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Straight-through processing exists in numerous areas of financial services, such as payments processing.<ref name=globaltreasurer2007>{{cite web |author=JRobert McKay |title=Payment STP Through High Quality Data |url=https://www.theglobaltreasurer.com/2007/11/22/payment-stp-through-high-quality-data/ |website=www.theglobaltreasurer.com}}</ref><ref name=aisystems>{{cite web |title=Adaptive Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of the BANKAI workshop, Brussels, Belgium, 12-14 October 1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1483298159 |website=books.google.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=inputicenter>{{cite web |title=Vendor Analysis Program |url=http://www.inputicenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/VAP1996-1992CtoE.pdf |website=www.inputicenter.com}}</ref>
Payments may be non-STP due to various reasons<ref name=finextra>{{cite web |author=Ganesh Guruvayur |title=Challenges around STP in Payments |url=https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/8728/challenges-around-stp-in-payments |website=www.finextra.com|date=2 January 2014 }}</ref> such as missing information, information which that is not in a machine "understandable" form (such as name and address rather than a [[Bank code|code]]), or human-readable instructions "Please credit urgently") or simply falls outside of rules for which the bank allows automatic processing (for example, payments of large value or in exotic currencies).
Traditionally, making payments involves many departments in a bank. Both initiating a payment to be sent and processing a received payment may take days. In the past, payments were initiated through numerous "human-friendly" (aka paper-based) means, such as a human through a paper order, over the phone, or via fax.<ref name=globaltreasurer2004>{{cite web |author=Deepak Pareek |title=Rising to the Challenge: Five Barriers to STP in the Treasury Department |url=https://www.theglobaltreasurer.com/2004/11/22/rising-to-the-challenge-five-barriers-to-stp-in-the-treasury-department/ |website=www.theglobaltreasurer.com|date=22 November 2004 }}</ref> The payment order was input into the bank's payment system, then confirmed by a supervisor. This confirmation ensured an accurate match of input versus order before sending the payment. When multiple banks, countries or currencies were involved, the process often took several hours. When the complexity of the payment was higher, the amount of labor increased and additional human intervention resulted in more risk of errors, longer processing time, and higher costs.
In most cases, banks levy charges for non-STP payments or for manual repairs. Alternatively, banks may not charge on a "per repair" basis, but rather levy heavier [[Fee#Banking|fees]] for [[Correspondent bank|correspondents]] that provide lower quality (lower STP) payments.<ref name=globaltreasurer2005>{{cite web |title=Non-STP Fees - What's Really Happening and Why? |url=https://www.theglobaltreasurer.com/2005/04/04/non-stp-fees-whats-really-happening-and-why/ |website=www.theglobaltreasurer.com|date=4 April 2005 }}</ref>
==Equities trading==
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There is often confusion{{according to whom|date=November 2017}} within the trading world between STP and an [[electronic communication network]] (ECN). Although they are similar initiatives, ECN connects orders with those of other traders as well as staff liquidity provides.{{clarify|date=August 2019}} An ECN is also typically a bigger pool of orders than a standard STP.
When fully implemented, STP is able to provide [[Investment management|asset manager]]s, [[broker]]s and [[Broker-dealer|dealer]]s, [[custodian bank|custodians]], [[bank]]s and other [[financial services]] with benefits including shorter processing cycles, reduced settlement risk, and lower operating costs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sebi.gov.in/sebi_data/faqfiles/jan-2017/1485846723481.pdf|title=Frequently Asked Questions on Straight Through Processing|publisher=Securities and Exchange Board of India|accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref> Some industry analysts believe that STP is not an achievable goal in the sense that firms are unlikely to find the cost/benefit to reach 100% automation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waterstechnology.com/waters/news/1610197/stp-credit-derivatives|title=STP and Credit Derivatives|date=February 2008 |publisher=Waters Technology|accessdate=1 September 2014}}</ref> Instead, they promote the idea of improving levels of internal STP within a firm while encouraging groups of firms to work together to improve the quality of the automation of transaction information between themselves, either bilaterally or as a community of users (external STP). Other analysts, however, believe that STP will be achieved with the emergence of [[business process interoperability]].
==See also==
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