FedLine Direct® Software Testing Process for Products Interfacing with the Fedwire® Funds and Securities Services

For the convenience of our customers, the Federal Reserve Banks maintain a list of vendors that offer software products that interface with the Fedwire Funds Service and/or the Fedwire Securities Service via the FedLine Direct access solution. To be included on the list, vendors, under the sponsorship of a depository institution, must complete the formal product testing process as described below. The Federal Reserve Banks DO NOT endorse any specific vendor or product and make no representations or warranties with respect to any vendor or product other than that the vendor has successfully executed the testing process for the product(s) listed.

Sponsorship

The Federal Reserve Banks require that a depository institution sponsor each vendor that requests to participate in the testing process.

To initiate the testing process, the sponsor must submit, on behalf of the vendor, a Request for Software Testing form (PDF) to the appropriate Fedwire Services Testing Unit, as indicated on the form.

Testing

To complete the testing process, a vendor must successfully execute a test script designed to demonstrate that a customer using the product would be able to:

  • Connect to the Federal Reserve Banks' Depository Institution Test (DIT) environment through the FedLine Direct access solution;
  • Establish a session between its middleware environment and the Federal Reserve Banks' middleware environment;
  • Deliver properly formatted Fedwire Funds Service and/or Fedwire Securities Service messages to the Federal Reserve Banks and receive and process acknowledgments;
  • Receive and process Fedwire Funds Service and/or Fedwire Securities Service notifications, broadcasts and reports delivered by the Federal Reserve Banks; and
  • Appropriately handle error and exception conditions.

The Fedwire Services Testing Unit will provide the vendor and its sponsoring depository institution with the detailed test script and will assist them during the testing process.

To remain on the list of vendors with compatible software products, a vendor may be required to retest its product from time to time, such as when there has been a material change to the product, to the Fedwire Funds Service or Fedwire Securities Service, or to the FedLine Direct access solution.

Even if using a listed vendor product, each depository institution implementing FedLine Direct access to the Fedwire Funds Service and/or the Fedwire Securities Service must complete an application certification. The depository institution may also be required to recertify its applications each time a change to the software version or hardware platform is implemented.

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