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item  Payment Policies
The Board works with Reserve Banks, financial institutions, government agencies, and foreign central banks to develop payments-system policies and regulations.
- Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act
- Federal Reserve's Key Policies for the Provision of Financial Services
- Fedwire: Self-Assessment of Compliance with International Core Principles
- The Future of Retail Electronic Payments Systems: Industry Interviews and Analysis (314 KB PDF)
- The Payments System in Transition Conference 2003
- Payments System Risk
- Sponsorship for Priority Telecommunication Services
- The Use of Checks and Other Noncash Payment Instruments in the United States (94 KB PDF)
item  Payment Services
Reserve Banks provide payment services to help move more than $3 trillion through the nation's payment system each business day to pay for goods, services, and financial instruments. To help effect these transactions, the Reserve Banks provide a variety of payment services to depository institutions, the Treasury, and other government agencies.
- Automated Clearinghouse Services
- Check Restructuring Initiative at the Reserve Banks
- Check Services
- Currency and Coin Services
- Fedwire and National Settlement Services
- Fiscal Agency Services
See Federal Reserve Financial Services for more information about Reserve Bank financial services and payments research.
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