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Report of Transaction Accounts, Other Deposits
and Vault Cash (FR 2900)
For use by credit unions. There are separate instructions for U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks,
commercial banks, Edge Act and agreement corporations, industrial banks, building or savings and loan
associations, mutual savings banks, cooperative banks, homestead associations, and savings banks.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Section 1 – General Instructions................................................................................................... 8
A. Who must report.......................................................................................................................... 8
B. Reporting Frequency ................................................................................................................... 8
C. Where to Report .......................................................................................................................... 9
D. How to Report............................................................................................................................. 9
D.1 Treatment of IBF Accounts............................................................................................. 9
D.2 Consolidation .................................................................................................................. 9
D.3 Basis of Accounting ...................................................................................................... 10
D.4 Denomination ................................................................................................................ 10
D.5Foreign (non-U.S.) Currency-denominated Transactions .............................................. 10
D.6 Recordkeeping............................................................................................................... 11
D.7 Weekend and Holiday Posting ...................................................................................... 11
D.8 Pre-Posting .................................................................................................................... 12
D.9 Overdrafts or Negative Balances................................................................................... 12
D.10 Unposted Debits and Credits....................................................................................... 12
D.11 Rejected Items ............................................................................................................. 13
D.12 Filing of Data .............................................................................................................. 13
E. Requests for Revised Data......................................................................................................... 13
F. What Liabilities Are Reservable Under Regulation D .............................................................. 13
G. Deposits as Defined Under Federal Reserve Regulation D ...................................................... 13
G.1 Deposits......................................................................................................................... 13
G.2 Primary Obligations ...................................................................................................... 15
G.3 Primary Obligations (AA.1, BB.2)................................................................................ 16
H. Treatment of Pass-Through Balances ....................................................................................... 17
I. Treatment of Trust Funds ........................................................................................................... 17
J. Treatment of Escrow Funds........................................................................................................ 17
K.Treatment of Payment Errors ..................................................................................................... 18
K.1 Duplicate Payment ........................................................................................................ 18
K.2 Misdirected Payment..................................................................................................... 18
K.3 Failed Payment.............................................................................................................. 18
K.4 Improper Third Party Transfers..................................................................................... 19
L. Treatment of Sweep Arrangements ........................................................................................... 19
L.1 Retail Sweeps................................................................................................................. 19
L.2 Offshore Investment Sweeps ......................................................................................... 19
L.3 Domestic Investment Sweeps ........................................................................................ 20
M. Mergers..................................................................................................................................... 20
N. Treatment of Suspense Accounts .............................................................................................. 20
O. Netting....................................................................................................................................... 20

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Section 2 – Item-by-Item Instructions........................................................................................ 21
Transaction Accounts (Items A.1 through A.3) ............................................................................. 21
General description of Transaction Accounts ...................................................................... 21
Summary of transaction account classifications .................................................................. 24
Demand deposits (Items A.1.a through A.1.c)............................................................................... 25
Demand deposits due to depository institutions (Item A.1.a) .............................................. 30
U.S. Government Demand Deposits (Item A.1.b) ............................................................... 33
Other demand deposits (Item A.1.c) .................................................................................... 35
ATS accounts, NOW accounts/share drafts, and telephone and
preauthorized transfers (Item A.2) ....................................................................................... 38
Total Transaction Accounts (Item A.3) ......................................................................................... 39
Deductions from Transaction Accounts (Items B.1 and B.2) ........................................................ 40
Demand balances due from depository institutions in the U.S. (Item B.1) ........................... 40
Cash items in process of collection (Item B.2) ...................................................................... 42
Total savings deposits (Item C.1) .................................................................................................. 44
Total time deposits (Item D.1) ....................................................................................................... 49
Vault cash (Item E.1) ..................................................................................................................... 53
Memorandum section .................................................................................................................. 55
All time deposits with balances of $100,000 or more (Item F.1) .......................................... 55
Schedule AA and Schedule BB - Other reservable liabilities by remaining maturity ................... 57
Ineligible acceptances and obligations issued by affiliates (Items AA.1 and BB.2)............ 57
Determining maturities......................................................................................................... 58
Classifying an Affiliate’s Obligation ................................................................................... 58
Schedule AA .................................................................................................................................. 60
Ineligible acceptances and obligations issued by affiliates maturing in less than seven
days (Item AA.1) ........................................................................................................... 60
Schedule BB - Nonpersonal Items ................................................................................................. 61
Total nonpersonal savings and time deposits (Item BB.1)................................................... 61
Ineligible acceptances and obligations issued by affiliates maturing
in seven days or more (nonpersonal only) (Item BB.2)................................................. 62

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Schedule CC: Net Eurocurrency Liabilities.................................................................................. 63
Net Eurocurrency Liabilities (Item CC.1)............................................................................ 63
Worksheet for preparation for Schedule CC ............................................................................ 64
Gross borrowings from non-U.S. offices of other depository institutions and from
certain designated non-U.S. entities (Worksheet Item 1) .............................................. 66
Gross liabilities to own non-U.S. branches plus net liabilities to own IBF
(Worksheet Item 2) ........................................................................................................ 67
Gross claims on own non-U.S. branches plus net claims on own IBF
(Worksheet Item 3) ........................................................................................................ 68
Assets held by own IBF and own non-U.S. branches acquired from U.S. offices
(Worksheet Item 4) ....................................................................................................... 69
Credit extended by own non-U.S. branches to U.S. residents (Worksheet Item 5) ............. 69
Step-by-Step Instructions for Calculating Schedule CC .......................................................... 70
Glossary ........................................................................................................................................ 71

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INTRODUCTION
The Report of Transaction Accounts, Other Deposits and Vault Cash (FR 2900) is required from all
banking Edge Act and agreement corporations and U.S. branches and agencies of non-U.S. banks regardless
of the level of their deposits and from all other depository institutions in the United States with net transaction
accounts greater than the exemption amount or total transaction accounts, savings deposits, and small time
deposits greater than or equal to the reduced reporting limit as of the periods specified by the Federal Reserve
Board.1 The FR 2900 report is used by the Federal Reserve for the calculation of required reserves, for
construction of the monetary aggregates, and to meet the requirement that the exemption amount be indexed
annually as specified by the Federal Reserve Act. Rules governing the reserve requirements are contained in
Federal Reserve Regulation D-- Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR § 204) (“Regulation D”).
The FR 2900 instructions present detailed instructions for the preparation of the FR 2900 reports
by credit unions. Separate instructions are provided for commercial industrial banks, banking Edge Act
and agreement corporations, building or savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, cooperative
banks, homestead associations, and savings banks, and U.S. branches and agencies of non-U.S. banks.
The FR 2900 instructions may be obtained upon request from the appropriate Federal Reserve
Bank and are available on the Federal Reserve Board’s website at
http://www.federalreserve.gov/reportforms/default.cfm.
Reporting institutions that are not required to submit the FR 2900 may be subject to reduced
deposits reporting, depending on the level of their net transaction accounts and their total transaction
accounts, savings deposits, and small time deposits. A description of the Annual Report of Deposits
and Reservable Liabilities (FR 2910a) is provided in the Reserve Maintenance Manual published by the
Federal Reserve and located at http://www.frbservices.org/Accounting/pdf/rmm.pdf (“Reserve
Maintenance Manual”). Reporting forms and instructions for the FR 2910a may be obtained upon request
from the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank and are available on the Federal Reserve Board’s website at
http://www.federalreserve.gov/reportforms/default.cfm.
Subsequent sections of the instructions are organized as follows. Section 1 provides general
instructions for preparation of the FR 2900. Section 2 provides item-by-item instructions for all items on the

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Section 411 of the Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 subjects the first $2.0 million of a reporting institution’s
reservable liabilities to a reserve requirement of zero percent. The amount of reservable liabilities subject to the zero-percent
reserve requirement (the “exemption amount”) is adjusted each year for the next succeeding calendar year by 80 percent of the
percentage increase in total reservable liabilities of all depository institutions, measured on an annual basis as of June 30. No
corresponding adjustment is made in the event of a decrease in total reservable liabilities of all depository institutions.
The criteria used to determine the exemption amount for all FR 2900 reporters are described in the chapter titled “Reporting
Requirements” of the Reserve Maintenance Manual. Also contained in this chapter are detailed descriptions of the various
deposit reporting categories and information on the annual review and determination of reporting frequencies for all depository
institutions.

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report. The glossary defines (in alphabetical order) important terms and phrases that appear underlined
throughout the instructions.
Accurate preparation of the FR 2900 report is an important first step in the reserve maintenance cycle.
Based on the deposit levels that the reporting institution reports for each reporting period, the Federal Reserve
calculates the level of required reserve balances that must be maintained at, or passed through to a Federal
Reserve Bank under the reserve maintenance schedule stipulated by Regulation D. Efficient reserve
management begins with accurate and timely deposit reporting. Errors in reporting may result in higher
reserve requirements, which could reduce the reporting institution’s potential earnings, or in insufficient
reserves, which may subject the reporting institution to the assessment of penalties.
In addition to their use in the calculation of required reserves, data from the FR 2900 report are used to
construct the monetary aggregates. Inaccurate reporting may result in detenoration in the quality of the
monetary aggregates estimates.
The following instructions are based on Regulation D and in no way alter or modify the requirements
of Regulation D. While every effort has been made to incorporate all existing regulatory provisions,
applicable regulations, interpretations, and legal opinions governing deposits subject to reserve requirements,
the FR 2900 instructions should not be considered the final authority on the deposit status of all instruments,
obligations, or transactions. Final authority rests with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Inquiries concerning specific instruments, obligations, or transactions may be directed to the Federal Reserve
Bank in the appropriate District.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF ALL ITEMS ON THE REPORT OF
TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS, OTHER DEPOSITS AND VAULT CASH (FR 2900)
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to be 3.50 hours per response,
including time to gather and maintain data in the required format and to review instructions and complete the
information collection. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection
of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Secretary, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551; and to the Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (7100-0087), Washington, D.C. 20503.

