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F ederal Reserve Bank of Dallas

DALLAS, TEXAS

75222
C ir c u la r No. 7 2 -1 6 2
A ugust 2 , 1972

To A l l Banks in th e E le v e n th
F e d e r a l R e se r v e D i s t r i c t :

R e fe r e n c e i s made t o our C ir c u la r L e t t e r No. 72-15*+, d a te d
J u l y 2 1 , 1 9 7 2 , annou ncing th e commencement o f th e N orth T exas R e g io n a l
Check P r o c e s s in g C en ter o p e r a t i o n s on A ugust 1.
In t h i s r e g a r d , B u l l e t i n 1 3 , c o v e r in g t h e C e n t e r 's o p e r a t i o n s ,
i s e n c lo s e d .
Sup plem ents A and B t o t h i s b u l l e t i n r e s p e c t i v e l y c o n t a in
t h e c u r r e n t tim e s c h e d u le f o r c r e d i t o f c a s h ite m s and a c u r r e n t l i s t o f
p a r t i c i p a t i n g banks in th e C e n te r .
I f t h e r e a r e any q u e s t io n s r e g a r d in g th e o p e r a t i o n s o f t h e
N orth Texas R e g io n a l Check P r o c e s s in g C e n te r , p l e a s e c o n t a c t one o f th e
o f f i c e r s i n c h a r g e o f t h e ch e c k c o l l e c t i o n f u n c t i o n s a t th e D a l l a s
o ffic e .
Yours v e r y t r u l y ,
P. E. Coldwell,
President

E n c lo s u r e

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Collection Of Cash Items
Through The Regional
Check Processing Center

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS

SCOPE
This bulletin describes the terms and conditions under which we will handle cash items
for collection at the Regional Check Processing Center. Supplement A to this bulletin con­
tains the current time schedule for credit of cash items. Supplement B to this bulletin
contains a current list of participating banks in the Regional Check Processing Center.
This bulletin, along with Regulation J and certain other bulletins of this bank, constitutes
a portion of the contract under which cash items are handled for collection by this center.

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1, GENERAL
1.00 Collection contract
1.05 Authority
Section 2, DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES

2.00
2.05
2.10
2.15

Definitions, references to Regulation J
Reference to Bulletin 1
Reference to Bulletin 8
Use of term “Regional Check Processing
Center”
2.20 Use of term “Participating Bank”
2.25 Use of term “Correspondent Bank”
2.30 Use of term “relay station”

Section 3, CASH ITEMS TO BE HANDLED
3.00 Requirements for handling by the
Regional Check Processing Center
3.05 Unsorted cash items, 2,000 items daily
average
3.10 Cash items received from a Correspon­
dent Bank
3.15 Cash items received at the relay station
Section 4, PAYMENT FOR CASH LETTERS
4.00
4.05
4.10
4.15

Time of payment
Forms to be used
Effects of new agreements
Termination of agreements

Section 5, RETURN ITEMS

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS

Section 1, GENERAL
This bulletin is directed to the appropriate mem­
ber and nonmember banks of the Eleventh Fed­
eral Reserve District and others concerned:
1.00 Collection contract

2.20 Use of term “Participating Bank”
The term “Participating Bank” refers to any
member or nonmember bank listed in the cur­
rent Supplement B of this bulletin.
2.25 Use of term “Correspondent Bank”

Regulation J and this bulletin prescribe the terms
and conditions upon which we will handle cash
items for collection at the Regional Check Pro­
cessing Center.

A “Correspondent Bank”, in this bulletin, means
a member bank that a Participating Bank may
designate by agreement for purposes of any set­
tlement necessitated by the Participating Bank’s
use of the Regional Check Processing Center.

1.05 Authority

2.30 Use of term “relay station”

This bulletin is issued pursuant to the provisions
of sections 4, 13, 14(e], and 16 of the Federal
Reserve Act and the provisions of related sta­
tutes and in conformity with the provisions of
related statutes and Regulation J.

The term “relay station” means the premises
used by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas for
the receipt of cash items sent thereto, with per­
mission of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas,
by any participating bank, for transport to the
Regional Check Processing Center and subse­
quent handling pursuant to the provisions of this
bulletin.

