The Sum Clearing, the Intraday Clearing  and the Express Clearing are the Danish systems for clearing and settlement of retail payments. The Sum Clearing and the Intraday Clearing are multilateral net settlement systems, which means that amounts corresponding to the sum of payments to and from the banks' customers are exchanged between banks at fixed times during the day. The Express Clearing is a real time gross settlement system in which banks continuously settle payments as they are made.  

The systems are owned by Finance Denmark, and operated by Nets. The Sumclearing, the Intradagclearing and the Straksclearing have a dual participant structure with both direct and indirect participants. Direct participation among other things requires a current account and a settlement account at Danmarks Nationalbank. Indirect participants settle their payments via settlement accounts held by direct participants.

The Sumclearing
In the Sumclearing, exchange of amounts between banks takes place once a day – at 1:30 am. Net positions are calculated on the basis of two subclearings: electronic clearing and truncation, and PBS clearing. Electronic clearing and truncation comprises settlement of inpayment forms, cash withdrawals from ATMs and OverførselsService (transfer service). PBS clearing comprises payments using Nets' own products, including Dankort payments and transfers via Betalingsservice (direct debit) and LeverandørService (supplier service). Payments using international payment cards are also included.

The Intradagclearing
In the Intradagclearing, exchange of amounts between banks takes place four times a day – at 1:30 am, 9:00 am, 12:00 noon and 2:00 pm. This makes it possible to transfer money from an account at one bank to an account at another bank within the same day. Only credit transfers, including consumers' online banking transfers, can be effected via the Intradagclearing.

The Straksclearing

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