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SECTION 1- GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS2

A. Who Must Report.
The FR 2900 report is required from each of the following institutions:
A.1. All banking Edge Act and agreement corporations and their U.S. branches, regardless of size; and
A.2. All other depository institutions with net transaction accounts greater than the exemption amount or
with total transaction accounts, savings deposits, and small time deposits greater than or equal to
the reduced reporting limit, as determined each July by procedures described annually in the
Supplementary Information to Regulation D and in the Reserve Maintenance Manual.
Any depository institution that opens during the year or any depository institution for which condition
report data is unavailable will be asked to submit an FR 2910a report on June 30 to determine its
appropriate reporting category, unless its size warrants earlier reporting.
B. Reporting Frequency.
The procedures used to determine frequency of reporting are described in the chapter titled
“Reporting Requirements” of the Reserve Maintenance Manual.
B.1. All banking Edge Act and agreement corporations and their U.S. branches, regardless of size,
shall submit the FR 2900 weekly. The reporting week is the seven-day period that begins on
Tuesday and ends on the following Monday. A newly licensed banking Edge Act and
agreement corporation should commence reporting as of the date the initial accounting entry is
made to its books, but not before a permanent charter or license is issued.
B.2. All other depository institutions with net transaction accounts greater than the exemption
amount and with total transaction accounts, savings deposits, and small time deposits greater
than or equal to the nonexempt deposit cutoff, or with total transaction accounts, savings
deposits, and small time deposits greater than or equal to the reduced reporting limit, regardless
of the amount of net transaction accounts, are required to submit the FR 2900 weekly.
B.3. All other depository institutions with net transaction accounts greater than the exemption
amount and with total transaction accounts, savings deposits, and small time deposits less than
the nonexempt deposit cutoff are required to submit the FR 2900 once each quarter, in March,
June, September, and December.
B.4. The FR 2900 report contains twelve items that should be reported for each day of the report
week. In addition, three single day items should be reported only one day each year, in June.
For weekly FR 2900 reporters, that single day is June 30. For quarterly reporters, that single
day is the Monday contained in the standard June reporting week. The three single day items
are: item BB.1, Total Nonpersonal Savings and Time Deposits; item BB.2, Ineligible
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Terms and phrases appearing with an underline are defined and described in the Glossary of this document.

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Acceptances and Obligations Issued by Affiliates Maturing in Seven Days or MoreNonpersonal Only; and item CC.1, Net Eurocurrency Liabilities.
C. Where to Report.
A reporting institution must file the FR 2900 with the Federal Reserve Bank in the Federal Reserve
District in which the reporting institution is located. A reporting institution is located in the Federal
Reserve District that contains the location specified in the reporting institution’s charter, organizing
certificate, license, or articles of incorporation, or as specified by the reporting institution’s primary
regulator, or if no such location is specified, the location of its head office, unless otherwise determined by
the Federal Reserve Board.
D. How to Report.
The FR 2900 shall reflect amounts outstanding as of the “close of business” each day during the reporting
period. The report shall be prepared in accordance with the procedures described below.
D.1. Treatment of International Banking Facility (IBF) Accounts. An IBF may be established in the
United States by a U.S. depository institution, a U.S. branch or agency of a foreign bank, or a
banking Edge Act and agreement corporation. An IBF is a set of asset and liability accounts
segregated on the books and records of the establishing entity. Permissible IBF assets and
permissible IBF liabilities are defined in Regulation D [12 CFR §204.8(a)(2) and (3)]. IBF
liabilities are exempt from reserve requirements and thus should be excluded from the FR 2900
report. However, certain transactions of the establishing entity with its own IBF may be
eurocurrency liabilities of the establishing entity and, if so, should be included in the calculation
of line item CC.1, Net Eurocurrency Liabilities.
D.2. Consolidation. Each reporting institution must prepare a consolidated report that includes all
shares/deposits, vault cash, and allowable deductions of the following entities:
a.
b.
c.
d.

the head office of the reporting institution;
all branch offices located in the 50 states or the District of Columbia;
all branches on U.S military facilities, wherever located; and
all majority-owned subsidiaries located in the 50 states or the District of Columbia

Banking Edge and agreement subsidiaries of the reporting bank are required to file separate
reports to the Federal Reserve and therefore should not be consolidated in the bank's report.
Balances due to and due from non-U.S. branches of the reporting bank should be excluded from
all items on the FR 2900 except for Schedule CC, where they are included in the calculation of
net eurocurrency liabilities. Report on the FR 2900 any deposit received from a non-U.S. office
of an affiliate.
Deposits of the reporting institution's IBF should be excluded from the FR 2900. Net balances
due
to or due from the reporting institution's own IBF should be included in the calculation of net
eurocurrency liabilities (Schedule CC), and excluded from all other items on the FR 2900.
Preparing a consolidated report involves combining all comparable accounts of the principal office, any
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The consolidation basis to be used in preparing the FR 2900 may differ from the report of condition3 and
certain other reports. For example, “Checks on hand” received at a reporting institution’s majority-owned
subsidiary should be combined with the reporting institution’s “cash items in process of collection.” Demand
accounts of a reporting institution’s majority-owned subsidiary at institutions other than the parent should be
combined with the reporting institution’s balance “due from other depository institutions.” Similarly,
obligations of a majority-owned subsidiary that meet the definition of “deposits” should be included as
deposit liabilities of the parent reporting institution.
Preparing a Consolidated FR 2900 Report (excluding Schedule CC)
Step 1: Combine comparable accounts of the reporting institution’s individual entities on an
account-by-account basis.
Example: A demand account of the reporting institution’s own majority-owned subsidiary held at
other depository institutions or a reservable liability held on the books of the reporting
institution’s majority-owned subsidiary that meets the definition of a deposit.
Step 2: Eliminate all inter-office transactions that reflect the existence of debtor-creditor
relationships among the entities and branches to be consolidated (including majority-owned
subsidiaries).
Example: Cash that is owed to the parent (head office) by a branch.
D.3. Basis of Accounting. Liabilities that are reported on the FR 2900 must be based on the reporting
institution’s contractual liability to its counterparty, which includes accrued interest. Liabilities must
be reported based on the reporting institution’s contractual liability regardless of whether it has
elected to report the fair value of its liabilities on financial statements.
D.4. Denomination. Amounts should be rounded and reported to the nearest thousand U.S. dollars.
D.5. Foreign (non-U.S.) Currency-denominated Transactions. Transactions denominated in foreign
(non-U.S.) currency must be valued in U.S. dollars each reporting week either by using the exchange
rate prevailing on the Tuesday that begins the seven-day reporting week or by using the exchange
rate prevailing on each corresponding day of the reporting week.
Regardless of which of the above two options is elected, the exchange rates to be used for this
conversion are either 1) the 10:00 a.m. rates quoted for major currencies by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York, or 2) the noon buying rates certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for
customs purposes, or 3) some other consistent series of exchange rate quotations. These procedures
will apply to all foreign (non-U.S.) currency deposits that are outstanding during any one day of the
reporting week, including those that are received by the reporting institution after the start of the
reporting week (Tuesday) or paid out before the close of the reporting week (the following Monday).
Once a reporting institution chooses to value foreign (non-U.S.) currency transactions by using either
the weekly (Tuesday) method or the daily (corresponding day) method, it must use that method
consistently over time for all Federal Reserve reports. If at some future time the reporting institution
wishes to change its valuation procedure from one of these two methods to the other, the change must
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In this document the term “report of condition” refers to the Statement of Financial Condition
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be applied to all Federal Reserve reports and then used consistently thereafter. Please notify the
appropriate Federal Reserve Bank of any such change.
Foreign (non-U.S.) currency-denominated deposits held at U.S. offices of a reporting institution
must be converted to U.S. dollars under the procedures stipulated above and included as
appropriate in Section A, B, C, or D (and F where applicable), or in Schedules AA, BB, or CC of
the FR 2900. In addition, all FR 2900 reporting institutions, both weekly and quarterly, that offer
foreign (non-U.S.) currency-denominated deposits at their U.S. offices must file the Report of
Foreign (non-U.S.) Currency Deposits (FR 2915), which breaks out the amounts of such deposits,
converted to U.S. dollars that are included in selected FR 2900 line items. For information on the
FR 2915, please contact the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank.
D.6. Recordkeeping. The amount reported for each day should reflect the amount outstanding at the
“close of business” for that day. The term “close of business” refers to the time established by the
reporting institution as the cut-off time for posting transactions to its general ledger accounts for that
day. The time designated as close of business should be reasonable and applied consistently.
For purposes of the FR 2900 report, the reporting institution is open when entries are made to the
general ledger of the reporting institution for that day. The posting of a transaction to the general
ledger account means that both debit and credit entries must be recorded as of the same date. For any
day on which the reporting institution was closed, i.e., no entries are made to the general ledger,
report the closing balance as of the preceding day.
Adjustments made to the general ledger after the close of business to accurately reflect transactions
executed as of the close of business on the report date should be reported on the FR 2900. For
example, if the general ledger is updated to correct a clerical error or a misposting, it is appropriate to
revise the FR 2900. However, post-closing adjustments to the accounting records of the reporting
institution that reflect transactions that did not occur on the reporting date should not be reported on
the FR 2900.
Examples:
1. When deposits of a customer under a sweep program were not transferred between
transaction and nontransaction accounts on the general ledger for any reason, the reporting
institution should not make back valued or post-closing adjustments to the FR 2900 to reflect
the sweep activity that did not actually occur.
2. When deposits of a customer were not transferred to another depository institution because of
operational problems, the FR 2900 should not include any back valued adjustments to reflect
the activity that did not occur.
D.7. Weekend and Holiday Posting. Institutions who post to their general ledger on Saturdays, Sundays,
and/or holidays may report these balances on the FR 2900 for these days. Both debit and credit
entries for each transaction must be recorded on the official books and recorded on the same day in
order to be reported on the FR 2900; otherwise, the preceding day’s balances are reported.
D.8. Pre-Posting. Transactions that result from prior commitments should be reported on the date that the
transaction is executed, not on the commitment date. However, where payment information (such as
that contained on magnetic tape, paper listings, and similar items involving automated arrangements)
is sent to the reporting institution prior to the effective payment date, the institution may credit its
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will be available to the depositor at the opening of business on the payment date. When such prior
credit to deposit accounts is given in connection with automated arrangements, the credits should be
offset by appropriate debit entries to item B.2, Cash Items in Process of Collection.
Reservable obligations for which settlement is in clearinghouse or uncollected funds should be
reported as of the date that the transaction is executed and not as of the settlement date or date that
collected funds are to be received.
D.9. Overdrafts or Negative Balances. Unless covered by a bona fide cash management arrangement4, all
deposit accounts with a negative balance as of the close of business each day (whether resulting from
prearranged or unplanned overdrafts or from operating or other factors) are to be regarded as having a
zero balance for purposes of computing deposit totals. Moreover, any overdrawn deposit account by
a customer should be regarded as a loan made by the reporting institution to that customer; and the
amount of the overdraft should be regarded as zero and not be reported as a negative deposit. (See
Subsection I, Treatment of Trust Funds.)
Demand deposit accounts which the reporting institution maintains at another depository institution
that have negative balances should be regarded as having zero balances when computing totals for
item B.1, Demand Balances due from Depository Institutions in the U.S. Specifically, when an
account which the reporting institution routinely maintains with sufficient balances to cover checks
or drafts issued in the normal course of business becomes overdrawn at another depository institution,
negative balances that result from such occasional overdrafts are regarded as a borrowing and
therefore should not be included in the FR 2900 report. However, checks or drafts drawn against an
account that is not routinely maintained with sufficient balances, or that are drawn against a “zero
balance account” (for example, an account wherein funds are remitted by the reporting institution
only when it has been advised that the checks or drafts have been presented for payment) are
considered to be demand deposits and reported in item A.1.c, Other Demand Deposits.
D.10. Unposted Debits and Credits. Unposted debits consist of cash items drawn on the reporting
institution that have been “paid” or credited by the reporting institution and are chargeable, but that
have not been charged against deposits as of the close of business. These items should be reported in
item B.2, Cash Items in Process of Collection, until they have been charged to either individual or
general ledger deposit accounts.
Unposted credits consist of items that have been received for deposit and that are in process of
collection but that have not been posted to individual or general ledger deposit accounts. These
credits should be reported as deposits. (See Subsection N, Treatment of Suspense Accounts.)
D.11. Rejected items. Rejected items (resulting from mutilated documents, incorrect account numbers or
other factors) that would otherwise have resulted in credit to deposit accounts should be included in
deposit totals for the day on which corresponding debits have been posted. Rejected items that
represent withdrawals from deposit accounts, and for which corresponding credits have already been
recorded should be deducted from deposits as of the close of business for that day.
D.12. Filing of Data. Weekly and quarterly FR 2900 data may be filed with the appropriate Federal
Reserve Bank either electronically or in hard-copy form. Please visit
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Overdrawn accounts of a depositor who maintains more than one transaction account with the reporting institution may be netted
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http://www.reportingandreserves.org/iesub.html or contact the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank
for information on electronic submission of the reporting institution’s data.
Please note that if a reporting institution has its data prepared or transmitted by a private vendor, the
reporting institution is responsible for the timeliness and accuracy of data to the same extent as if it
had prepared and transmitted the data itself. The reporting institution may be contacted directly by
and be responsible for responding to the Federal Reserve regarding questions on its FR 2900 data.
E. Requests for Revised Data.
Federal Reserve System staff review data submitted on the FR 2900 report very carefully to ensure that the
data are accurate. As a result of that review, Federal Reserve Bank staff may ask reporting institutions to
explain movements in the data, and, if reported data are incorrect, staff will ask the institution to submit
revisions. Since these data are extremely time-sensitive, reporting institutions should respond as quickly
as possible to these requests.
F. Liabilities That Are Reservable Under Regulation D.
Under the Monetary Control Act of 1980, transaction accounts, nonpersonal time deposits (which also
includes nonpersonal savings deposits), and eurocurrency liabilities are subject to reserve requirements.5
Rules governing reserve requirements are contained in Regulation D. Detailed instructions defining these
reservable liabilities can be found in the appropriate item-by-item instructions.
Deposits, as defined by Regulation D, are described in Subsection G immediately below. Please note,
however, that in addition to reservable liabilities, certain nonreservable liabilities are also reported on the
FR 2900.
G. Deposits as Defined Under Regulation D.
Regulation D, Section 204.2(a)(1), defines “deposits”, which for purposes of the FR 2900 report is divided
into two broad categories of liabilities: deposits and primary obligations that are undertaken by the
reporting institution as a means of obtaining funds.
G.1. Deposits reported in Sections A, C, D, and F of the FR 2900 consist of:
a. Funds (including brokered deposits) received or held by the reporting institution for which credit
has been given or is obligated to be given to a transaction account (demand deposit, share draft
account, telephone or preauthorized transfer or ATS account), a savings deposit account
(including share accounts), or a time deposit account (including share certificate accounts). Also
include interest credited to such accounts.
b. Funds received or held by departments other than the trust department of the reporting
institution for a special or specific purpose, such as escrow funds, funds held as security
for securities lent by the reporting institution, funds deposited as advance payments on
subscriptions to U.S. Government securities, and funds held to meet the reporting
institution’s acceptances. Refer to Subsection I. Treatment of Trust Funds, for clarification on
trust reporting.

