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ANNUAL REPORT FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA c FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL STATEMENT AND REPORT January 2,1973 TO ALL BANKS IN THE SIXTH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT: Comparative statements of condition of this bank as of December 31, 1972 and 1971, together with comparative statements of earnings and expenses for those years, are presented in this report. Complete lists of all directors and officers and an organization chart of the Atlanta office are provided. Also presented are highlights of the bank's operations in 1972. It was an unusually eventful year, one which offered us a number of opportunities to participate in the continuing progress of the banking industry. Monroe Kimbrel President 31353 HIGHLIGHTS of OPERATIONS IMPROVING THE PAYMENTS MECHANISM COPE - COMMITTEE ON PAPERLESS ENTRIES COPE Designs Major Changes in the Payments Mechanism: In 1972 the Committee on Paperless Entries (COPE), composed of representatives of five Atlanta commercial banks and this Reserve Bank, reached a decisive milestone in the venture designed to create an electronic payments system for the Atlanta area. On March 31, the Atlanta Payments Project team published a 1,300 page, six volume report entitled “Research on Improvements of the Payments Mechanism: Phase Ill, General Systems Design and Analysis of an Electronic Funds Transfer System.” This report, which contains plans for a new payments system that could substitute computer-generated electronic records for 30% of all checks processed in the Atlanta area, was promptly endorsed by the members of COPE. In a joint statement, the Citizens and Southern National Bank, First National Bank of Atlanta, Trust Company Bank, National Bank of Georgia, and Fulton National Bank agreed to underwrite development and implementation of an electronic funds transfer system for the Atlanta area. The system consists of two distinct parts: electronic bill payment and direct deposit of payroll. Electronic bill payment, called “Bill Check”, will allow a customer to pay his routine bills, such as those from department stores or utilities, by indicating the amount he wishes to pay on a portion of the bill, signing it, detaching it, and mailing it back to the firm. The firm will use this authorization to produce a computer-generated electronic entry for the banking system. Direct deposit of payroll will allow a firm to generate electronic entries instead of paychecks, automatically causing funds to be deposited in employees’ checking accounts before banks open on payday. The Atlanta Reserve Bank will operate the clearinghouse to enable banks to transmit funds electronically for bill payment and payroll crediting. The system is expected to be in operation by 1973. A second system, which is now being studied by the five commercial banks, is point of sale funds transfer (POS). This system would allow merchants and consumers to settle financial transactions at the point of sale, either on a cash or credit basis. The point of sale system initially will be owned and managed by the five participating commercial banks. By mid-1973 the five banks are expected to reach a decision regarding implementation of the system in Atlanta. REGIONAL CHECK PROCESSING CENTERS RCPC’s Provide Some Immediate Solutions to Payments Problems: While the COPE team is at work on long-range solutions to problems of funds transfer, our Check Collection Department staffs have been working hard to provide some immediate improvements by means of Regional Check Processing Centers (RCPC’s). RCPC’s are now operational in all Sixth District Offices, with benefits of earlier presentment and collection of checks, earlier return of unpaid checks, reduction in check handling, and later deposit deadlines. The method of implementation employed by each Office has varied, depending upon anticipated volume, geographical size of its Regional Zone, and available transportation. Miami: The pilot operation in the Sixth District was undertaken with the establishment of the Miami Office Zone as an RCPC on October 18, 1971. Full operational status for the Miami RCPC came with the acceptance of deposits from other Federal Reserve Banks and direct sending member banks on July 1,1972. Of the 209 Zone banks, 174, or 8570, deposit checks with the Center, which Drocesses an average dailv check volume of appioximately 1.1 millivon iteks. Atlanta: In the Atlanta Zone RCPC, the 257 banks were placed in five groups for implementing conveniently located relay stations and inbound transportation to the RCPC. The 7 p.m. receipt deadline and the last phase of inbound transportation for the RCPC banks were inaugurated November 13, 1972. On December 1, 1972, the deposit deadline at the Atlanta Center was extended to 12:OI a.m. for banks within the region. Birmingham: Operations at the Birmingham RCPC were initiated on September 21, 1972. Initially, 136 banks, or 50% of the banks in the RCPC, received the new service. Checks drawn on these banks represented 60% of the Birmingham Branch’s country check volume. On January 2, 1973, additional banks were provided with RCPC service, increasing the Regional volume to 74% of the Birmingham Branch country check volume. Jacksonville: At the Jacksonville