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Federal R eserve Bank OF DALLAS DALLAS. T EXA S 7 5 2 2 2 November 29, 1991 Notice 91-99 TO: The Chief Operating Officer of each financial institution in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District SUBJECT Fee and Availability Schedules for Commercial Check, Return Check, and Payor Bank Services DETAILS On January 1, 1992, all Federal Reserve Banks will implement new fee and availability schedules for check collection, return check, and payor bank services. The information listed herein is expected to remain in effect throughout 1992. In the Eleventh District, there will be selected price increases in check collection: the country per-item fee in Dallas, from 2.6 cents to 2.8 cents; the RCPC premium per-item fee in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, from 4.0 cents to 4.3 cents; the city per-item fee in El Paso, from 1.6 cents to 1.7 cents; the per-item fee for the other District component of federal items in all offices, from 6.6 cents to 6.7 cents; the nonmachinable per-item fees in all offices for all classes of items; the city fine sort cash letter fee in Houston, from $1.00 to $1.50; and the encoding fee in all offices, from 4.0 cents to 5.0 cents. Concerning return check services, fees for several individual services will increase. Also, the reject reentry fee for payor bank services will increase from 15 cents to 25 cents for 1992. ATTACHMENTS Attached are the 1992 deposit deadlines, availability information, and fees for all check collection and return check services for local custom ers at each Eleventh District office, as well as fees for payor bank services. Information concerning interterritory check collection and return check services is available upon request. For additional copies, bankers and others are encouraged to use one of the following toll-free numbers in contacting the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: Dallas Office (800) 333-4460; El Paso Branch Intrastate (800) 592-1631, Interstate (800) 351-1012; Houston Branch Intrastate (800) 392-4162, Interstate (800) 221-0363; San Antonio Branch Intrastate (800) 292-5810. This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org) - 2 - MORE INFORMATION For more information, please contact Robert Whitman, (214) 698-4357, at the Dallas Office; Eloise Guinn* (915) 521-8201, at the El Paso Branch; Luke Richards, (713) 652-1544, at the Houston Branch; or Herb Barbee, (512) 978-1402, at the San Antonio Branch. For additional copies of this Bank’s notice and the fee and avail ability schedules, please contact the Public Affairs Department at (214) 651-6289. Sincerely, ELEVENTH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio 1992 SCHEDULE OF CHECK SERVICES, FEES, AND AVAILABILITY Forward Check Collection Services Return Check Services Payor Bank Services FORWARD CHECK COLLECTION SERVICE AND FEE SCHEDULE LOCAL DEPOSITORS DALLAS Product Mixed Sorting Requirements None Availability Deadline Cash Per Item Letter Fee Fee (cents) 1/ 12:01 a.m. $1.25 Calc. 2/ 3/ Calc. 4/ 9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. (M-Sat) 10:00 p.m. (M-Th) City Regular Fine 1110/3110 Endpoint $1.00 $2.50 1.6 0.6 Immediate Immediate 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. RCPC Regular 1111/3111 1119/3119 $1.00 2.2 Immediate 12:01 a.m. 5/ Endpoint $3.00 $1.00 $2.50 4.3 2.6 0.8 