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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)

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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