Branch, two phases of a four phase conversion to RCPC service were begun on November 1, 1972. These two phases incorporated 171, or 47%, of the banks in the Jacksonville Branch Zone. Checks drawn on these banks represent 54% of the Jacksonville Branch country volume. Fifty banks are presently depositing items directly with the Jacksonville Center or through relay stations. Nashville: The Nashville RCPC also began operation on September 21, 1972, and now serves 146, or 70%, of the Nashville Zone banks. Checks drawn on these banks represent 43% of the Nashville Branch country check volume. New Orleans: The New Orleans Branch began the first portion of a three phase implementation of its RCPC on November 30,1972. Phase I serves 84 banks, representing 33% of New Orleans Branch country banks. IMPROVED C O M M U NICAT10NS FACl LIT1ES AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES Wire Transfer of Funds Is Easier and Faster for Member Banks: During 1972, the Atlanta Reserve Bank completed the second phase of modernizing the communications facilities serving member banks for wire transfers of funds. The modernization began in 1970, when the Federal Reserve System installed a new communications network between each of the Reserve Banks, the Board of Governors, and certain offices of the U. S. Treasury Department. A logical next step was to extend this improvement in communications to member banks whose transfer activity warranted the installation of individual terminals. Western Union M-35 terminals have now been installed at each Sixth District Office and at selected member banks. For a message to be transmitted over the Federa1 Reserve communications system, it i s necessary to input the message in the form of punched paper tape. Member banks had been creating messages to the Reserve Bank which had to be converted into tape at the Reserve Bank. Member banks now produce punched paper tape automatically on their own M-35 terminals whenever messages to the Reserve Bank are created. The installation of this equipment has transformed the teletype operations into a punched paper tape relay operation. At the end of 1972, 28 member banks had installed M-35 equipment on line with one of the Sixth District Offices. Approximately 75% of the funds transferred are handled over the M-35 system. Additional banks will be tied into this system in future months. Better Procedures for Handling Federal Reserve Bank Stock Decrease Risk and Storage Problems: During 1972 the Accounting Department initiated a book-entry system for Advice of Holdings of Federal Reserve Stock. This system replaced the issuance of individual formal stock certificates when any change in member bank holdings of this Bank's stock occurred. The chief advantage to the member bank is that safekeeping problems associated with the Advice of Holdings are eliminated. Duplicates of advices are furnished to member banks promptly upon request. BETTER PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING SECURITIES "Book-Entry" Procedure Cuts Time, Space, and Risk: During 1972, our Fiscal Agency Departments moved ahead with plans for the expansion of book-entry procedures for handIing Government securities. To date, the book-entry procedure has been limited to Treasury securities held in safekeeping, as pledged collateral or in Trading Accounts where the member bank acts as a securities dealer. During the coming year, the program will be extended to include securities held by our member banks for their customers, and for securities held in trust accounts. Over the past year, necessary regulations and operating procedures have been developed to serve as a basis for extension of the program. These regulations covering the expanded bookentry system will be published soon in an Atlanta Reserve Bank operating circular. We expect that each member bank will have the option of main- taining several separate book-entry accounts, each containing investment, trading, customer, and trust securities, or a single account for all these securities. The new adcount or accounts would be an extension of our book-entry services which now encompass collateral accounts for advances, Treasury Tax and Loan accounts, or other specific . pledge accounts for which this Bank presently acts as custodian. Additionally, it is expected that United States Government agencies will be issuing separate regulations in the near future which will permit the application of the book-entry procedure to most of their obligations. In this connection, studies are now in progress within the Federal Reserve System to develop operating procedures which will provide for the transfer of eligible agency securities over the Federal Reserve wire system and for the maintenance of such securities in book-entry form at the Federal Reserve Banks. STREAMLI NI NG THE REPORTING PROCESS The Reserve System's Bank Report Reform Project Will Cut Through Red Tape for Banks: To deal directly with the burden of reporting, the quality of data reported, flexibility in the flow of information, and the role of agency reports in bank information system design, the Federal Reserve System has undertaken a Report Reform Project. Following the recommendations of a steering committee composed of commercial bankers and Federal banking authorities, the Federal Reserve System adopted the Bank