Third-party depository:
(1) Third-party depository of customer transaction settlement funds is a business provided by commercial banks, which is often used in securities, futures, real estate and other trading activities.
(2) In the past securities trading activities, the trading settlement funds of investors (customers) were uniformly deposited by securities companies;
(3) After development, the CSRC stipulated that customer transaction settlement funds should be uniformly deposited by third-party depository institutions, which refer to commercial banks with third-party depository qualifications.