ISHWARYA.A VIJAYARAGHAVAN.

What is Fedwire?
Fedwire stands for Federal Reserve Wire Network. It is a high-speed electronic communications network that links the

Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the 12 Federal Reserve Banks and the 24 branches, the U.S. Treasury Department, and other federal agencies.

What does a Fedwire look like

A Fedwire is an electronic transmission.

The transmission contains inter-bank codes that are changed continually a reference number the names of the sending and receiving banks the transfer amount the name and account number of the sending account holder the receiving account holder.

What does a Fedwire look like?

A Fedwire is an electronic transmission. The transmission contains inter-bank codes that are changed continually a reference number the names of the sending and receiving banks the transfer amount the name and account number of the sending account holder the receiving account holder.

General Background
The Fedwire
owned and operated by the Federal Reserve System is a real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system consists of a set of procedures and computer applications to route

and settle payment

review payment orders for syntax errors, query and update account

balances, and notify participants of related credits and debits to their accounts.
is supported by the Federal Reserve's FEDNET national

communications network

Operating Hours

The Fedwire Funds Service business day begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern time (ET) on the preceding calendar day and ends at 6:30 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, excluding designated holidays. IST : 7.30 a.m to 5 .00 a.m

Fedwire Usage Approximately 9,500 participants are currently able to initiate or receive funds transfers over Fedwire. Daylight Overdraft An overdraft that must be repaid by the close of business the same day. U.S Federal Reserve allows daylight overdrafts, Hong Kong does not

Pricing

The Monetary Control Act or 1980, requires a federal reserve to recover fully the cost associated with the provision of the most financial services it provides

Who has access to Fedwire?

Federal Reserve Member banks Financial institutions that have depository accounts

with the Federal Reserve Foreign banks located in the U.S.

Fedwire Participants

Depository institutions Agencies and branches of foreign banks Member banks of the Federal Reserve System U.S. Treasury and authorized agencies Foreign central banks, foreign monetary authorities, foreign governments, and certain international organizations; and Any other entities authorized by a Reserve Bank

How is it done?
Basic Domestic Transfers:

Tranferiing BANK -> FEDERAL RESERVE -> RECEIVING BANK YOUR BANK -> MEMBER BANK -> FEDERAL RESERVE ->

When correspondent Bank is Involved:

RECEIVING BANK

When Offshore (Overseas) Banks are Involved:

-> RECEIVING BANK

YOUR BANK -> FEDERAL RESERVE -> CORRESPONDENT BANK

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Fedwire
complies with each of the 10 Core Principles meets the preferred standards for settlement assets and

finality U.S. law provides a well-established legal foundation for Fedwire and settlement finality.

Core Principles of Fedwire

Core Principle I: The system should have a well founded legal basis under all relevant jurisdictions.
Core Principle II: The system's rules and procedures should enable participants to have a clear understanding of the system's impact on each of the financial risks they incur through participation in it.

 Core Principle III: The system should have clearly defined

procedures for the management of credit risks and liquidity risks, which specify the respective responsibilities of the system operator and the participants and which provide appropriate incentives to manage and contain those risks.
Core Principle IV: The system should provide prompt final

settlement on the day of value, preferably during the day and at a minimum at the end of the day.

 Core Principle V: A system in which multilateral netting

takes place should, at a minimum, be capable of ensuring the timely completion of daily settlements in the event of an inability to settle by the participant with the largest single settlement obligation.
Core Principle VI: Assets used for settlement should

preferably be a claim on the central bank; where other assets are used, they should carry little or no credit risk and little or no liquidity risk.

 Core Principle VII: The system should have a high degree

of security and operational reliability and should have contingency arrangements for timely completion of daily processing.

Core Principle VIII: The system should provide a means of making payments which is practical for

its users and efficient for the economy.

 Core Principle IX: The system should have objective and

publicly disclosed criteria for participation, which permit fair and open access.
Core Principle X: The system's governance arrangements

should be effective, accountable, and transparent.

Fedwire is used for

Large dollar time-sensitive payments (>3M) Funds transfers between reserve banks Purchases or sales of Federal Funds transfers between correspondent banks Sales of book-entry U.S. Government securities Collection of tax and loan accounts in commercial banks

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