ASC X9

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Accredited Standards Committee X9 Financial Industry Standards
ASC X9 logo.jpg
AbbreviationASC X9
Formation1974 (1974)
PurposeDevelop standards for the Financial Services Industry
Headquarters Annapolis, Maryland
Official language
English
Chair
Roy DeCicco [1]
Vice Chair
Angela Hendershott
Executive Director
Steve Stevens
Program Manager
Janet Busch
AffiliationsAccredited by ANSI Secretariat for ISO/TC 68
Staff
Ambria Frazier
Website x9.org

The Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9, Inc.) is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) accredited standards developing organization, responsible for developing voluntary open consensus standards for the financial services industry in the U.S. [2]

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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. [3] Membership in ASC X9 is open to all U.S. domiciled companies and organizations in the financial services industry.

Domestic Role

The Accredited Standards Committee X9 develops, establishes, maintains, and promotes standards for the Financial Services Industry in the United States in order to facilitate delivery of financial services and products.

Committees

ASC X9 is composed of five Subcommittees based on Financial Services business sectors:

Standards

Examples of X9 standards commonly used today in the US and around the world are:

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