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F ederal reserve Ba n k DALLAS, TEXAS of Dallas 7S222 Circular No. 82-90 August 3, 1982 ENHANCEMENTS IN COUPON COLLECTION SERVICES TO ALL DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS IN THE ELEVENTH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT: As a se r v ic e to depository institutions, Federal R e serv e Banks currently a c c e p t for c o lle c tio n m atured corporate and municipal coupons. In an e f f o r t toward im provem en t o f this s e rv ic e , the Federal R e serv e Bank o f D allas is now offe r in g a coupon c o lle c tio n se r v ic e which fe a tu r e s improved fle x ib ility and availability. E f f e c t iv e August 1, 1982, we will giv e cred it for coupons in coupon cash l e t t e r s in acc o rd a n c e with the a tta c h e d new cred it availab ility schedule. The new schedule o f fe r s cred it on the m aturity date for future due ite m s. This represen ts a one-day im provem en t in availab ility for city ite m s and a tw o-d ay im provem en t in availab ility for country ite m s. C redit is given five banking days a fte r r e c e ip t for due and past due country ite m s, which is a three-d ay im provem ent in availab ility. There has been no change in the th ree-day cred it availability for due and past due c ity ite m s. Due to the im provem en ts in cred it availability, charges will be made to the paying a g en t's or correspondent's a c cou n t on our books on the m aturity d ate for future due c o lle c tio n le t t e r s . P resorting coupons according to c ity and country paying a g e n ts will no longer be required. A m ixed coupon cash l e t t e r containing all o f th e se ite m s may be dep osited using country availability sch edules. Mixed cash l e t t e r s which contain a m ajority o f c ity ite m s will be e v a lu a te d to provide the b e st availab ility and country ite m s will be r e je c te d to the sender. Som e in stitu tion s may wish to continue presorting ite m s in order to r e c e iv e o ptim al cred it availab ility. If so, the ite m s should be sorted in the follow ing manner: P ast due (matured) - C ity P ast due (matured) - Country Future due - City Future due - Country Banks and others are encouraged to use the following incoming W A T S numbers in contacting this Bank: 1-800-442-7140 (intrastate) and 1-800-527-9200 (interstate). For calls placed locally, please use 651 plus the extension referred to above. This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org) - 2 - Those depository institu tions considered E leventh D istr ic t o f f i c e are lis t e d below: c ity paying a g e n ts for ea c h Dallas Houston First C ity Bank InterFirst Bank-D allas, N.A. form erly First N ational Bank M ercantile N ational Bank N ational Bank o f C om m erce R epublicBank-D allas, N.A. form erly Republic National Bank A llied Bank o f T exas form erly Bank o f T exas Bank o f the Southw est, N.A. C apital Bank, N .A . form erly C apital N ational Bank First C ity N ational Bank RepublicBank-H ouston, N.A ., form erly Houston National Bank InterFirst Bank-Houston, N.A ., form erly First International Bank Southern N ational Bank T exas C om m erce Bank, N.A. San Antonio El Paso A lam o N ational Bank Bexar County N ational Bank Frost N ational Bank Groos N ational Bank InterFirst Bank form erly Main Bank & Trust Co. N ational Bank o f C om m erce A m erican Bank o f C o m m ec e El Paso N ational Bank First C ity N ational Bank S ta te N ational Bank Q uestions regarding the c o n te n ts o f this circular should be d ir ec te d to Trudy White o f the S e c u r ities D ep artm en t at this Bank, Ext. 6179; Jerry Silvey o f the C ash -F iscal A gency D ep artm en t a t the El Paso Branch, (915)544-4730; Jack Stone o f the F iscal A gen cy D ep artm en t at the Houston Branch, (713)659-4433; or Herb Barbee o f the C a sh -F isca l A gency D ep artm en t at the San A ntonio Branch, (512)224-2141. R evision to our "Bulletin 9—C o lle c tio n o f Noncash Items" will be distributed in the near future. A dditional c o p ies o f this circular will be furnished upon req u est to the D ep a rtm en t o f C om m unications, Financial and C om m unity A ffa ir s o f this Bank, Ext. 6289. S incerely yours, William H. W allace First Vice President A tta ch m e n t CREDIT AVAILABILITY SCHEDULE FOR CORPORATE AND MUNICIPAL COUPONS Item P la c e Payable Credit A vailable Due and past due coupons (including future due coupons not r e c e iv e d s u ffic ie n tly in advance o f m aturity) C ity —C ity o f R ese r v e o f f ic e where sender m aintains account 3 banking days a fte r r e c e ip t Country—Outside c ity o f R ese r v e o f f i c e where sender m aintains accou n t 5 banking days a fte r r e c e ip t Future due coupons r e c e iv e d by second banking day prior to m aturity C ity —C ity o f R e se r v e o f f i c e w here sender m aintains account On m aturity date Future due coupons r e c e iv e d by sixth banking day prior to m aturity Country—O utside c ity o f R ese r v e o f f i c e w here sender m aintains accou n t On m aturity date