Report Reform Project. Early in 1971, a staff was assigned and directed to implement a specific operational project recommended by the committee. The main objective of the project is to develop a coded classification structure to include all bank data items now being requested of banks by various banking agencies. This classification structure will be geared to a precise definition for each unit or element of bank data which will be consistent and translatable from one report to another. Each defined unit or element will be assigned a number (code) identifying each line in each report required by the agencies. For those banks interested in adapting their information systems for preparation of banking agency reports, requests for information would be in terms of coded elements instead of the report forms now used. Other banks would continue to submit, to the proper agency, the traditional report forms. The latter group of reporters would have, however, the benefit of the definitional framework developed in conjunction with the project. The new classification structure is being reviewed by Reserve Banks and other agencies prior to submission to the banking community for reactions and suggestions. We hope to submit the project material to commercial banks in August 1973, and to start implementation procedures in 1974. MAJOR CHANGES IN REGULATIONS Reserve Requirements and Check Collection Procedures Are Revised: Effective November 9, 1972, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System amended its Regulation D, Reserves of Member Banks, and Regulation J, Collection of Checks and Other Items by Federal Reserve Banks. The changes in Regulation D have modernized the system of reserve requirements in light of banking patterns that have evolved over the last 25 years. In addition to generally lowering reserve requirements, the amendment for the first time bases member bank reserve requirements on the amount of deposits, rather than on the location of the bank. Prior to this amendment, member banks were divided into two classes-Reserve City and country-for the purpose of computing reserve requirements on demand deposits. Over the years, this system based on bank location resulted in inequities to some member banks, prompting the Board to restructure Regulation D. Regulation J was modified to speed up the presentment and collection of checks and the earlier return of unpaid checks. HOLDING COMPANY ACTIVITY Substantial Increases in Holding Company Applications Were Recorded in 1972: Bank holding company expansion in both banking and nonbanking activities has shown a tremendous upsurge in the Sixth District. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, acting for the Sixth Federal Reserve District, received and processed 105 applications by bank holding companies to acquire either existing banks or & banks during 1972. This represents a 54% increase over the previous year. With respect to applications related to nonbanking activities, expansion through de novo entry has been the most prevalent method, primarily because of fewer obstacles in procedures. During 1972, the Reserve Bank entertained 81 de novo applications related to nonbank activities, an unusual 575% increase over the previous year. Coupled with this is the ;?creased activity by bank holding companies to acquire nonbank activities through "going concerns.'' The Reserve Bank processed 11 applications in this category submitted during the last six months of 1972. n FEDERAL RESERVE AGENT JohnC. Wilson AUDITING COMMIITEE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA - A EQUAL EMPLOYMENT R o k n P. F m n M V i a haidrnt & Canlcanurl R0bUtE.W YiUFRsldeM I r-tl Clifford Saxon A. V. P. S u pn ii on Sflfirtks e c BRANCH BOARDS OF DIRECTORS I I Kyle K. Folrum Fim V i e R n i i t I BRANCH OPERATIONS I I R. A. Lndeo v i Rnidcnt L I P m c M. V i & Vice FTesididnt I I r-l A. V. P. A V.P Mawn Ford A. V. P. I. 8. F m i m A. V. P. Eric HiA. V. P. Ronald Roblmn A V P k @ I -ar) Bank & Public Senicrr FunctionalCost Analysis Accounting General Account Commodity Visitation Hram Honea A V P W W Lamncr A V P K.1 K u m y A V ? B. E. Howard A. V. P. Ely hmri A. V. P. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta DIRECTORS CLASS A Term Expires December 31 Elected by Member Banks A. L. Ellis, Chairman, First National Bank in Tarpon Springs, Tarpon Springs, Florida ..... .I973 Jack P. Keith, President, First National Bank, West Point, Georgia .................... .I974 Sam I. Yarnell, Chairman, American National Bank & Trust Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee ..................................................... .I975 CLASS B Elected by Member Banks Hoskins A. Shadow, President, Tennessee Valley Nursery, Inc., Winchester, Tennessee . . . . .I973 Owen Cooper, President, Mississippi Chemical Corp. and Coastal Chemical Corp., Yazoo City, Mississippi ................................ .I974 George W. Jenkins, Chairman, Publix Super Markets, Inc., Lakeland, Florida ............ .I975 CLASS c Appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System John C. Wilson, (Chairman), President, Horne-Wilson, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia ............ .I973 H. G. Pattillo, (Deputy Chairman), President, .I974 Patti110 Construction Company, Inc., Decatur, Georgia ........................... F. Evans Farwell, President, Milliken and Farwell, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana . . . . . . . . . .I975 FEDERAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBER Harry Hood Bassett Chairman of the Board The First National Bank of Miami Miami, Florida OFFICERS January 1,1973 Monroe Kimbrel, President Kyle K. Fossum, First Vice President Arthur H. Kantner, Senior Vice President J.E. McCorvey, Senior Vice President Brown R. Rawlings, Senior Vice President Charles T. Taylor, Senior Vice President-Research Harry Brandt, Vice President-Research Robert P. Forrestal, Vice President and General Counsel 6. H. Hargett, Vice President Robert E. Heck, Vice President Richard A. Sanders, Vice President Harry C. Schiering, General Auditor Pierre M. Viguerie, Vice President Hiram J. Honea, Assistant Vice President John Branscomb, Assistant Vice President W. Ronnie Caldwell, Assistant Vice President B. E. Howard, Assistant Vice President William N. Cox, Ill, Assistant Vice President Kenneth J. Kearney, Assistant Vice President Francis J.Craven, Assistant Vice President Wilbur W. Lawrence, Assistant Vice President Richard A. Dill, Assistant Vice President John E. Leimone, Assistant Vice President Charles D. East, Assistant Vice President Ely S. Matteri, Assistant Vice President James B. Forbes, Assistant Vice President George W. Moseley, Assistant Vice President C. Mason Ford, Assistant Vice President James G. Phelps, Assistant Vice President Delmar Harrison, Assistant Vice President Ronald Robinson, Assistant Vice President George Hibbert, Assistant General Counsel Clifford M. Saxon, Assistant Vice President Eric B. Hingst, Assistant Vice President Jack R. Sicard, Assistant Vice President (also Secretary, Board of Directors) H. Terry Smith, Assistant Vice President Benjamin C. Wade, Ill, Assistant Vice President Birmingham Branch c DIRECTORS Term Expires Appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System December 31 David Mathews, (Chairman), President, University of Alabama, University, Alabama . . . . . . .I973 W. C. Bauer, President, South Central Bell Telephone Company, Birmingham, Alabama .. .I974 Frederick G . Koenig, Jr., President, Alabama By-products Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama ....................................................... .I975 Appointed by the Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Wallace D. Malone, Jr., President and Chairman of the Board, The First National Bank of Dothan, Dothan, Alabama. ................................... .I973 C. Logan Taylor, Chairman of the Board, The First State Bank of Oxford, Oxford, Alabama. .I973 W. Eugene Morgan, President, The First National Bank, Huntsville, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . ..I974 John T. Oliver, Jr., President, First National Bank, Jasper, Alabama ................... .I975 OFFICERS January 1,1973 Dan L. Hendley; Vice President I James D. Shi, Assistant Vice President William A. Waller, Jr., Assistant Vice President JohnD. Swanson, Assistant Vice President Jacksonville Branch DIRECTORS Term Expires Appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System December 3l Henry Cragg, (Chairman), Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company Foods Division, Winter Park, Florida . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . .I973 Gert H. W. Schmidt, President, TeLeVision 12 of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida . . . . . . . . .I974 James E. Lyons, President, Lyons Industrial Corporation, Winter Haven, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . .I975 Appointed by the Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Malcolm C. Brown, President and Chairman of the Board, Florida First National Bank at Brent, Pensacola, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I973 A. Clewis Howell, Chairman, Marine Bank & Trust Company, Tampa, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . .I973 Guy W. Botts, Vice Chairman, Barnett Bank of Jacksonville, N.A., Jacksonville, Florida . . . . .I974 Michael 1. Franco, Chairman, City National Bank of Miami, Miami, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I975 . OFFICERS January 1,1973 E. C. Rainey, Senior Vice President Vestus L. Crow, Assistant Vice President Richard L. Berry, Assistant Vice President S. J. Stacklin, Jr., Assistant Vice President Cecil L. Williams, Assistant Vice President 4 Miami Office OFFICERS January 1,1973 W. M. Davis, Vice President i Y p a Robert G. Dole, Assistant Vice President Robert E. Lee, Assistant Vice President JessieT. Watson, Assistant Vice President $@.%l -.(" Nashville Branch Term Expires er Appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System D e C ~ ~ b31 James W. Long, (Chairman), Farmer, Springfield, Tennessee .......................... .I973 Edward J. Boling, President, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee ........ .I974 John C. Tune, Partner, Butler, McHugh, Butler, Tune, and Watts, Nashville, Tennessee . . . . .I975 DIRECTORS Appointed by the Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Dan B. Andrews, President, First National Bank, Dickson, Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I973 Edward G . Nelson, President, Commerce Union Bank, Nashville, Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I973 W. Bryan Woodard, President, Kingsport National Bank, Kingsport, Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . .I974 Robert E. Curry, President, First National Bank, Pulaski, Tennessee .................... .I975 OFFICERS January 1,1973 Jeffrey J. Wells, Vice President WYy *$ L *.gr w. William Dykes, Assistant Vice President W. Ralph Thurrnan, Assistant Vice President A. D. Sands, Assistant Vice President New Orleans Branch D I RECTORS Term Expires Appointed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System December31 Broadus N. Butler, President, Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I973 Fred Adams, jr., (Chairman), President, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., Jackson, Mississippi . . . . . . . .I974 Edwin J. Caplan, President, Caplan’s Men’s Shops, Inc., Alexandria, Louisiana . . . . . . . . . .I975 Appointed by the Board of Directors, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Thomas A. Flanagan, Jr., President, Lakeside National Bank of Lake Charles, Lake Charles, Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I973 Lawrence A. Merrigan, President, The Bank of New Orleans & Trust Company, New Orleans, Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I973 Archie R. McDonnell, President, The Citizens National Bank, Meridian, Mississippi . . . . . . . .I974 Ernest F. Ladd, Jr., Chairman, Merchants National Bank, Mobile, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . .I975 OFFICERS January 1,1973 Jack Guynn, Vice President H. C. DeBlonde, Assistant Vice President R. M. Junca, Assistant Vice President E. Channing Workman, Assistant Vice President STATEMENT OF CONDITION ASSETS Gold Certificates ............................. Special Drawing Rights Certificate Account ....... Federal Reserve Notes of Other Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . Other Cash .................................. Subtotal ................................. Discounts and Advances ....................... Federal Agency Obligations - Bought Outright . . . . U. S. Government Securities .................... Total Loans and Securities .................. Other Assets: Cash Items in Process of Collection .......... Bank Premises (Net) ....................... All Other ................................ Total Other Assets ...................... TOTAL ASSETS ....................... December 31,1972 December 31,1971 $ 646,601,696 $ 374,111,197 22,000,000 205,488,208 31,662,937 633,262,342 22,000,000 166,371,849 40,060,022 875,033,567 94,750,000 71,978,000 3,831,649,000 3,998,377,000 426,602,000 3,784,343,000 3,810,945,000 927,777,438 15,309,205 56,323,639 999,410,282 $5,872,820,849 1,528,178,778 16,090,016 42,983,488 1,587,252,282 $6,031,459,624 $3,191,173,802 $2,809,021,I 86 1,682,393,094 144,484,901 19,720,000 20,336,073 1,866,934,068 1,725,413,719 41234,123 139,404,702 18,760,000 15,533,228 1,940,345,772 671,337,492 32,736,387 704,073,879 $5,762,181,749 1,149,744,430 31,592,236 1,181,336,666 $5,930,703,624 LIABILITIES Federal Reserve Notes ......................... Deposits: Member Bank Reserve Accounts ............ Due to Other F.R. Banks - Collected Funds .... U. S . Treasurer - General Account ........... Foreign .................................. Other ................................... Total Deposits .......................... Other Liabilities: Deferred Availability Cash Items ............ All Other ................................ Total Other Liabilities ................... TOTAL LIABILITIES .................... 4- CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital Paid In ............................... Surplus ...................................... Total Capital Accounts .................... TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 55,319,550 55,319,550 110,639,100 $5,872,820,849 $ 50,378,000 50,378,000 100,756,000 $6,031,459,624 EARNINGS AND EXPENSES 1972 1971 $202,756,774 $1 86,565,085 35,482,427 29,688,367 $167,274,347 $1 56,876,718 153,507 5,071,922 11 3,898 16,400 267,405 5,088,322 Loss on Foreign Exchange Transactions (Net). .. 3,524,755 548,161 ................................ Total Deductions .......................... Net Additions (+) Deductions (-) .............. Net Earnings Before Payment to U. S. Treasury . . . . . 2,354 55,749 3,527,109 603,910 ......................... Net Expenses ................................. Current Net Earnings ...................... Total Current Earnings Additions to Current Net Earnings: Profit on Sales of U. S . Government Securities (Net) ......................... ................................ Total Additions ........................... All Other Deductions from Current Net Earnings: All Other -3,259,704 $164,014,643 +4,484,412 $1 61,361 ,I 30 DISTRIBUTION OF NET EARNINGS Dividends Paid ............................... Payments to U.S. Treasury (Interest on F. R. Notes). . $ 3,174,260 $ 2,951,631 155,898,833 154,897,299 +4,941,550 +3,512,200 $164,014,643 $161,361 ,I 30 Transferred to Surplus Account ........... ..................... Net Additions (+) Deductions (-) Total Earnings Distributed SURPLUS ACCOUNTS ............................. Transferred to Surplus -As Above ............... Surplus December 31 .......................... Surplus January 1 $ 50,378,000 $ 46,865,800 4,941,550 3,512,200 $ 55,319,550 $ 50,378,000 F a .I