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Question 1:
Participating Banks
How Many
Participating Banks will be members of the RTGS?
Answer:
Currently
there are five participating banks namely the
Central Bank of Lesotho, Standard Bank Group,
Nedbank, First National Bank and Lesotho PostBank
Ltd. However, the list is expected to increase as
and when new Banks are granted licenses to operate
in Lesotho.
Question
2-4:
Internal Systems to Interface with the RTGS
What
internal systems does the CBL have that will
interface to the RTGS? Who are developers/vendors?
What is the hardware and O/S platform? Are they
online real-time or batch file?
Answers:
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Application Type |
Application Name |
Vendor/ Developer |
Hardware Platform |
Operating System |
Real-Time/
Batch File? |
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General Ledger |
MIDAS |
MISYS |
AS400 |
OS400 |
Batch File |
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Messaging System |
SWIFT-Entry |
SWIFT |
Intel Pentium 4 Stand-alone PC |
Windows 2000 |
Batch File |
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Net Settlement Clearing System |
CBL Clearing & Settlement System (CSS) –
Operated by Central Bank of Lesotho |
Computer Business Solutions (CBS) – Custom
Developed for the Central Bank of Lesotho |
Intel Celeron Stand-alone PC |
Windows XP |
Batch File |
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Securities System |
(a) Book Entry System (BES) |
International Monetary Fund |
IBM Netfinity 5500 Server & Intel Pentium 4
Clients |
Windows NT Server & Windows XP Clients |
Batch File |
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(b) Common Wealth Secretariat Debt Recording
Management System (CSDRMS) |
Common Wealth Secretariat |
IBM XSeries 225 Server & Intel Pentium 4 Clients |
Windows 2003 Server & Windows XP Clients |
Batch File |
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Foreign Exchange System |
None |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Cash System |
None |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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