- Depository Trust Company
- Depository Trust Company ( DTC)An organization that holds physical certificates for stocks and bonds and issues receipts to owners. Securities held by DTC are immobilized so that they can be traded on a book-entry basis. American Banker Glossary————( DTC)DTC is the world's largest central securities depository. It accepts deposits of over 2 million equity and debt securities issues (valued at $23 trillion) from over 65 countries for custody, executes book-entry deliveries (valued at over $116 trillion in 2000) records book-entry pledges of those securities, and processes related income distributions.. DTC is a member of the Federal Reserve System and is owned by The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation ( DTCC), which is in turn owned primarily by most of the major banks, broker-dealers, and exchanges on Wall Street. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary————In the US, a central securities repository, owned by banks and brokerage houses, where stock and bond certificates are exchanged. Exchange Handbook Glossary————DTC is a user-owned securities depository which accepts deposits of eligible securities for custody, executes book-entry deliveries and records book-entry pledges of securities in its custody, and provides for withdrawals of securities from its custody. The New York Times Financial Glossary
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