation requirements), to work towards adopting 30 days as the norm, and to avoid any practices that adversely affect the supply chain.

Similar codes and legislation have been implemented in a number of jurisdictions.


See also


Other links