Section 2, DEFINITIONS AND
REFERENCES
2.00 Definitions, references to Regulation J
All terms defined in Regulation J and used herein
have the meanings stated in that regulation.
2.05 Reference to Bulletin 1
Several definitions, rules of construction, and
other provisions applicable to this bulletin are
found in our Bulletin 1, General Provisions, and
are incorporated herein by reference.
2.10 Reference to Bulletin 8
Except as may otherwise be specifically pro­
vided in this bulletin, all provisions of our Bul­
letin 8 shall be applicable to cash items sent to
the Regional Check Processing Center.
2.15 Use of term “Regional Check Processing
Center”
The term “Regional Check Processing Center”
means the premises used by the Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas for the receipt and handling, pur­
suant to the provisions of this bulletin, of cash
items to be presented or forwarded for collec­
tion to any Participating Bank.

Section 3, CASH ITEMS TO BE
HANDLED
3.00 Requirements for handling by the Regional
Check Processing Center
The Regional Check Processing Center will han­
dle as cash items all items which fulfill the be­
low requirements and which are to be presented
to a Participating Bank from any Federal Reserve
Bank, from any member bank of another Federal
Reserve Bank for account of such other Federal
Reserve Bank, from any member bank of this
bank, from a Participating Bank, or from a Cor­
respondent Bank.
Except as otherwise provided by this bulletin,
all items sent for handling to the Regional Check
Processing Center must meet the requirements of
section 3 in our Bulletin 8 and also must:
[a) be preprinted or post-encoded with the rout­
ing symbol and suffix of the transit number of
the paying bank in magnetic ink in E-13B type in
the manner prescribed and at the location as­
signed by the A.B.A.,

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ceived there, shall be deemed to have been re­
ceived at the Regional Check Processing Center.

(b) be amount-encoded in the manner prescribed,
and at the location assigned by the A.B.A.; pro­
vided that any bank which sends to the Regional
Check Processing Center a daily average of
fewer than 100 cash items per day eligible for
handling hereunder, as determined by this bank,
shall not be subject to the requirement of amount
encoding,

Section 4, PAYMENT FOR CASH
LETTERS
4.00 Time of payment
Payment for each cash letter will be effected on
the day of presentment by a debit to a member
bank’s reserve account. Each cash letter will be
debited in full with subsequent adjustments for
return items and errors.

(c) be separately sorted in separate cash letters
of Government checks, postal money orders,
food stamp coupons, and items drawn on a Par­
ticipating Bank, and

4.05 Forms to be used

(d) be properly endorsed as set forth in section
5 of our Bulletin 8.

The following forms will be executed by Partici­
pating Banks for payment of cash letters:
(a) An Immediate Settlement Agreement cover­
ing automatic charges to a member bank’s re­
serve account for items presented to it.

3.05 Unsorted cash items, 2,000 items daily
average
Any member bank that has for collection a daily
average of not more than 2,000 amount-encoded
items drawn on Participating Banks and items
which originate from outside the Regional Check
Processing Center area and which are payable
outside the city or town in which such bank is
located may, upon application, be permitted to
send all those items to this bank unsorted in one
cash letter. Credit for items so sent, when re­
ceived in time for presentment on the day of re­
ceipt of all items drawn on Participating Banks
included with such cash letter, will be given one
business day after receipt.

(b) An Immediate Settlement Agreement to be
executed by a member or nonmember bank des­
ignating the reserve account of another bank to
be charged for payment of items drawn on the
former. Any member bank authorizing use of its
reserve account in this manner shall be deemed
to designate the bank executing the agreement
its agent to send cash items to the clearing center
and to receive return items.
(cj A Letter of Authority to Deliver Cash Letters
to a Processing Center to be used in conjunction
with either of the previously named two agree­
ments.

3.10 Cash items received from a Correspondent
Bank

4.10 Effects of new agreements

With respect to any cash item received from a
Correspondent Bank under the terms of this bul­
letin, the relationships, rights, warranties, and
liabilities existing between the Correspondent
Bank and this bank will be deemed to be the
same, and the provisions of Regulation J and this
bank’s bulletins shall apply, as though the Cor­
respondent Bank had endorsed such items and
sent them to the Regional Check Processing
Center for its own account.

