Saturday Production “Dress Rehearsal” Testing
We will require certain Fedwire Funds Service customers and service providers to successfully complete “dress rehearsal” testing in the production environment on select Saturdays. We will notify the mandatory testing group directly in second half of 2024. Refer to the Saturday Production Test Script to review the steps that will be required by the mandatory testing group.
If your organization is planning to upgrade or change your payment infrastructure (e.g., add a new FedLine Direct production connection and/or new production MQ queues) that will require you to perform an operational readiness test with us, please notify your Federal Reserve Relationship Manager if your organization needs to test in production in Q1 2025.
Note: No FAIM Operational Readiness Tests (ORTs) will be offered after December 2024. Additionally, there will not be a contingency test in early 2025 (first contingency test will occur post ISO 20022 implementation in the ISO 20022 format).
Saturday Production Mandatory Testing Group
Note: Please contact us if you need help determining if your organization is in scope for this testing.
| Primary access to Fedwire Funds Service | Mandatory Testing Group |
|---|---|
| FedLine Direct | Customers that have their own connection with 1000 or more originations on average per day |
| FedLine Direct | Bankers’ Banks and Corporate Credit Unions |
| FedLine Direct | Designated Financial Market Utilities that have their own connection |
| FedLine Direct | Service providers that have their own connection with 10 or more customers |