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Nonpersonal time deposits and Eurocurrency liabilities are reservable liabilities even though they currently are
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c. Cashier’s checks, certified checks, teller’s checks, and other officer’s checks issued for any
purpose including those issued in payment for services, dividends, or purchases that are drawn on
the reporting institution by any of its duly authorized officers and that are outstanding on the
report date. This includes:
(1) Those drawn by the reporting institution on itself and not payable at or through another
depository institution.
(2) Those drawn by the reporting institution and drawn on, or payable at or through, another
depository institution on a zero-balance account or an account that is not routinely maintained
with sufficient balances to cover checks drawn in the normal course of business (including
accounts where funds are remitted by the reporting institution only when it has been advised
that the checks or drafts have been presented).
Those checks drawn by the reporting institution on a deposit account at another depository
institution which the reporting institution routinely maintains with sufficient balances to cover
checks or drafts drawn in the normal course of business should be excluded from item A.1,
Demand Deposits, and recorded directly as a reduction in item B.1, Demand Balances Due
from Depository Institutions in the U.S.
(3) Those drawn by the reporting institution on, or payable at or through, a Federal Reserve Bank
or a Federal Home Loan Bank.
d. Funds received or held in connection with traveler’s checks and teller’s checks sold (but not
drawn) by the reporting institution, until the proceeds of the sale are remitted to another party.
Also include other funds received or held in connection with any other checks used (but not
drawn) by the reporting institution, until the amount of the checks is remitted to another party.
e. Money orders issued for any purpose (including those issued in payment for services, dividends,
or purchases) that are drawn on the reporting institution and are outstanding on the report date.
In addition, funds received or held for money orders sold, but not drawn by the reporting
institution until the proceeds of the sale are remitted to another party.
f. Funds received or held in connection with letters of credit issued to customers, including funds
credited to cash collateral accounts and similar accounts.
g. Checks or drafts drawn by, or on behalf of, a non-U.S. office of the reporting institution on an
account maintained at any U.S. office of the reporting institution.
h. Deposits at non-U.S. offices of the reporting institution which are payable at a U.S. office or for
which the depositor is guaranteed payment at a U.S. office. A deposit of a U.S. resident in a
denomination of less than $100,000 is a deposit, regardless of where payable.
i. Any obligation to pay a check or draft (including a share draft) drawn on the reporting institution
that has been presented for collection by a third party when the depositor’s account at the
reporting institution has already been charged and when settlement of the check has not been
made.
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k. Any funds received by the reporting institution’s affiliate and later channeled to the reporting
institution by the affiliate in the form of a transaction account, savings deposit (including share
accounts), or time deposit (including share certificates).
G.2.

Certain primary obligations are reported in Sections A, C, D, and F of the FR 2900. Primary
obligations reported in these sections consist of:
a. Any obligation that can be sold or transferred to another party without the knowledge of the
reporting institution, regardless to whom the obligation was initially issued.
b. Purchases of “Federal Funds”, either overnight or for a specified term, from nonexempt entities.
c. Repurchase agreements entered into with nonexempt entities on any asset other than (1) an
obligation of, or an obligation fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the U.S.
Government or a federal agency or (2) the shares of a money market mutual fund whose portfolio
consists wholly of obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by,
the U.S. Government or a federal agency.
d. Funds raised through the issuance and sale of mortgage securities (backed by a pool of
conventional, non-federally insured mortgages) to nonexempt entities if the originating reporting
institution is obligated to incur more than the first 10 percent of any loss associated with that pool
of mortgages.
This treatment, however, does not apply to normal mortgage loan participation transactions where
the buyer and seller of a participation in a mortgage loan or pool of mortgages share all risk of loss
on a pro rata basis. In such instances, any funds raised through the sale of such participations are
not subject to reserve requirements.
e. Liabilities of the reporting institution in the form of mortgage-backed bonds that are issued and
sold by the reporting institution to nonexempt entities.
f. Proceeds from outstanding sales to nonexempt entities of short-term loans made under long-term
lending commitments.
g. Liabilities for outstanding bank notes or other debt instruments other than those that are:
subordinated to the claims of depositors, not insured by a federal agency, and have weighted
average maturities of five years or more, and are issued by a depository institution with the
approval or under the rules and regulations of its primary federal supervisor.
h. The borrowing of cash equivalents that qualify as deposits for Regulation D purposes (e.g.,
precious metals).
i. Liabilities arising from the issuance of due bills or similar instruments that are issued by the
reporting institution to any customer (including another depository institution), regardless of
the use of the proceeds, or a debit to an account of the customer before the securities are
delivered, unless collateralized within three business days from date of issuance by a security
similar to the security purchased by the reporting institution’s customer. A security is similar
if it is of the same type and if it is of comparable maturity to that purchased by the customer.
In the absence of such collateral, due bills become reservable deposits beginning on the fourth
business day after the date of issuance, without regard to the purpose of the due bill or to
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G.3.