An executed form of an Immediate Settlement
Agreement or a Letter of Authority to Deliver
Cash Letters to a Processing Center shall effec­
tively supersede and rescind all previous agree­
ments of the same type and all previous agree­
ments and authorizations concerning or related
to the use of the automatic payment plan with
regard to cash letters handled by the Regional
Check Processing Center.

3.15 Cash items received at the relay station

4.15 Termination of agreements

With the permission of this bank, cash items
may be sent to the relay station, and when re­

Any party to a Letter of Authority to Deliver
Cash Letters to a Processing Center may at any
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BULLETIN 13

in accordance with the provisions of section
210.12 of Regulation J, and subject to instructions
contained in section 9 of Bulletin 8 and in Bul­
letin 11.

time give written notice of termination to the
other parties. Notice of termination by this bank
will terminate the agreement as of the time stated
in the notice. Notice of termination by any other
party will terminate the agreement upon the later
of receipt of the notice by this bank or the time
stated in the notice. Termination shall not affect
this bank’s rights to make all account entries
required by the automatic payment plan relating
to any cash letter dispatched prior to the effec­
tive date of termination.

Return items which have been handled by two
or more Participating Banks will be returned to
the first participating endorser. In instances of
such direct returns Correspondent Banks shall
be deemed to have agreed that all legal respon­
sibilities and warranties will exist as though the
return has been effected through them.

Section 5, RETURN ITEMS

If a cash item is returned without entry, refund
will be made to the returning bank and charges
will be made to the sender only if the sender
specifically authorizes us to do so.

Cash items received by the respective paying
banks to which they have been presented or for­
warded hereunder are to be returned, if unpaid,

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS

SUPPLEMENT A
Time Schedule For Credit of Cash Items Presented Through The Regional Check Processing Center.
Credit will be given by this bank for cash items eligible for handling hereunder when received at
the Regional Check Processing Center in a separate cash letter by the closing hours indicated below:
IMMEDIATE CREDIT
CLOSING HOUR
On Mondays through Fridays
(if not holidays)
12:01 a.m.

From Participating Banks and
Federal Reserve Banks
RCPC Items

12:01 a.m.

*Checks drawn on the Treasurer of
the United States, Postal Money
Orders, and redeemed United States
Department of Agriculture food stamps.
DEFERRED CREDIT
One business day after receipt

On Sundays through Thursdays
(if not holidays)
**4:00 p.m.

From senders other than Participating
Banks and Federal Reserve Banks
RCPC Items
Mixed cash letters from any member bank
that has for collection a daily average
of not more than 2,000 amount-encoded items.

12:01 a.m.

*This applies to nonm em ber participating banks. M ember banks may deposit these item s until 2:30 p.m., M onday
through Friday, as set out in our Bulletin 10.
**A11 items received betw een 4:00 p.m., T hursday and 4:00 p.m., Sunday will be credited Monday.

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS

SUPPLEMENT B
Participating Banks — Regional Check Processing Center
Dallas County
Bank

Location

Dallas County State Bank
First Security Bank & Trust Co.
First Bank and Trust Co.
American Bank & Trust Co.
Bank of Dallas
Bank of the Southwest
Brookhollow National Bank
Buckner State Bank
Casa Linda National Bank
Citizens National Bank
Commercial National Bank
Commonwealth National Bank
Dallas Bank & Trust Co.
Dallas International Bank
East Dallas Bank
Exchange Bank & Trust Co.
Fair Park National Bank
Fidelity Bank, N.A.
First Citizens Bank
First Continental Bank
First National Bank
Grand Avenue Bank & Trust Co.
Greenville Avenue State Bank
Grove State Bank
Hillcrest State Bank
Hillside Bank & Trust Co.
Inwood National Bank
Lakewood Bank & Trust Co.
Main Street National Bank
Mercantile National Bank
Merchants State Bank
Metro Bank of Dallas
National Bank of Commerce
North Central Bank
North Dallas Bank & Trust Co.
North Park National Bank
Northwest National Bank
Oak Cliff Bank & Trust Co.
Park Cities Bank & Trust Co.
Preston State Bank
Republic National Bank

Carrollton
Carrollton
Cedar Hill
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
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Transit Number

