Article Archives: National News

Account Services

• Ensure your institution has a current Board Resolution (BR) and Official Authorization List (OAL) on file (February 15, 2012)
• Reminder - Changes to Operating Circular 1 (OC1), Account Relationships, became effective September 1, 2011 (October 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Changes to Operating Circular 1 (OC1), Account Relationships, became effective September 1, 2011 (September 15, 2011)
• New National Billing Operations customer support hours effective October 1, 2011 (September 15, 2011)
• Effective September 1, 2011 changes to Operating Circular 1 (OC1), Account Relationships (August 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Federal Reserve Banks use Confirmation.com to process audit confirmation requests for all business lines (June 15, 2011)

Central Bank

• Reminder - Changes to Daylight Overdraft Reports became effective March 12, 2012 (March 15, 2012)
• Changes to be made to Daylight Overdraft Reports effective March 12, 2012 (February 15, 2012)
• 2012 seasonal credit applications are now available (December 15, 2011)

Check/Check 21 Services

• New cash letter forms available for paper savings bonds (April 15, 2012)
• April 16, 2012 - Image-enabled and paper savings bonds processing will begin; April 11, 2012 - Paper savings bonds moved to FRB Atlanta (April 15, 2012)
• Important information about revisions to Operating Circular 3, effective April 11, 2012 (April 15, 2012)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedReceipt^® RTNs (April 15, 2012)
• Image-enabled savings bond processing begins April 16, 2012 (March 15, 2012)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new paper deposit deadline and new routing numbers added to Select Mixed deposit option (March 15, 2012)
• Plan to attend one of the 2012 check adjustments webinars (March 15, 2012)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedReceipt^® RTNs (March 15, 2012)
• Reminder - Clearing process and the structure of the rules for Canadian items (March 15, 2012)
• Check Adjustments Tip: Check Adjustments Quick Reference Guide serves as a valuable resource (March 15, 2012)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedReceipt^® RTNs (February 15, 2012)
• New complimentary Federal Reserve Financial Services webcasts now available (February 15, 2012)
• Check Platform Modernization Initiative Update (February 15, 2012)
• Check Adjustments Tip: Check adjustments resources (January 15, 2012)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedReceipt^® RTNs (January 15, 2012)
• Changes to Foreign Check Processing support number (December 15, 2011)
• Announcing year-end freeze period for Check Services (December 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedReceipt^® RTNs (December 15, 2011)
• Check adjustments webinar series continues in 2012 (December 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Clearing process and the structure of the rules for Canadian items (December 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Foreign (non-Canadian) Check Collection Service scheduled to move to the Atlanta Office effective December 5, 2011 (November 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Changes in Large Dollar Canadian Item Service (November 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedReceipt^® RTNs (November 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedReceipt^® RTNs (October 15, 2011)
• Foreign (non-Canadian) Check Collection Service scheduled to move to the Atlanta Office effective December 5, 2011 (October 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedForward^® deposit options (September 15, 2011)
• Electronic check adjustments resources (September 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Clearing process and the structure of the rules for Canadian items (September 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Upcoming Federal Reserve Banks Check 21 platform tests (September 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedReceipt^® RTNs (September 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Changes in availability on substitute check endpoints become effective August 22, 2011 (August 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedReceipt^® RTNs (August 15, 2011)
• Changes in Large Dollar Canadian Item Service (August 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Upcoming Federal Reserve Bank Check 21 platform tests (August 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedReceipt^® RTNs (July 15, 2011)
• Upcoming Federal Reserve Bank Check 21 platform tests (July 15, 2011)
• Check Platform Modernization Initiative (July 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedReceipt^® RTNs (June 15, 2011)
• Plan to attend one of the check adjustments webinars (June 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce enhanced FedImage^® Archive and Storage Services (June 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce new FedReceipt^® RTNs (May 15, 2011)
• Reminder of clearing process and the structure of the rules for Canadian items (May 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Changes in presentment transportation effective May 2, 2011 (May 15, 2011)
• Important information for all paper check depositors (May 15, 2011)