Primary obligations to be reported in items AA.1 and BB.2 of the FR 2900 consist of any liability of
the reporting institution’s nonconsolidated affiliate on any promissory note (including commercial
paper), acknowledgement of advance, due bill, or similar obligation (written or oral), regardless of
maturity, to the extent that the proceeds are used to supply or maintain the availability of funds (other
than capital) to the reporting institution if (1) the affiliate’s liability would have been regarded as
reservable if issued by the reporting institution, and (2) if the proceeds from the affiliate’s liability are
channeled to the reporting institution in the form of a nonreservable transaction (e.g., a sale of the
reporting institution’s assets to its affiliate).
The proceeds from the affiliate’s liability (whether regarded as reservable or nonreservable if issued
by the reporting institution) when channeled to the reporting institution in the form of a transaction
account, savings deposit (including share accounts), or time deposit (including share certificates),
should be reported by the reporting institution as a transaction account, savings deposit, or time
deposit, respectively (See Subsection G.1.a). If the affiliate’s liability would have been regarded as
nonreservable if issued by the reporting institution, and if the proceeds from the affiliate’s liability
are channeled to the reporting institution in the form of a nonreservable transaction, such funds are
excluded from the FR 2900 report.
Regulations may require certain obligations that are not classified as deposits on other reports to
be treated as deposits on the FR 2900 report. For example, certain debt obligations issued to
nonexempt entities are defined as deposits for purposes of Regulation D and the FR 2900 report
but are reported as borrowings on the quarterly report of condition. Consequently, the deposit
balances on the FR 2900 report may differ from amounts reported in corresponding lines reported
on the reporting institution’s report of condition and on other reports submitted to the reporting
institution’s regulator.
In general, funds received by a reporting institution that are immediately applied to reduce or
extinguish a customer’s indebtedness to that institution do not constitute deposits since no
liability is incurred. However, where a reporting institution receives funds representing loan
repayments in the course of servicing loans for others, such funds represent deposits. Certain
dealer reserve or dealer differential accounts, such as those that arise when financing a merchant’s
installment accounts receivable, and which provide that the dealer may not have access to the
funds in the account until the installment loans are repaid, are exempt from reserve requirements
until the reporting institution becomes obligated to the merchant for the full amount or any
portion of the funds. Similarly, funds that have been irrevocably assigned to the reporting
institution and cannot be reached by its customer or by the customer’s creditors are not subject to
reserve requirements. Finally, certain other liabilities that do not result in a receipt of funds, such
as accounts payable, are not regarded as reservable liabilities.

H. Treatment of Pass-through Balances.
A reporting institution may satisfy its reserve requirements by holding vault cash or by holding a reserve
balance with its Federal Reserve Bank or by electing to be a respondent and passing its required reserve
balance through a correspondent institution.
Correspondent institutions should exclude from the FR 2900 report all balances received from respondent
institutions that have been passed through to the Federal Reserve Bank to satisfy reserve requirements.
The correspondent institution should include on the FR 2900 report all balances that qualify as reportable
deposits that are received from respondent institutions which have not been passed through to the Federal
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Respondent institutions should exclude from the FR 2900 report all balances that the correspondent passes
through to the Federal Reserve Bank on behalf of the respondent to satisfy reserve requirements.
Respondent institutions should include on the FR 2900 report all balances the correspondent institution
has not passed through to the Federal Reserve Bank.
I. Treatment of Trust Funds.
Trust funds should be reported as deposits of the reporting institution and should be classified as
transaction accounts, savings deposits (including share accounts), or time deposits (including share
certificates), depending on the terms of the underlying agreement when:
I.1. Deposited by the trust department of the reporting institution in the commercial or other department
of the reporting institution;
I.2. Deposited by the trust department of another reporting institution in the commercial or other
department of the reporting institution; or
I.3. Mingled with the general assets of the reporting institution, regardless of where held.
Commingled balances of individual trusts held in a single transaction account may not be netted. A
negative balance in an individual trust account must be reflected as a zero balance and should not be
netted against positive balances in other trusts in computing the amount in the commingled
transaction account each day. The prohibition does not apply, however, if (1) the applicable trust law
specifically permits the netting, or if a written trust agreement, valid under applicable trust law,
permits a trust to lend money to another trust account, or (2) the amount that caused the overdraft is
still available in a settlement, suspense, or other trust account within the trust department and may be
used to offset the overdraft.
Exclude from the FR 2900 report trust funds that a reporting institution receives or holds but keeps
segregated from its general assets and that are not available for general investment or lending
purposes. Items such as bonds, stocks, jewelry, coin collections, etc. that are left with the reporting
institution for safekeeping, sometimes referred to as “special deposits,” should not be included as
deposits on the FR 2900 report.
J. Treatment of Escrow Funds.
Escrow funds consist of funds deposited with a reporting institution under an agreement that requires the
reporting institution to pay all or some portion of the funds to a third party at a certain time or upon
fulfillment of certain conditions.
Escrow funds should be classified as transaction accounts, savings deposits (including share accounts), or
time deposits (including share certificates), based on the contractual maturity date or disbursement
schedule in the escrow agreement. When the escrow agreement has no specific maturity date or
disbursement schedule, these funds may be classified by when the funds have been disbursed in practice.
Escrow funds will be regarded as personal savings deposits (including share accounts) or personal time
deposits (including share certificates) if the depositor is a natural person and the other conditions of a
savings deposit or time deposit are met, notwithstanding that the funds are held by the reporting institution
as an escrow agent. The classification of escrow funds as time deposits or savings deposits (including
share certificates and share accounts) does not depend on whether or not interest or dividends are paid on
the funds. Escrow agreements entered into by the reporting institution in states where the payment of
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interest or dividends on such accounts is required by law must comply with the notice or maturity
provisions applicable to time deposits or savings (including share accounts) deposits.
K. Treatment of Payment Errors.
Demand deposits that are incurred because of payment errors must be reported in the appropriate category
on the FR 2900. The holder of the funds must report them on the FR 2900 even if the depository
institution that has the funds did not intend to receive these funds or intended to send these funds, but
could or did not. Payment errors typically arise from the following transactions:
K.1. Duplicate Payment. A duplicate payment occurs when the sending institution transfers funds more
than once. Part of this payment will eventually be returned. However, the funds represent a demand
deposit for the receiving institution and the amount must be reported as a demand deposit until the
funds are disbursed. The sending institution does not have either a due from depository institution
deduction or a cash item in the process of collection.
K.2. Misdirected Payment. A misdirected payment occurs when the sending institution transfers funds to
the wrong depository institution. The funds will be eventually returned to the sending institution or
disbursed to the correct institution. However, the institution that received the funds in error must
report these funds as a demand deposit until the funds are disbursed.
The sending institution does not have either a due from depository institutions deduction or a cash
item in the process of collection. The institution that did not receive the expected funds, regardless of
whether or not the institution credited the customer’s account in anticipation of receiving payment,
does not have either a due from depository institution deduction or a cash item in the process of
collection.
K.3. Failed Payment. A failed payment occurs when an institution fails to make a payment requested by a
customer because of payment system failures (e.g. computer problems) or a clerical error. The funds
retained because the transfer was not executed must be reported as a demand deposit until the funds
are disbursed.
The institution that did not receive the expected funds, regardless of whether or not the institution
credited the customer’s account in anticipation of receiving payment does not have either a due from
depository institution deduction or a cash item in the process of collection.
K.4. Improper Third Party Transfers. An improper third party transfer occurs when a third party transfer
is sent over Fedwire during the settlement period (e.g., after 6:00 p.m. EST). If the transfer is not
reversed by the close of Fedwire, the receiving depository institution must report these funds as a
demand deposit. The sending depository institution does not report these funds as either a due from
depository institution or a cash item in the process of collection.
L.

Treatment of Sweep Arrangements.
Sweep arrangements allow funds to be automatically transferred between different types of deposit
accounts or between deposit accounts and other interest-bearing instruments. The FR 2900 should
reflect amounts outstanding as of the close of business each day as reflected on the reporting
institution’s general ledger for each item. Therefore, any swept amounts should be reported based on
the account in which they reside at the close of each day; not where the deposits originated. When
deposits of a customer under a sweep program were not transferred between transaction and
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make back valued or post-closing adjustments to the FR 2900 to reflect the sweep activity that did
not actually occur.
L.1 Retail Sweeps. When a depository institution establishes a retail sweep program with respect
to transaction account customers, the depository institution must ensure that its customer account
agreements provide for the existence of two distinct accounts (a transaction account and a savings
deposit account (including share accounts)) rather than a single (transaction) account and that
funds are actually transferred between these two accounts as described in the customer contract.
There are three key criteria for valid retail sweep programs:
1. A depository institution must establish by agreement with its transaction account customer
two legally separate accounts: a transaction account (a share draft or demand deposit
account) and a nontransaction account (usually a savings deposit account (including share
accounts), also sometimes called a “money market deposit account” or “MMDA”);
2. The swept funds must actually be moved from the customer’s transaction account to the
customer’s savings deposit account (including share accounts) on the depository institution’s
general ledger as of close of the business on the day(s) on which the depository institution
intends to report the funds in question as savings deposits and not transaction accounts, and
vice versa. Transfers from nontransaction accounts to transaction accounts associated with
sweep arrangements are considered third-party transfers and must comply with the rules
specified in Regulation D 204.2(d)(2) (See item C.1, Total Savings Deposits).
3. The maximum number of preauthorized or automatic funds transfers (“sweeps”) from a
savings deposit account into a transaction account in a retail sweep program is limited to not
more than six (6) per month.
L.2

Offshore Investment Sweeps. When a depository institution intends to establish an
offshore sweep program, the deposit contractual agreement between the reporting
institution and its customer must be executed pursuant to which the deposit is payable as
a matter of right only at an office located outside the United States of the reporting
institution. However, if a deposit of a U.S. resident under an offshore sweep program is
less than $100,000, it must be reported on the reporting institution’s FR 2900 as a
deposit, regardless of any provisions in the applicable deposit agreement as to payability
only outside the United States.