Immediate Immediate Immediate 1:45 a.m. 3:30 a.m. 4:00 a.m. 1113/3113 $1.00 2.8 1 Day Endpoint $2.50 0.9 1 Day Federal Nonlocal $1.25 High Dollar Group Sort 5/ $9.00 Offsite 5/ 1113/3113 Premium Group Fine 6/ Country Regular Fine II ll 5:00 10:00 6:45 11:00 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. (Sun & He (M-Th) (Sun & He (M-Th) Calc. 4/ 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7.5 Immediate 8:30 a.m. (Tue-Fr) $2.50 0.9 Immediate Nonmachineable City RCPC Country Mixed/Fed None $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.25 23.0 23.0 23.0 36.3 Encoding 7/ None 5.0 5/ None None None 5/ None None None None Canadian C/L Canadian R/T E/Z Clear Bonds U.S. Treasury Checks Postal Money Orders Calc. 3/ 1 1 2 2 Day Day Day Day - 5/ Immediate Immediate Immediate 5/ 9:00 9:00 9:00 9:00 a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. 5/ 5/ 12:00 noon 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 1/ Deadline times are Monday through Friday except where noted. 2/ Local mixed item fees are: CITY 1.7; RCPC 2.3; COUNTRY 2.9 cents. Rejects are 5.2 cents each and noncommercial items are calculated as city items. 3/ Non-local Eleventh District item fees are: CITY 3.8; RCPC 4.6. The fee for all out-of-district items is 6.7 cents. 4/ Contact Dallas Office for availability information for various deadlines. 5/ Contact Dallas Office for specific details. 6/ The deadline is 5:00 a.m. for fine sort letters to RCPC group sort banks. 7/ Price for encoding only. Processing is an additional charge. EFFECTIVE: 1/1/92 FORWARD CHECK COLLECTION SERVICE AND FEE SCHEDULE LOCAL DEPOSITORS EL PASO Product Sorting Requirements Cash Letter Fee Per Item Availability Dead!ine Fee (cents)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1]_ Mixed None $1.25 Calc. 2/ 3/ Calc. 4/ City Regular Fine 1120/3120 Endpoint $1.00 $2.50 1.7 0.6 Immediate Immediate 9:15 a.m. 10:15 a.m. RCPC Regular 1122/3122 1123/3123 1163/3163 Endpoint $1.00 3.0 Immediate 2:00 a.m. $3.00 0.8 Immediate 3:00 a.m. Federal Nonlocal $1.25 Calc. 3/ Calc. 4/ 12:00 noon High Dollar Group Sort 5/ $13.50 15.0 Immediate 9:15 a.m. (Tue-Fr) Nonmachineable City RCPC Mixed/Fed None $1.00 $1.00 $1.25 23.0 23.0 36.3 1 Day 1 Day 2 Day 9:15 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 9:15 a.m. Encoding 6/ None None 5.0 Canadian C/L Canadian R/T 5/ E/Z Clear Bonds Fine 2:00 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 12:00 noon - 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ None None Immediate 12:00 noon U.S. Treasury Checks None None Immediate 3:00 p.m. Postal Money Orders None None Immediate 3:00 p.m. \ / Deadline times are Monday through Friday except where noted. 2/ Local mixed item fees are: CITY 1.8; RCPC 3.1 cents. Rejects are 5.2 cents each and noncommercial items arecalculated as city items. 3/ Non-local Eleventh District item fees are: CITY 3.8; RCPC 4.6; COUNTRY 5.9 cents. The fee for all out-of-district items is 6.7 cents. 4/ Contact El Paso Office for availability information for various deadlines. 5/ Contact El Paso Office for specific details. 