1119-2230
1119-0144
1119-0147
1110-0081
1110-0097
1110-0118
1110-0420
1110-0095
1110-0098
1110-0110
1110-0105
1110-0108
1110-0090
1110-0071
1110-0091
1110-0082
1110-0086
1110-0431
1110-0089
1110-0175
1110-0001
1110-0075
1110-0083
1110-0025
1110-2159
1110-0099
1110-0104
1110-0079
1110-0115
1110-0061
1110-0084
1110-0101
1110-0004
1110-0285
1110-0096
1110-0121
1110-0094
1110-0053
1110-0093
1110-0092
1110-0062

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS

Dallas County
Bank

Location

Royal National Bank
Security Bank & Trust Co.
South Oak Cliff State Bank
Texas Bank & Trust Co.
Texas National Bank
Trinity National Bank
Valley View State Bank
Village Bank, N.A.
White Rock National Bank
Wynnewood State Bank
DeSoto State Bank
First National Bank
Central Bank & Trust Co.
Town North National Bank
Colonial National Bank
First National Bank
Garland Bank & Trust Co.
Southern Bank & Trust Co.
First National Bank
Grand Prairie State Bank
Midway National Bank
South Central Bank
American Bank & Trust Co.
Citizens State Bank
First National Bank
Irving Bank & Trust Co.
Southwest Bank & Trust Co.
Bank of Lancaster
First National Bank
Bank of Mesquite
First National Bank
Mesquite State Bank
Citizens State Bank
First Bank & Trust
First National Bank
Promenade National Bank
Richardson Heights Bank & Trust
Seagoville State Bank

Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
Dallas
DeSoto
Duncanville
Farmers Branch
Farmers Branch
Garland
Garland
Garland
Garland
Grand Prairie
Grand Prairie
Grand Prairie
Hutchins
Irving
Irving
Irving
Irving
Irving
Lancaster
Lancaster
Mesquite
Mesquite
Mesquite
Richardson
Richardson
Richardson
Richardson
Richardson
Seagoville

Transit Number
1110-0103
1110-0358
1110-0080
1110-0077
1110-0116
1110-0100
1110-0394
1110-0396
1110-0102
1110-0088
1119-0159
1119-2370
1119-2374
1119-0450
1119-0224
1119-0774
1119-2234
1119-0167
1119-2238
1119-0730
1119-0157
1119-0426
1119-0296
1119-0299
1119-2382
1119-1112
1119-2300
1119-0293
1119-1874
1119-0418
1119-0829
1119-2389
1119-1261
1119-2369
1119-0168
1119-0364
1119-0203
1119-2277

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS

Tarrant County
Bank

Location

Arlington Bank & Trust Co.
Arlington Bank of Commerce
Arlington National Bank
First National Bank
Great Southwest National Bank
Azle State Bank
First State Bank
Benbrook State Bank
The Bank of Crowley
First National Bank
Bank of Commerce
Central Bank & Trust
City National Bank
Continental National Bank
Everman National Bank
First National Bank
Fort Worth National Bank
Gateway National Bank
Haltom City State Bank
Northeast National Bank
North Fort Worth State Bank
Northwest National Bank
Ridglea State Bank
Riverside State Bank
Security State Bank, River Oaks
Seminary State Bank
Southwest Bank
State Bank of East Fort Worth
Tarrant State Bank
Union Bank of Fort Worth
University State Bank
West Side State Bank
American Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Bank of North Texas
First National Bank of Hurst
Keller State Bank
Mansfield State Bank
North Central Bank

Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Arlington
Azle
Bedford
Benbrook
Crowley
Euless
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Grapevine
Grapevine
Hurst
Hurst
Keller
Mansfield
Saginaw

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Transit Number

1119-2186
1119-0378
1119-0149
1119-2278
1119-0270
1119-2330
1119-2384
1119-0455
1119-0323
1119-2388
1119-0025
1119-0065
1119-0074
1119-0022
1119-0079
1119-0001
1119-0005
1119-0073
1119-2276
1119-2378
1119-0062
1119-0174
1119-0067
1119-0063
1119-2337
1119-0070
1119-0075
1119-0068
1119-0071
1119-0023
1119-0066
1119-0064
1119-0259
1119-1917
1119-0288
1119-2309
1119-0404
1119-2242
1119-0456