Customer Support

• Recent enhancements made to the Service Status page on FRBservices.org (March 15, 2012)
• Business Continuity Planning: Importance of periodically reviewing End User Authorization Contact (EUAC) and Subscriber contact information (December 15, 2011)
• Business Continuity Planning: Checklist of important things to consider during contingency planning (December 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Financial Services information resources, customer support and education materials available at your fingertips (November 15, 2011)
• Business Continuity Planning: Responding to a national contingency situation (November 15, 2011)
• Business Continuity Planning: Responding to a FedCash Services disruption (October 15, 2011)
• Business Continuity Planning: Federal Reserve Bank service disruption communication enhancements (October 15, 2011)
• Changes to Customer Contact Center FedLine^® Technical Support and Service Setup menu options (October 15, 2011)
• Business Continuity Planning: Responding to an Account Services disruption to services (September 15, 2011)
• Business Continuity Planning: Responding to a Check Services disruption to services (September 15, 2011)
• Business Continuity Planning: End User Authorization Contact's role in contingency preparedness (September 15, 2011)
• Business Continuity Planning: Responding to a FedACH^® Services outage or disruption situation (August 15, 2011)
• Business Continuity Planning: An offline alternative for your most critical Fedwire^® transactions (July 15, 2011)
• Business Continuity Planning: Responding to FedLine^® Access Solutions outage or disruption situation (June 15, 2011)
• Business continuity planning: Local disruption scenario (May 15, 2011)

FedACH^® Services

• FedEDI^® Plus Service now named FedPayments^® Reporter Service (March 15, 2012)
• Reminder - Important information about building valid FedACH Risk^® RDFI Alert item-level criteria (March 15, 2012)
• Discontinuation of FedACH^® Services via the FedPhone^® access solution (February 15, 2012)
• Reminder - FedEDI^® Plus Service changing name to FedPayments^® Reporter (February 15, 2012)
• FedEDI^® Plus Service changing name to FedPayments^® Reporter (January 15, 2012)
• Important information about building valid FedACH Risk^® RDFI Alert item-level criteria (November 15, 2011)
• Important information about building valid FedACH Risk^® RDFI Alert batch- and item-level criteria (October 15, 2011)
• FedEDI^® Plus Service adds new billing codes to Premier report price tiers (October 15, 2011)
• ACH Rules changes effective September 16, 2011 (September 15, 2011)
• New FedACH^® Services On-us Inclusion feature allows for enhanced automated ACH reporting for the FedEDI^® Plus Service (September 15, 2011)
• Article Update - FedEDI^® Plus Service Quick Scan Report name change (July 15, 2011)
• Help educate Receivers: Incoming international payments may arrive as IAT items (July 15, 2011)
• Reminder - FedACH Risk^® RDFI (formerly "File") Alert Service can help RDFIs proactively monitor incoming ACH transactions (July 15, 2011)

FedCash^® Services

• James Garfield $1 Coin public release and the end of the special order period (November 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Holiday currency information now available (November 15, 2011)
• Reminder of requirements for contaminated currency deposits (November 15, 2011)
• Holiday currency information now available (October 15, 2011)
• James Garfield $1 Coin public release (October 15, 2011)
• Rutherford Hayes $1 Coin public release and end of the special order period (August 15, 2011)
• Rutherford Hayes $1 Coin public release (July 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce update to Custodial Inventory and Coin Terminal services via the FedLine Web^® access solution (June 15, 2011)
• Progress update toward introducing the new $100 note (June 15, 2011)
• Ulysses Grant $1 Coin public release and end of the special order period (May 15, 2011)

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FedLine^® Access Solutions

• Sign up now to receive Capital Stock Reports via FedMail^® Services (February 15, 2012)
• Reminder - Upcoming FedLine^® user authentication enhancements (January 15, 2012)
• Reminder - Capital Stock Reports available via FedMail^® Services (December 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Bank Services begin support for Microsoft^® Internet Explorer^® v9.0 (November 15, 2011)
• Additional information about upcoming FedLine^® user authentication enhancements (November 15, 2011)
• Capital Stock Reports available via FedMail^® Services (November 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Bank Services delay support for Microsoft^® Internet Explorer^® v9.0 (October 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Bank Services plan to begin support for Microsoft^® Internet Explorer^® v9.0 (September 15, 2011)
• Important Information Regarding the Federal Reserve Banks' support for the Microsoft Windows^® 7 Operating System (August 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Upcoming FedLine user authentication enhancements (May 15, 2011)
• Enhancements to the FedMail^® access solution now complete (May 15, 2011)

