clearing house

noun3

1. •
   A central point where clearing banks and other financial firms exchange checks, settle accounts, etc.

   • The Railway Clearing House, which was established 120 years ago, was disbanded on March 31. [see "Further reading" for the Wikipedia article.] — 1963
2. •
   A repository structure, physical or virtual, that collects, stores, and disseminates information, metadata, and data
3. •
   (figurative) A hub of collection, maintenance, and distribution of goods, information etc.

   • The mixed load is likely to have come from Rotterdam, one of Europe's key clearing houses for drugs — 2011