6/ Price for encoding only. Processing is an additional charge. EFFECTIVE: 1/1/92 FORWARD CHECK COLLECTION SERVICE AND FEE SCHEDULE LOCAL DEPOSITORS HOUSTON Product Sorting Requirements Cash Letter Fee Availability Per Item Fee (cents) Mixed None $1.25 Calc. 2/ 3/ Calc. 4/ City Regular Group Fine 1130/3130 5/ Endpoint $1.00 $1.00 $1.50 1.6 1.5 0.4 Immediate Immediate Immediate 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. RCPC Regular Premium Group Fine 1131/3131 5/ Endpoint $1.00 $3.00 $1.00 $2.50 2.2 4.3 1.9 0.8 Immediate Immediate Immediate Immediate 12:01 2:30 2:00 4:00 Federal Nonlocal $1.25 Calc. 4/ 12:00 noon 8:00 p.m. High Dollar Group Sort 5/ $9.00 7.5 Nonmachineable City RCPC Mixed/Fed None $1.00 $1.00 $1.25 23.0 23.0 36.3 Encoding 6/ None None 5.0 Canadian C/L Canadian R/T 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ E/Z Clear Bonds None None Immediate 12:00 noon U.S. Treasury Checks None None Immediate 3:00 p.m. Postal Money Orders None None Immediate 3:00 p.m. 1! II Calc. 3/ Dead!ine 1/ 12:01 9:00 12:00 8:00 a.m. a.m. noon p.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. Immediate 9:00 a.m. (Tue-Fr) 1 Day 1 Day 2 Day 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. \ / Deadline times are Monday through Friday except where noted. 2/ Local mixed item fees are: CITY 1.7; RCPC 2.3 cents. Rejects are 5.2 cents each and noncommercial items arecalculated as city items. 3/ Non-local Eleventh District item fees are: CITY 3.8; RCPC 4.6; COUNTRY 5.9 cents. The fee for all out-of-district items is 6.7 cents. 4/ Contact Houston Office for availability information for various deadlines. 5/ Contact Houston Office for specific details. 6/ Price for encoding only. Processing is an additional charge. EFFECTIVE: 1/1/92 FORWARD CHECK COLLECTION SERVICE AND FEE SCHEDULE LOCAL DEPOSITORS SAN ANTONIO Product Sorting Requirements Cash Letter Fee Per Item Availability Deadline Fee (cents)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1j_ Mixed None $1.25 Calc. 2/ 3/ Calc. 4/ City Regular Fine 1140/3140 Endpoint $1.00 $2.50 1.6 0.6 Immediate Immediate 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. RCPC Regular Premium Fine 1149/3149 Endpoint $1.00 $3.00 $2.50 2.2 4.3 0.8 Immediate Immedi ate Immediate 2:00 a.m. 2:45 a.m. 4:00 a.m. Federal Nonlocal $1.25 Calc. 4/ 12:00 noon 7:30 p.m. High Dollar Group Sort 5/ $9.00 7.5 Nonmachineable City RCPC Mixed/Fed None $1.00 $1.00 $1.25 23.0 23.0 36.3 Encoding 6/ None None 5.0 Canadian C/L Canadian R/T 5/ E/Z Clear Bonds II II Calc. 3/ 12:01 9:30 12:00 7:30 a.m. a.m. noon p.m. Immedi ate 9:00 a.m. (Tue-Fr) 1 Day 1 Day 2 Day 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. - 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ None None Immediate 12:00 noon U.S. Treasury Checks None None Immediate 3:00 p.m. Postal Money Orders None None Immediate 3:00 p.m. 1/ Deadline times are Monday through Friday except where noted. 2/ Local mixed items fees are: CITY 1.7; RCPC 2.3 cents. Rejects are 5.2 cents each and noncommercial items are calculated as city items. 3/ Non-local Eleventh District item fees are: CITY 3.8;RCPC 4.6; COUNTRY 5.9 cents. The fee for all out-of-district items is 6.7 cents. 4/ Contact San Antonio Office for availability information forvarious deadlines. 5/ Contact San Antonio Office for specific details. 6/ Price for encoding only. Processing is an additional charge. EFFECTIVE: 1/1/92 RETURN CHECK SERVICE AND FEE SCHEDULE DALLAS Product Sorting Requirements Return Letter Fee Availability Per Item Fee (cents) None $1.25 Calc. 2/ 2 Day 3/ City RCPC Country Federal Qualified Returns $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.25 80.0 80.0 80.0 95.0 Immediate Immediate 1 Day Calculated Mixed $1.25 Calc. 4/ Raw Returns (Unqualified) Mixed Sorted None 1 1 2 2 Day Day Day Day 3/ at — at — at — at — Deadline 1/ 8:00 p.m. (Sun-Th) 12:01 12:01 12:01 12:01 a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. As Follows 12:01 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. City Regular Fine 1110/3110 Endpoint $1.00 $2.50 13.0 0.7 Immediate Immediate 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. RCPC Regular 1111/3111 1119/3119 $1.00 16.0 Immediate 12:01 a.m. Endpoint $1.00 $2.50 29.0 0.9 Immediate Immediate 1:45 a.m. 4:00 a.m. 1113/3113 $1.00 19.0 1 Day Endpoint $2.50 0.9 1 Day Nonlocal $1.25 56.0 Premium Fine Country Regular Fine Federal II II Calculated 5:00 10:00 6:45 11:00 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. (Sun & H( (M-Th) (Sun & He (M-Th) 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Same Day Notification Service for a 1Large Return 0n-line wire notice Telephone call to Fed Physical check to Fed 5/ $1. 75 $4. 25 $5. 25 12:00 noon 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Deadline times are Monday through Friday except where noted. 2/ Mixed raw return per item fees are: LOCAL 80.0; FEDERAL 95.0; REJECTS 85.0 cents. 3/ Contact the Return Check Division if you prefer calculated availability. 4/ Qualified mixed return item fees are: CITY 14.0; RCPC 17.0; COUNTRY 20.0; FEDERAL 57.0; REJECTS 30.0 cents. 5/ Special separate return letter required. y NOTE: Any institution that participates in the Intermingle Return Item Program may send its qualified return items to us in a forward presentment cash letter. It will be charged the forward check collection fee for returns to a participant and the qualified return item fee for returns to a non-participant. EFFECTIVE: 1/1/92 RETURN CHECK SERVICE AND FEE SCHEDULE EL PASO Product Sorting Requirements Return Letter Fee Availability Per Item Fee (cents) Mixed None $1.25 Calc. 2/ 2 Day 3/ 8:00 p.m. (Sun-Th) Sorted City RCPC Federal $1.00 $1.00 $1.25 80.0 80.0 95.0 Immediate Immediate Calculated 2:00 a.m. 2:00 a.m. 2:00 a.m. Mixed None $1.25 Calc. 4/ 3/ 1 Day at — 1 Day at — 2 Day at — As Follows 2:00 a.m. 9:15 a.m. 12:00 noon City Regular Fine 1120/3120 Endpoint $1.00 $2.50 13.0 0.7 Immediate Immediate 9:15 a.m. 10:15 a.m. RCPC Regular 1122/3122 1123/3123 1163/3163 Endpoint $1.00 16.0 Immediate 2:00 a.m. $3.00 0.9 Immediate 3:00 a.m. Nonlocal $1.25 56.0 Calculated 12:00 noon Deadline 1/ Raw Returns (Unqualified) Qualified Returns Fine Federal Same Day Notification Service for a Large Return Each On-1ine wire notice Telephone call to Fed Physical check to Fed 5/ $1 .75 $4 .25 $5 .25 12:00 noon 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 1/ Deadline times are Monday through Friday except where noted. 2/ Mixed raw return per item fees are: LOCAL 80.0; FEDERAL 95.0; REJECTS 85.0 cents. 3/ Contact the Return Check Division if you prefer calculated availability. 4/ Qualified mixed return item fees are: CITY 14.0; RCPC 17.0; FEDERAL 57.0; REJECTS 30.0 cents. 