L.3

Domestic Investment Sweeps. When a depository institution intends to establish an
investment sweep program with its customer, a contractual agreement between the
reporting institution and the customer must be executed that clearly states that, for the
period during which the funds are swept, the liability for the funds is no longer a deposit
liability of the reporting institution but rather the liability of the issuer of the alternate
investment.

M. Mergers.
The surviving entity of a merger should report consolidated FR 2900 balances as of the first calendar
day that the nonsurvivor no longer exists. This should be based on the legal date of the merger
regardless of whether it occurs on a weekday, weekend, or holiday.

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N. Treatment of Suspense Accounts.
Funds in suspense accounts are transaction accounts and must be reported in item A.1.c, Other
Demand Deposits. When the disposition of funds in suspense has been determined, the funds should
be reported in the appropriate line item. However, what was previously reported cannot be revised.
O. Netting.
Netting liabilities against assets is generally not permitted on the FR 2900. Netting is only permitted
when explicitly outlined in these instructions (e.g., reciprocal balances, bona fide cash management
agreements) even if generally accepted accounting standards permit additional netting practices (e.g.,
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SECTION 2: ITEM-BY-ITEM INSTRUCTIONS

Transaction Accounts (Items A.1 through A.3)
Items A.1 through A.3 of the report collect data on transaction accounts by component. Below is a general
description of transaction accounts, followed by a summary of transaction account classifications. These
descriptions are followed by detailed instructions for each item to be reported under transaction accounts.
General Description of Transaction Accounts
With exceptions noted below, report in items A.1 through A.3, as appropriate, deposits or accounts from
which the depositor or account holder is permitted to make transfers or withdrawals by negotiable or
transferable instruments, payment orders of withdrawal, telephone transfers, or other similar devices for the
purpose of making payments or transfers to third persons or others or from which the depositor may make
third party payments at an automated teller machine (ATM) or a remote service unit (RSU), or other
electronic device, including by debit card.
Transaction accounts include:
1.

Demand deposits.

2.

Deposits or accounts on which the reporting institution has reserved the right to require at least
seven days’ written notice prior to withdrawal or transfer of any funds in the account, whether or
not this right is exercised, and that are subject to more than six checks, drafts, negotiable orders
of withdrawal, share drafts, or other similar instrument per payment cycle.

3. Deposits or accounts, such as accounts authorized by 12 U.S.C. §371a (automatic transfer service
accounts or ATS accounts), on which the reporting institution has reserved the right to require at
least seven days’ written notice prior to withdrawal or transfer of any funds in the account,
whether or not this right is exercised. Withdrawals from these accounts may be made
automatically through payment to the reporting institution itself or through transfer of credit to a
demand deposit account, share draft account, or other account in order to cover checks or drafts
drawn upon the reporting institution or to maintain a specified balance in, or to make periodic
transfers to, such other accounts, provided that the account consists of funds in which the entire
beneficial interest is held by one or more individuals as prescribed by 12 U.S.C. §371a.
4. Deposits or accounts (other than saving deposits (including share accounts) (a) in which the
entire beneficial interest is held by a party eligible to hold a share draft account, and (b) on which
the reporting institution has reserved the right to require at least seven days’ written notice prior
to withdrawal or transfer of any funds in the account whether or not this right is exercised and (c)
under the terms of which, or which by practice of the reporting institution, the depositor is
permitted or authorized to make more than six preauthorized, automatic or telephonic
withdrawals or transfers per month or statement cycle (or similar period) of at least four weeks
for purposes of:
• transferring funds to another account of the depositor at the same reporting institution
(including a transaction account), or
• making payment to a third party by means of preauthorized transfer, or
• making payment to a third party by means of telephonic agreement (including data
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transmission), order or instruction.
An account that permits or authorizes more than six such withdrawals in a calendar month, or
statement cycle (or similar period) of at least four weeks, is a transaction account whether or not
more than six such withdrawals actually are made during such period.
A preauthorized transfer includes any arrangement by the reporting institution to pay a third
party from the account of a depositor:
• upon written or oral instruction (including an order received through an automated
clearing house (ACH)) or
• at a predetermined time or on a fixed schedule.
The following transactions do not constitute preauthorized, automatic, or telephonic transfers or
withdrawals:
• transfers for the purpose of repaying loans and associated expenses at the same reporting
institution (as originator or servicer) or
• transfers of funds from this account to another account of the same depositor at the same
institution or permits withdrawals (payments directly to the depositor) from the account
when such transfers or withdrawals are made by mail, messenger, ATM, or in person or
when such withdrawals are made by telephone (via check mailed to the depositor)
regardless of the number of such transfers or withdrawals.
5. Deposits or accounts maintained in connection with an arrangement that permits the depositor to
obtain credit directly or indirectly through the drawing of a negotiable or nonnegotiable check,
draft, order or instruction or other similar device (including telephone or electronic order or
instruction) on the issuing reporting institution that can be used for the purpose of making
payments or transfers to third parties or others, or to a deposit account of the depositor.
6. All deposits other than time deposit and savings deposit accounts (including share certificates
and share accounts), including those accounts that are time and savings deposits in form but that
the Federal Reserve Board has determined, by rule or order, to be transaction accounts.
7. Interest or dividends paid by crediting a transaction accounts.
Transaction Accounts do not include:
1. Savings deposits (including share accounts) or check (including ( including accounts commonly
known as money market deposit accounts (MMDAs)). Please note, however, that an account that
otherwise meets the definition of a savings deposit but that authorizes or permits the depositor to
exceed the withdrawal or transfer limitations specified for that account is a transaction account.
(See item C.1, Total Savings Deposits.)
2. Time deposit accounts or share certificates.
3. Primary obligations maturing in less than seven days if they take the form of ineligible
acceptances or of obligations issued by the reporting institution’s affiliates described in Section
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Summary of Transaction Account Classifications
A. Always regarded as transaction accounts:
1. Demand deposits.
2. Share draft accounts.
3. Accounts (other than savings deposits (including share accounts)) from which payments may be
made to third parties by means of an ATM or an RSU, or other electronic device including by
debit card.
4. Accounts (other than savings deposits (including share accounts)) that permit third party
payments through use of checks, drafts, negotiable instruments, or other similar instruments.
5. Accounts that are time or savings deposits (including share accounts) in form but that the Federal
Reserve Board has determined, by rule or order, to be transaction accounts.
6. ATS accounts.
B. Deposits or accounts that are regarded as transaction accounts if the following specified conditions exist:
1. Accounts (including share accounts) that otherwise meet the definition of savings deposits but
that authorize or permit the depositor to exceed the transfer and withdrawal rules for a savings
deposit (including share accounts).
2. Any deposit or account that otherwise meets the definition of a time deposit but that allows
withdrawals within six days after the date of deposit and that does not require an early
withdrawal penalty of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts withdrawn within those
first six days, unless the deposit or account meets the definition of a savings deposit. Any such
deposit or account that meets the definition of a savings deposit shall be reported as a savings
deposit (including share accounts). Otherwise, the deposit shall be reported as a demand deposit
in item A.1.a or item A.1.c.
3. The remaining balance of a time deposit (including share certificates) from which a partial
withdrawals are permitted within six days after the date of the last withdrawal unless the
remaining balance either (a) is subject to early withdrawal penalties of at least seven days’ simple
interest on amounts withdrawn (in which case the deposit or account continues to be reported as a
time deposit) or (b) is placed in an account that meets the definition of a savings deposit (in
which case the deposit or account shall be reported as a savings deposit or a share account).
Otherwise, the deposit or account shall be reported as a demand deposit in item A.1.a or item
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C. Not regarded as transaction accounts (unless specified above):
1. Savings deposits (including share accounts) (including MMDAs).
2. Accounts that permit telephone or preauthorized transfers or transfers by ATMs or RSUs to repay
loans made or serviced by the same reporting institution.
3. Accounts that permit telephone or preauthorized withdrawals where the proceeds are to be mailed
to or picked up by the depositor.
4. Accounts that permit transfers to other accounts of the depositor at the same reporting institution
through ATMs or RSUs.
5. Time deposits or share certificates.
Demand Deposits (Items A.1.a through A.1.c)
For items A.1.a through A.1.c of the FR 2900 report, demand deposits include deposits described in Section
1, Subsection G.1, and primary obligations described in Section 1, Subsection G.2, that are payable
immediately on demand, or that are issued with an original maturity or required notice period of less than
seven days, or that represent funds for which the reporting institution does not reserve the right to require at
least seven days’ written notice of an intended withdrawal.
Include in items A.1.a through A.1.c:
1. All checking accounts, including those pledged as collateral for loans or maintained as compensating
balances. However, do not include share draft accounts, which are reported in item A.2.
2. Cashier’s checks, certified checks, teller’s checks, and other officer’s checks issued for any purpose
including those issued in payment for services, dividends, or purchases that are drawn on the
reporting institution’s duly authorized officers and that are outstanding on the report date. This
includes:
A. Those drawn by the reporting institution on itself and not payable at or through another depository
institution.
B. Those drawn by the reporting institution and drawn on, or payable at or through, another
depository institution on a zero-balance account or an account that is not routinely maintained with
sufficient balances to cover checks drawn in the normal course of business (including accounts where
funds are remitted by the reporting institution only when it has been advised that the checks or drafts
have been presented).
Those checks drawn by the reporting institution on a deposit account at another depository institution
which the reporting institution routinely maintains with sufficient balances to cover checks or drafts
drawn in the normal course of business should be excluded from item A.1, Demand Deposits, and
recorded directly as a reduction in item B.1, Demand Balances Due From Depository Institutions in
the U.S.
C. Those checks drawn by the reporting institution on, or payable at or through, a Federal Reserve
Bank or a Federal Home Loan Bank.

