The Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9, Inc.) is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) accredited standards developing organization, responsible for the development of financial services standards in the U.S.
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ASC X9 is the USA Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to the International Technical Committee on Financial Services ISO/TC 68 under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), of Geneva, Switzerland, and submits X9 American National Standards to the international committee to be considered for adoption as international standards or ISO standards. Membership is open to all U.S. domiciled companies and organizations in the financial services industry.
Committees
ASC X9 is composed of four Subcommittees based on Financial Services business sectors:
History
In 1984, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved the scope of activity for the X9 Standards Committee on Banking, as "Standardization for Facilitating Banking Operations." Later, X9 expanded its membership beyond banks to include vendors, insurance companies, financial associations, retailers, securities professionals, regulators, and others in the financial services area. With this approval, the name was changed to "X9, Financial Services".
ANSI first granted X9 official accreditation in 1984, and it is now incorporated under a 501c6 non profit designation for associations.
Standards
Examples of X9 standards commonly used today in the US and around the world are: