Frequently Asked Questions

• Participants can get account statement as follows:
• Click on Documents in the toolbar then Account Report.
• Click on Default Account and then Request for Account Report.

RTGS Participants can cancel any unsettled transaction if required by clicking “cancel transactions” icon in Transfer table of DEPO/X

PRISM Participants after verifying the nature of disconnectivity should Contact RTGS PM Office at State Bank of Pakistan for instructions..

PRISM Participant can reconcile their Funds or Securities balances based on Statement Report issued by SBP BSC Karachi Office.

RTGS PM Office notifies Participants to update their dictionaries in case of any addition/deletion of Participants.

PRISM Operating Rules have been issued and are readily available at SBP’s Website.

Reconnect the system and check the status of the transactions. In case of any issue RTGS PM Office should be contacted.

Every participant can check their current Settlement Account Balance from Controller workplace

Participants should change their Password for operator and controller workplace after a certain period of time as per the IT policy of their institution.

Open Userrightutil.exe from operator workplace directory, use “swift” as user ID and password for authorization and change your operator password as desired.

For changing password in controller Workplace user send request to SBP by clicking on Session in the toolbar then action and change password.

• Timings for end of the Day are
• Monday to Friday 05:00 pm

PRISM Participants are required to arrange funds within 15 Minutes after Multilateral Net Settlement Batches (MNSBs) for clearing are posted in PRISM System.

If the priority of both the payment is same then it will settled on FIFO principle that means payment made earlier will be settled first.

• Send created payment to server using controller workplace.
• Check the status of that particular payment (should be settled) in bottom pane of payment window and select that payment.
• Right click on payment and select option “Request for Status” you will receive MT296 for settlement confirmation, or you can also click on “Get Document Status” button on toolbar of controller workplace for that purpose.
• To print MT296 message click on Report Window at toolbar or you can select from Menu Document->Reports.
• Find relevant MT296 of your payment in report window.
• Right Click on MT296 message and select print option, it will print to your connected default printer.

Digital signature is a cryptographic process by which a PRISM message is signed with the sender's Private Signature key so that the recipient of the message with the corresponding public key can accurately determine that the message :(a) is originated from the sender; and (b) Has not been altered since it was signed.

Securities issue dates are available in securities menu.

Banks names are available in other tables of Depo/x for reference.

In PRISM when end of the day runs, system generate statement reports and every participant can get them from the menu by adopting the following procedure:

• Click on Documents in the toolbar then Account Report.
• In this window a Customer Account Report is available (MT 940)
• Customer Account Report is available for previous days also until and unless users archive their Data.
• It may be noted that in DEPOX previous days reports are not available, Therefore Participants should print repots daily after end of the day for their record.

User can move their securities from their own subaccount to IPS subaccount or vice versa by using Delivery vs. Free message (MT 542).Matching required check box in MT 542 should remain unchecked

Priority indicates the level of urgency a payment can be associated with. For details please see section 8 and 10 of PRISM Operating Rules.

This can be done by clicking on print option before clicking on send button.

Complete reports can be retrieved by adopting the following procedure:

• Click on Documents in the toolbar then Account Report.
• Click on Default Account and then Request for Interim Transaction Report.

ILF is a fully collateralized intraday liquidity facility designed to meet Intraday liquidity requirement of eligible participants against eligible securities. For details please see section 13 of PRISM Operating Rules.

Standardization of Customers Cheque Layout