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3. Funds received or held in connection with traveler’s checks and teller’s checks sold (but not drawn)
by the reporting institution, until the proceeds of the sale are remitted to another party. Also includes
other funds received or held in connection with any other checks used (but not drawn) by the
reporting institution, until the amount of the checks is remitted to another party.
4. Money orders issued for any purpose (including those issued in payment for services, dividends, or
purchases) that are drawn on the reporting institution and are outstanding on the report date should be
reported as deposits. In addition, funds received or held for money orders sold, but not drawn by the
reporting institution should be included as deposits until the proceeds of the sale are remitted to
another party.
5. Funds received or held in connection with letters of credit sold to customers, including funds credited
to cash collateral accounts and similar accounts.
6. Unposted credits and suspense accounts.
7. Withheld taxes, withheld insurance premiums, and other funds withheld from salaries of the reporting
institution’s employees. Also include taxes withheld from distributions or payments from pensions,
annuities, and other deferred income including IRAs.
8. Funds received or held in escrow accounts that may be withdrawn on demand or within six days from
the date of deposit, except escrow funds that meet the definition of savings deposits or time deposits.
(see Section 1, Subsection J, Treatment of Escrow Funds).
9. An obligation to pay on demand or within six days a check or share draft (or other instrument, device,
or arrangement for the transfer of funds) drawn on the reporting institution, when the depositor’s
account already has been debited.
10. Checks or drafts drawn by, or on behalf of, a non-U.S. office of the reporting institution on an
account maintained at any of the reporting institution’s U.S. offices.
11. Demand deposit accounts at non-U.S. offices of the reporting institution that are guaranteed payable
in the U.S. or when the depositor is guaranteed payment at a U.S. office.
12. For any depositor that is not eligible to hold a share draft account, accounts that otherwise meet the
definition of savings deposits but under the terms of which, or by practice of the reporting institution,
the depositor is authorized or permitted to exceed the withdrawal or transfer limitations specified for
savings deposits (including share accounts). (See item C.1, Total Savings Deposits.)
13. Any deposit or account that otherwise meets the definition of a time deposit but that allows
withdrawals within the first six days after the date of deposit and that does not require an early
withdrawal penalty of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts withdrawn within six days,
unless the deposit or account meets the definition of a savings deposit or share account. Any such
deposit or account that meets the definition of a savings deposit or share account shall be reported as
a savings deposit. Otherwise the deposit or account shall be reported as a demand deposit in item
A.1.a or item A.1.c.
14. The remaining balance of a time deposit (including share certificates) from which partial withdrawals
are permitted within six days after the date of the last withdrawal, unless the remaining balance either
(a) is subject to early withdrawal penalties of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts
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placed in an account that meets the definition of a savings deposit (in which case the deposit or
account shall be reported as a savings deposit). Otherwise, the deposit or account shall be reported as
a demand deposit in item A.1.a or item A.1.c.
15. All matured time certificates of deposit (including share certificates), even if interest is paid after
maturity, except matured time certificates of deposit during the grace period after maturity, if such a
grace period exists (See 12 CFR §329.104).
Excludes matured time certificates of deposits (including share certificates) and proceeds from time
deposits or time deposit open accounts, wherein the deposit agreement specifically provides for the
funds to be transferred to an account type other than a demand deposit in item A.1.a or item A.1.c.
16. The institution’s liability on primary obligations described in Section 1, Subsection G.2(a), (c), (d),
(e) and (f) that are issued by the reporting institution to nonexempt entities in original maturities of
less than seven days.
17. Due bills described in Section 1, Subsection G.2(i), that are issued by the reporting institution in
original maturities of less than seven days and that are not collateralized within three business
days by similar securities.
18. Credit balances.
19. Any funds received by the reporting institution’s affiliate and later channeled to the reporting
institution by the affiliate in the form of a demand deposit in item A.1.a or item A.1.c.
20. Funds received as a result of payment errors. (See Section 1, Subsection K, Treatment of Payment
Errors.)
Exclude from demand deposits in either item A.1.a or item A.1.c, the following categories of liabilities even if
they have an original maturity of less than seven days:
1. Savings deposits or share accounts (including MMDAs).
2. Hypothecated deposits. Please note that for purposes of the FR 2900 report, hypothecated deposits do
not include shares or deposits simply serving as collateral for loans.
3. Funds received and credited to dealer reserve or dealer differential accounts that the reporting
institution is not obligated to make available to either the dealer or the dealer’s creditors.
4. Checks or drafts drawn by the reporting institution on a deposit account at another depository
institution which the reporting institution routinely maintains with sufficient balances to cover checks
or drafts drawn in the normal course of business. (See item B.1, Demand Balances Due From
Depository Institutions in the U.S.)
5. Repurchase agreements involving:
A. obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the U.S.
Government or a federal agency, or
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obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the U.S. Government or a federal
agency.
6. Due bills, issued to any entity, that are collateralized within three business days by securities similar
to the securities purchased. (See Section 1, Subsection G.2(i), Primary Obligations.)
7. Any primary obligation issued or undertaken as a means of obtaining funds (except for due bills that
are not collateralized within three business days by a similar security), regardless of the use of the
proceeds, when transacted with the U.S. office of the following exempt entities:
A. U.S. commercial banks and trust companies and their majority-owned subsidiaries;
B. a U.S. branches or agencies of a bank organized under foreign (non-U.S.) law (including U.S.
branches and agencies of foreign official banking institutions);
C. banking Edge Act and agreement corporations;
D. mutual and stock savings banks;
E. building or savings and loan associations and homestead associations;
F. cooperative banks;
G. industrial banks;
H. credit unions (including corporate central credit unions);
I.

the U.S. Government and its agencies and instrumentalities such as the NCUA Central Liquidity
Facility, National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, Office of Thrift Supervision, Federal
Home Loan Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Federal Land Banks, Banks for
Cooperatives, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Financing Bank, and Student Loan
Marketing Association;

J.

Export-Import Bank of the U.S.;

K. Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico;
L. Minbanc Capital Corporation;
M. securities dealers, but only when the borrowing (a) has a maturity of one day, (b) is in
immediately-available funds, and (c) is in connection with the clearance of securities;
N. the U.S. Treasury Treasury Tax and Loan account note balances;
O. New York State investment companies (chartered under Article XII of the New York State
Banking Code) that perform a banking business and that are majority-owned by one or more
non-U.S. banks; and
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depository institutions.
8. Funds obtained from state and municipal housing authorities under loan-to-lender programs involving
the issuance of tax exempt bonds and the subsequent lending of the proceeds to the reporting
institution for housing finance purposes.
9. Borrowings from a Federal Reserve Bank.
10. Shares of the credit union held by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) or the
NCUA Central Liquidity Facility.
11. Amounts of outstanding bankers acceptances that are created by the reporting institution and that
are of the type that are ineligible for discount at Federal Reserve Banks (See Section 1,
Subsection G.3, Primary Obligations). These transactions are reported in Schedule AA or BB.
12. Certain obligations issued by the reporting institution’s nondepository affiliates (See Section 1,
Subsection G.3, Primary Obligations). These transactions are reported in Schedule AA or BB.
13. Overdrafts. (See Section 1, Subsection D.9., Overdrafts or Negative Balances.)

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Report Item A.1.a.-- Demand Deposits Due to Depository Institutions
Include in item A.1.a, the balance of all demand deposits in the form of deposits that are due to:
1. U.S. offices of the following institutions:
A. U.S. commercial banks (including affiliates of the reporting institution that engage in a
commercial banking business and private banks) and trust companies conducting a
commercial banking business;
B. industrial banks;
C. bankers’ banks that are organized as commercial banks;
D. branches and agencies of non-U.S. banks (including branches and agencies of foreign
official banking institutions);
E. banking Edge Act and agreement corporations; and
F. New York State investment companies (chartered under Article XII of the New York
State Banking Code) that perform a banking business and that are majority-owned by
one or more non-U.S. banks.
2. Non-U.S. offices of:
A. other U.S. banks and banking Edge Act and agreement corporations (that is, other than
the reporting institution’s own non-U.S. offices); and
B. commercial banks, merchant banks, discount houses, and similar banking institutions
(including banking affiliates of the reporting institution or its parent) organized under the
laws of a foreign country, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands,
or other territories of the United States.
3. Mutual or stock savings banks (including those that are bankers’ banks).
4. Building or savings and loan associations, homestead associations and cooperative banks
(including those that are bankers’ banks).
5. Credit unions (including corporate central credit unions).
Any deposit or account that otherwise meets the definition of a time deposit but that allows withdrawals
within six days after the date of deposit and that does not require an early withdrawal penalty of at least seven
days’ simple interest on amounts withdrawn within those first six days, unless the deposit or account meets
the definition of a savings deposit. Any such deposit or account that meets the definition of a savings deposit
shall be reported as a savings deposit. Otherwise, the deposit or account shall be reported in this item or in
A.1.c.
The remaining balance of a time deposit (including share certificates) from which partial withdrawals are
permitted within six days after the date of the last withdrawal, unless the remaining balance either (a) is
subject to early withdrawal penalties of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts withdrawn (in which
case the deposit or account continues to be reported as a time deposit) or (b) is placed in an account that meets
the definition of a savings deposit. Otherwise, the deposit or account shall be reported in this item or in A.1.c.
Include in this item those accounts issued by the reporting institution to the depository institutions listed in 1
through 5 above that otherwise meet the definition of savings deposits but under the terms of which, or by
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transfer limitations specified for that account. (See item C.1, Total Savings Deposits.)
Also include in this item all due bills that are issued by the reporting institution to U.S. offices of those
institutions listed in 1, 3, 4, and 5 above in original maturities of less than seven days and that are not
collateralized within three business days by similar securities. Except for such due bills, all other primary
obligations should be excluded from item A.1.a.
Reciprocal Balances: All demand balances, except for due bills, due to an institution that is listed in 1.A
through 1.E above may be reported net of balances “due from” those institutions (see calculations of net
reciprocal balances below).
All demand balances in the form of due bills issued to the U.S. offices of the institutions listed in 1, 3, 4, and
5 above and all other demand balances due to the institutions listed in 1.F, 2, 3, 4, and 5 above shall be
reported on a gross basis.
Calculation of net reciprocal balances (an example):
A.

“Due to” Banks
Bank A
Bank B
Bank C

B.

$ 200,000
$ 500,000
$1,700,000

$1,000,000
$ 300,000
$2,500,000

Net “Due to” Banks
Bank A
Bank B
Bank C

C.

“Due from” Banks

Net “Due from” Banks
0
$ 200,000
0

$ 800,000
0
$ 800,000

Sum of Net Reciprocal Balances
“Due to” Banks

“Due from” Banks

$ 200,000

$1,600,000

(Report in Item A.1.a)

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Exclude from item A.1.a:
1. Demand deposits due to:
A. Respondent institutions to the extent that such deposits represent balances that the
reporting institution, serving as pass-through agent or correspondent, has passed through
to the Federal Reserve Bank.
B. Nondepository and limited purpose trust companies (report in item A.1.c, Other Demand
Deposits).
C. Trust departments of the reporting institution and of other depository institutions (report
in item A.1.c, Other Demand Deposits).
D. Nondepository affiliates of the reporting institution and of other depository institutions
(report in item A.1.c, Other Demand Deposits).
E. The U.S. Government (report in item A.1.b, U.S. Government Demand Deposits) and its
agencies and instrumentalities (report in item A.1.c, Other Demand Deposits), including
the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility, National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund,
Office of Thrift Supervision, Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit
Banks, Federal Land Banks, Banks for Cooperatives, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal National Mortgage
Association, Federal Financing Bank, Student Loan Marketing Association, and
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
F. Foreign official banking institutions (report in item A.1.c).
2. A demand deposit due to a depository institution that is negative (i.e., overdrawn). The amount of such
negative balance should be regarded as zero when computing the deposit total. (See Section 1, Subsection
D.9, Overdrafts and Negative Balances.)
3. Any negative “due from” balance which results when an account at another depository institution which
the reporting institution routinely maintains with sufficient balances to cover checks or drafts drawn in
the normal course of business becomes overdrawn; negative balances that result from such occasional
overdrafts are regarded as borrowings by the reporting institution and should not be included on the FR
2900 report.
4. Cashier’s checks, certified checks, teller’s checks, and other officer’s checks or any other instrument
drawn by the reporting institution (report in item A.1.c).
5. All primary obligations (including due bills) issued to non-U.S. offices of U.S. depository institutions and
of non-U.S. banks (include in calculation of item CC.1, Net Eurocurrency Liabilities).
6. Except for those due bills noted earlier for inclusion, all other primary obligations that are issued to U.S.
offices of depository institutions are excluded from item A.l.a and from the FR 2900 report. Such
obligations include, but are not limited to, federal funds transactions and repurchase agreements with U.S.
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Report Item A.1.b -- U.S. Government Demand Deposits
Include in item A.1.b., the balance of all demand deposit accounts in the form of deposits that are designated
as federal public funds, such as:
1. U.S. Treasury Tax and Loan accounts, including deposits of federal income tax withheld
from employee salaries and from distributions or payments from pensions, annuities, and
other deferred income including IRAs; social security tax deposits and other federal tax
payments; and the proceeds from sales of U.S. Savings Bonds.
2. U.S. Treasury general accounts and special collection accounts.
3. Postmaster’s demand deposit accounts.
4. Demand deposit accounts of the following:
A. the Tennessee Valley Authority and other government-owned corporations; and
B. disbursing officers of the Department of Defense and Department of the Treasury.
5. Demand deposit accounts of other public funds that are subject to control or regulation by the
United States government, including accounts of military organizations, such as post exchanges,
military clubs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and similar entities.
Please note that, for item A.1.b, demand deposits include only deposits held for the credit of the U.S.
Government, and exclude all primary obligations to the U.S. Government. Such primary obligations are
exempt from reserve requirements.
Exclude from item A.1.b:
1. Demand deposits due to U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities (report in item
A.1.c, Other Demand Deposits), including the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility, National
Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, Office of Thrift Supervision, Federal Home Loan
Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Federal Land Banks, Banks for Cooperatives, the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal
National Mortgage Association, Federal Financing Bank, Student Loan Marketing
Association, and Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
2. Demand deposits held for state or local governments or their political subdivisions (report in
item A.1.c).
3. U.S. Treasury Tax and Loan account note balances (see below).
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U.S. Treasury Tax and Loan account-Treatment of Note Option and Remittance Option:
Only the deposits credited to the U.S. Treasury Tax and Loan demand deposit accounts that represent
funds received as of the close of business of the current day should be reported as U.S. Treasury Tax and
Loan demand deposits. Funds credited to the U.S. Treasury Tax and Loan demand deposit accounts as of the
close of business on previous days should already have been remitted to the Federal Reserve Bank or
automatically converted into open-ended interest-bearing notes, depending on the option selected by the
reporting institution. Interest-bearing U.S. Treasury Tax and Loan account note balances are exempt from
reserve requirements and should not be reported as deposits.

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Report Item A.1.c-- Other Demand Deposits
Include in item A.1.c, the balance of all other demand deposits in the form of deposits and primary
obligations, including:
1.

Demand deposits in the form of deposits held for:
A. individuals, partnerships, and corporations, wherever located;
B. states and local governments and their political subdivisions;
C. U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities including the NCUA Central Liquidity
Facility, National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, Office of Thrift Supervision, Federal
Home Loan Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Federal Land Banks, Banks for
Cooperatives, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Financing Bank, Student Loan
Marketing Association, and Export-Import Bank of the U.S.;
D. nondeposit and limited purpose trust companies;
E. trust departments of the reporting institution and of other institutions (see Section 1,
Subsection I, Treatment of Trust Funds);
F.

nondepository affiliates of the reporting institution and of other depository institutions;

G. foreign (non-U.S.) governments (including foreign official banking institutions), both
national and regional, and international institutions; and
H. holding companies.
2.

Withheld state and local government taxes, insurance premiums, and similar items (but not withheld
federal income tax payments, which are reported in item A.1.b, Demand Deposits of the U.S.
Government).

3.

Cashier’s checks, certified checks, teller’s checks, and other officer’s checks issued for any purpose
including those issued in payment for services, dividends, or purchases that are drawn by any of the
reporting institution’s duly authorized officers and that are outstanding on the report date. This
includes:
A. Those drawn by the reporting institution on itself and not payable at or through another
depository institution.
B. Those drawn by the reporting institution and drawn on, or payable at or through, another
depository institution on a zero-balance account or an account that is not routinely
maintained with sufficient balances to cover checks drawn in the normal course of
business (including accounts where funds are remitted by the reporting institution only
when it has been advised that the checks or drafts have been presented).
Those checks drawn by the reporting institution on a deposit account at another
depository institution which the reporting institution routinely maintains with sufficient
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excluded from item A.1.a and item A.1.c, Demand Deposits, and recorded directly as a
reduction in item B.1, Demand Balances Due From Depository Institutions in the U.S.
C. Those checks drawn by the reporting institution on, or payable at or through, a Federal
Reserve Bank or a Federal Home Loan Bank.
4.

5.

Funds received or held in connection with traveler’s checks and teller’s checks sold (but not drawn)
by the reporting institution, until the proceeds of the sale are remitted to another party. Also includes
other funds received or held in connection with any other checks used (but not drawn) by the
reporting institution, until the amount of the checks is remitted to another party.
Money orders issued for any purposes (including those issued in payment for services, dividends, or
purchases) that are drawn on the reporting institution and are outstanding on the report date should be
reported as deposits. In addition, funds received or held for money orders sold, but not drawn by the
reporting institution should be included as deposits until the proceeds of the sale are remitted to
another party.

6.

Unposted credits and suspense accounts.

7.

Funds received in connection with letters of credit issued to customers, including funds credited to
cash collateral accounts or similar accounts.

8.

Funds deposited to the credit of the reporting institution’s own trust department where the funds
involved are utilized to cover checks or drafts.

9.

Funds received or held in escrow accounts that may be withdrawn on demand or within six days from
the date of deposit except escrow funds held as savings deposits (including share accounts) or time
deposits (including share certificates)). (See Section 1, Subsection J, Treatment of Escrow Funds.)

10.

Deposits subject to payment orders of withdrawal (POWs).

11.

For any depositor listed in 1.A through 1.H above that is not eligible to hold a share draft account,
include in this item accounts that otherwise meet the definition of savings deposits but under the
terms of which, or by practice of the reporting institution, the depositor is authorized or permitted to
exceed the withdrawal or transfer limitations specified for that account. See item C.1, Total Savings
Deposits.

12.

Any deposit or account that otherwise meets the definition of a time deposit but that allows
withdrawals within six days after the date of deposit and that does not require an early withdrawal
penalty of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts withdrawn within those first six days,
unless the deposit or account meets the definition of a savings deposit or share account. Any such
deposit or account that meets the definition of a savings deposit or share account shall be reported as
a savings deposit. Otherwise, the deposit or account shall be reported in this item or in A.1.a.

13.

The remaining balance of a time deposit (including share certificates) from which partial withdrawals
are permitted within six days after the date of the last withdrawal, unless the remaining balance either
(a) is subject to early withdrawal penalties of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts
withdrawn (in which case the deposit or account continues to be reported as a time deposit) or (b) is
placed in an account that meets the definition of a savings deposit or share account. Otherwise, the
deposit or account shall be reported in this item or in A.1.a.

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14.

All matured time certificates of deposit (including share certificates), even if interest is paid after
maturity, except matured time certificates of deposit during the grace period after maturity, if such a
grace period exists. (See 12 CFR §329.104.)
Excludes matured time certificates of deposit (including share certificates) and proceeds from time
deposits or time deposit open accounts, wherein the deposit agreement specifically provides for the
funds to be transferred to an account type other than a demand deposit.

15.

Due bills that remain uncollateralized by similar securities for more than three business days and that
are issued by the reporting institution in maturities of less than seven days to the entities listed in 1.A
through 1.H above.

16.

Primary obligations (other than due bills as discussed immediately above) issued to nonexempt
entities, except:
A. Amounts of outstanding bankers acceptances that are created by the reporting institution and that
are of the type that are ineligible for discount at Federal Reserve Banks (See Section 1,
Subsection G.3, Primary Obligations). These transactions are reported in items AA.1 or BB.2.
B. Certain obligations issued by the reporting institution’s nondepository affiliates (See Section 1,
Subsection G.3, Primary Obligations.). These transactions are reported in items AA.1 or BB.2.