5/ Special separate return letter required. EFFECTIVE: 1/1/92 RETURN CHECK SERVICE AND FEE SCHEDULE HOUSTON Product Sorting Requirements Return Letter Fee Availability Per Item Fee (cents) Mixed None $1.25 Calc. 2/ 2 Day 3/ Sorted City RCPC Federal $1.00 $1.00 $1.25 80.0 80.0 95.0 Immediate Immediate Calculated None $1.25 Calc. 4/ Deadline 1/ Raw Returns (Unqualified) 8:00 p.m. (Sun-Th) 12:01 a.m. 12:01 a.m. 12:01 a.m. Qualified Returns Mixed 1 1 2 2 Day Day Day Day As Follows 3/ at — 12:01 a.m. 9:00 a.m. at — at -- 12:00 noon at — 8:00 p.m. City Regular Fine 1130/3130 Endpoint $1.00 $1.50 13.0 0.4 Immediate Immediate 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. RCPC Regular Premium Fine 1131/3131 Endpoint $1.00 $1.00 $2.50 16.0 29.0 0.9 Immediate Immediate Immediate 12:01 a.m. 2:30 a.m. 4:00 a.m. Federal Nonlocal $1.25 56.0 Calculated 12:00 noon 8:00 p.m. II ll Same Day Notification Service for a Large Return Each 0n-line wire notice Telephone call to Fed Physical check to Fed 5/ $1 .75 $4 .25 $5 .25 12:00 noon 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. \ / Deadline times are Monday through Friday except where noted. 2/ Mixed raw return item fees are: LOCAL 80.0; FEDERAL 95.0; REJECTS 85.0 cents. 3/ Contact the Return Check Division if you prefer calculated availability. 4/ Qualified mixed return item fees are: CITY 14.0; RCPC 17.0; FEDERAL 57.0; REJECTS 30.0 cents. 5/ Special separate return letter required. EFFECTIVE: 1/1/92 RETURN CHECK SERVICE AND FEE SCHEDULE SAN ANTONIO Product Sorting Requirements Return Letter Fee Per Item Availability Fee (cents) Deadline 1/ Mixed None $1.25 Calc. 2/ 2 Day 3/ 8:00 p.m. (Sun-Th) Sorted City RCPC Federal $1.00 $1.00 $1.25 80.0 80.0 95.0 Immediate Immediate Calculated 2:00 a.m. 2:00 a.m. 2:00 a.m. None $1.25 Calc. 4/ Raw Returns (Unqualified) Qualified Returns Mixed 1 1 2 2 Day Day Day Day 3/ As Follows 12:01 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 12:00 noon 7:30 p.m. — — — — City Regular Fine 1140/3140 Endpoint $1.00 $2.50 13.0 0.7 Immediate Immediate 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. RCPC Regular Premium Fine 1149/3149 Endpoint $1.00 $1.00 $2.50 16.0 29.0 0.9 Immediate Immediate Immediate 2:00 a.m. 2:45 a.m. 4:00 a.m. Federal Nonlocal $1.25 56.0 Calculated 12:00 noon 7:30 p.m. II II Same Day Notification Service for a Large Return Each On-line wire notice Telephone call to Fed Physical check to Fed 5/ $1 .75 $4 .25 $5 .25 12:00 noon 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. \ / Deadline times are Monday through Friday except where noted. 2/ Mixed raw return per item fees are: LOCAL 80.0; FEDERAL 95.0; REJECTS 85.0 cents. 3/ Contact the Return Check Division if you prefer calculated availability. 4/ Qualified mixed returns item fees are: CITY 14.0; RCPC 17.0; FEDERAL 57.0; REJECTS 30.0 cents. 5/ Special separate return letter required. EFFECTIVE: 1/1/92 ELEVENTH DISTRICT PAYOR BANK SERVICE PRICES MICR CAPTURE SERVICES MICR Capture Extended MICR Truncatioi $ 7.00 Minimum Daily Fee $ 7.00 $ 7.00 Per Item Fee: electronic transmission magnetic tape $ $ $ Magnetic Tape surcharge $10.00 .003 .003 .005 NA $ NA .014 NA NA Return Item Origination: FAX notification FEDLINE notification NA NA $ 1.50 $ 1.00 $ 1.50 $ 1.00 Item or Information Retrieval NA $ 1.25 $ 1.25 Fine Sort Capture per item $ .012 $ .012 $ .012 Reject Reentry per item $ .25 $ .25 $ .25 Microfilming per item $ .005 $ .005 Included ACCOUNT TOTAL AND OUTSORT SERVICES Account Total Minimum Daily Fee $20.00 Per Account Fee Outsort $50.00 $.20 NA Fine Sort Capture per item $ .012 $ .012 Reject Reentry per item $ .25 $ .25 Telephone Notification (30 accounts) $15.00 NA For additional information on Payor Bank Services, please call Eric Lendl at (214) 651-6626.