Fedwire^® Services

• Extended remittance information now available via the Fedwire^® Funds Service (April 15, 2012)
• Payment notification feature of new Fedwire^® Funds Service Customer Transfer Plus (CTP) message now available for wire transfers (January 15, 2012)
• Effective November 21, 2011, changes to Operating Circular 6, Funds Transfers Through the Fedwire^® Funds Service (November 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Fedwire^® Funds Service message format changes effective November 21, 2011 (November 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Fedwire^® Funds Service recommended DIT testing should have been completed as of October 14, 2011 (October 15, 2011)
• Submit Fedwire^® Services forms to the Customer Contact Center beginning November 1, 2011 (October 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Fedwire^® Funds Service DIT and Production Certification Requirements (September 15, 2011)
• FedLine Direct^® Fedwire^® Funds Service customers required to complete the Fedwire Application Test Request Form by August 31, 2011 (August 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Test environment available for Fedwire^® Funds Service message format changes (July 15, 2011)
• Test environment available for Fedwire Funds Service message format changes (June 15, 2011)

General

• New RSS feed helps keep customers informed of latest Federal Reserve Bank news and product innovation (January 15, 2012)
• Reminder - 2012 Federal Reserve Financial Services fees took effect January 3, 2012 (January 15, 2012)
• Encrypted email changes For FedEDI^® Plus Service and for Fedwire^® Funds and/or Fedwire Securities offline acknowledgements of receipt and advices of credit (November 15, 2011)
• Encrypted email changes For FedEDI^® Plus Service and for Fedwire^® Funds and/or Fedwire Securities offline acknowledgements of receipt and advices of credit (November 15, 2011)
• Announcing 2012 Federal Reserve Financial Services fees (November 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce additional FedComplete^SM Package option (October 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Federal Reserve Banks announce price changes (August 15, 2011)
• Federal Reserve Banks announce price changes (June 15, 2011)

Treasury Services

• Treasury announces the elimination of fax as a delivery option for check reclamations (April 15, 2012)
• April 16, 2012 - Image-enabled and paper savings bonds processing will begin; April 11, 2012 - Paper savings bonds moved to FRB Atlanta (April 15, 2012)
• Image-enabled savings bond processing begins April 16, 2012 (March 15, 2012)
• Reminder - Help your corporate customers make the switch to direct deposit by March 2013 deadline (March 15, 2012)
• EZ Clear to image-enabled savings bond processing operational information (February 15, 2012)
• Changes made to Operating Circular 8 (OC 8), Collateral, took effect December 12, 2011 (December 15, 2011)
• Deadline nears for ending paper savings bond sales at financial institutions (December 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Submit all EZ Clear and savings bond transactions to the Minneapolis Treasury Retail Securities site (December 15, 2011)
• Help your corporate customers make the switch to direct deposit by March 2013 deadline (November 15, 2011)
• Redeemed savings bonds moving to image-enabled processing in 2012 (November 15, 2011)
• EZ Clear processing and all savings bond transactional work moving to Minneapolis effective December 1, 2011 (November 15, 2011)
• 10 things you should know about ending savings bond sales at your financial institution (November 15, 2011)
• U.S. Treasury promotes the safety of direct deposit for federal benefit payments as it phases out paper checks (October 15, 2011)
• Treasury announces direct debit for check reclamations, effective October 19, 2011 (October 15, 2011)
• Reminder - Changes to the check reclamation program took effect September 26, 2011 (October 15, 2011)
• Treasury announces upcoming changes to the check reclamation program, effective September 26, 2011 (September 15, 2011)
• Resources available to help inform customers about the end of over-the-counter sales of paper U.S. Savings Bonds (September 15, 2011)
• Treasury announces paper savings bonds will no longer be sold at financial institutions (August 15, 2011)
• Monitoring of Financial Management Service's 31 C.F.R 202 and 225 Collateral Programs to transition (August 15, 2011)