Please note that all primary obligations issued to foreign national governments, foreign official banking
institutions, international institutions, and non-U.S. branches of U.S. depository institutions and non-U.S.
branches and agencies and head offices of non-U.S. depository institutions are excluded from this item and
should be included in the calculation of item CC.1, Net Eurocurrency Liabilities.
Primary obligations having a maturity of less than seven days issued to a non-U.S. parent bank’s holding
company if the holding company is not a bank, a non-banking subsidiary of such a holding company, a nonbanking subsidiary of a non-U.S. parent bank’s holding company if the holding company is a bank, and a
non-U.S. parent bank’s nonbanking subsidiary must be included in this item and excluded from the
calculation of item CC.1, Net Eurocurrency Liabilities.

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Report Item A.2--ATS Accounts, NOW Accounts/Share Drafts, and Telephone and Preauthorized
Transfers
Report in item A.2 the sum of the balance of all ATS accounts, share draft accounts, and telephone and
preauthorized transfer accounts. These types of accounts continue to have different characteristics and
regulatory distinctions. The definition of each type of account continues to be provided separately below.
Each type of account is referenced separately as appropriate elsewhere in the instructions.
Please also note that an account that otherwise meets the definition of a savings deposit but that authorizes or
permits the depositor to exceed the withdrawal or transfer limitations specified for savings deposits is a
transaction account. If the depositor is ineligible to hold a share draft account, the account is considered a
demand deposit and shall be reported in item A.1.c, Other Demand Deposits. If the depositor is eligible to
hold a share draft account, the account is considered either a share draft account, a telephone or preauthorized
transfer account, or an ATS account; all such accounts shall be reported in item A.2.
Include in item A.2:
1. ATS accounts are deposits or accounts of individuals or sole proprietorships on which the reporting
institution has reserved the right to require at least seven days’ written notice prior to withdrawal or
transfer of any funds in the account and from which, pursuant to written agreement arranged in
advance between the reporting institution and the depositor, withdrawals may be made automatically
through payment to the depository institution itself or through transfer of credit to a demand deposit
or other account in order to cover checks or drafts drawn upon the institution or to maintain a
specified balance in, or to make periodic transfers to, such other accounts.
2. Share draft accounts represent deposits that may pay dividends (1) that can be withdrawn upon
demand, or on which the reporting institution has reserved the right to require up to 60 days’ written
notice prior to withdrawal or transfer of any funds in the account and (2) that can be withdrawn or
transferred to third parties by issuance of a negotiable or transferable instrument or other order such
as a share draft. Share draft accounts are authorized by federal law and are limited to accounts in
which the entire beneficial interest is held by:
a. one or more individuals or members;
b. governmental units including the federal government and its agencies and instrumentalities;
state governments; county and municipal governments and their political sub-divisions; the
District of Columbia; and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Somoa, Guam, and
any territory of possession of the United States and their political subdivisions; or
See Section 205(f)(2) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. §1785(f)(2)).
c. nonprofit organizations (under Federal Reserve Board rules) operated primarily for the
following purposes:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Religious
Philanthropic
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Educational

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5. Political
6. Other similar purposes
These include organizations, partnerships, corporations, or associations that are not
organized for profit and are described in section 501(c)(3) through (13) and (19) and section
528 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. (I.R.C. 1954) §501(c)(3) through (13), (19) and
§527 through §528), such as church organizations; professional associations; trade
associations; labor unions; fraternities, sororities and other similar social organizations; and
nonprofit recreational clubs).
3. Telephone and preauthorized transfer accounts are deposits or accounts, other than savings deposits
(including share accounts),
a. in which the entire beneficial interest is held by a party eligible to hold a share draft account
b. on which the reporting institution has reserved the right to require at least seven days’
written notice prior to withdrawal or transfer of any funds in the account, and under the
terms of which, or by practice of the reporting institution, the depositor is permitted or
authorized to make more than six withdrawals per month or statement cycle (or similar
period of at least four weeks) for purposes of transferring funds to another account of the
depositor at the same institution (including a transaction account) or for making payment to a
third party by means of preauthorized transfer, or telephonic (including data transmission)
agreement, order or instruction, and
c.

in which the balances of deposits or accounts that otherwise meet the definition of time
deposits, but from which payments may be made to third parties by means of debit card
(including Point of Sale (POS) debits), an ATM, RSU or other electronic device, regardless
of the number of payments made.

Report Item A.3--Total Transaction Accounts
Report in this item the sum of items A.1.a, A.1.b, A.1.c, and A.2.

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Deductions from Transaction Accounts (Items B.1 and B.2)
Report Item B.1-Demand Balances Due From Depository Institutions in the U.S.
Report in this item all balances that are due from U.S. offices of banks or other depository institutions and that
are subject to immediate withdrawal by the reporting institution. Exclude balances that are subject to deferred
availability or funds that have been swept into other investments (e.g., sweep accounts and other cash
management arrangements). Balances to be reported must be the amount reflected on the reporting
institution’s books rather than the amount on the books of the other depository institution(s).
Include in item B.1 all deposit balances of the reporting institution subject to immediate withdrawal
(excluding primary obligations) due from U.S. offices of the following institutions:
1. U.S. commercial banks and trust companies conducting a commercial banking business;
2. Depository institutions that are defined in 12 CFR §204.12l as bankers’ banks;
3. Banking Edge Act and agreement corporations. For banking Edge Act and agreement
corporations, report all demand balances due from depository institutions in the U.S. (includes
affiliated U.S. depository institutions) and all demand balances due from the domestic parent
bank (unless the reporting institution’s parent is a banking Edge Act and agreement corporation).
Exclude from B.1 all demand balances due from the reporting institution’s non-U.S. parent bank
or offices of the same Edge Act and agreement corporation;
4. Industrial banks;
5. U.S. branches and agencies of non-U.S. banks (including U.S. branches and agencies of foreign
official banking institutions);
6. Mutual and stock savings banks;
7. Building or savings and loan associations, homestead associations and cooperative banks; and
8. Credit unions (including corporate central credit unions).
In general, all deposit accounts having a negative balance as of the close of business each day should be
regarded as having a zero balance. (See Section 1, Subsection D.9, Overdrafts or Negative Balances.)
Also include in this item balances subject to immediate withdrawal that are due from a correspondent
institution that have not been passed through to the Federal Reserve.
Reciprocal Balances: Reciprocal demand balances with the institutions listed in 1 through 5 above may be
reported either on a net-by-institution basis or on a gross basis. Those institutions reporting reciprocal
demand balances on a net basis should see the sample calculation provided earlier in the instructions for
report item A.1.a, Demand Deposits Due to Depository Institutions. All demand balances with the institutions
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Exclude from item B.1:
1. All balances due from Federal Reserve Banks, including:
A. balances held directly with the Federal Reserve Bank;
B. reserve balances that were passed through to the Federal Reserve Bank by a
correspondent institution; and
C. reserve balances of another institution for which the reporting institution is serving under
a pass-through agreement (acting as a correspondent institution) and that were passed
through to the Federal Reserve Bank.
2. Demand deposit balances that are due from the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility or a Federal
Home Loan Bank.
3. Demand deposit balances due from other depository institutions that are pledged or
encumbered and are not available for immediate withdrawal.
4. Time and savings deposit balances (including share certificates and share accounts) held at
other depository institutions.
5. Cash items in process of collection (report in item B.2).
6. Federal funds sold to other depository institutions.
7. Any deposit account due to a correspondent institution or other depository institution that is
overdrawn, or amounts that, if charged against a correspondent’s account by the respondent
institution, would result in an overdraft in that account. These are loans and are excluded
from the FR 2900 report.
8. Any deposit account due from a correspondent institution or other depository institution that
is negative (i.e., overdrawn). The amount of such negative balances should be regarded as
zero when computing the deposit total.
9.

Balances that are due from:
any non-U.S. office of any U.S. depository institution;
any non-U.S. office of any non-U.S. bank;
trust companies that do not conduct a commercial banking business;
New York State investment companies (chartered under Article XII of the New York
State Banking Code); and
E. private banks.
A.
B.
C.
D.

10. Payment errors. (See Section 1, Subsection K, Treatment of Payment Errors.)
11. A demand deposit account, on which a corporate central credit union requires written notice
before an intended withdrawal is made; regardless of whether or not the corporate central
credit union actually exercises this right and regardless of how the reporting institution uses
the account.

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Report Item B.2--Cash Items in Process of Collection
Cash items in the process of collection consist primarily of the reporting institution’s checks or drafts,
deposited by its customers (including other depository institutions) that have been sent for collection through
another entity for which settlement has not occurred and the funds are not immediately available.
Funds for which the reporting institution is given immediate credit (i.e., the funds are available for withdrawal
by close of business) even if settlement has not occurred, should be excluded from this item. These funds
may be included in item B.1, if the availability and form meet the criteria outlined in item B.1.
Include in item B.2:
1. Checks or drafts in process of collection that are drawn on another depository institution, deposited at
the reporting institution and that are payable immediately upon presentation in the U.S., that have
been posted to the general ledger and for which credit has already been given to the depositor’s
account.
2. Checks or share drafts on hand that will be presented for payment or forwarded for collection on the
following business day that have been posted to the general ledger. This includes cash items that
were not forwarded the day of their deposit for reasons such as inclement weather, transportation
difficulties or natural disasters.
3. Checks or drafts drawn on the Treasury of the United States that are in process of collection.
4. Other items in process of collection that are payable immediately upon presentation in the U.S. and
that are customarily cleared or collected by depository institutions as cash items, such as:
A. Matured bonds and coupons (including bonds and coupons that have been called and are
payable on presentation). U.S. savings bonds that are cashed by the customer before
maturity are included as cash items in the process of collection.
B. Postal and other money orders and traveler’s checks being forwarded for collection.
C. Share drafts.
D. Bank drafts and Federal Reserve drafts.
E. Payable-through drafts that have been received by the reporting institution and that will be
forwarded to (deposited at) another depository institution for collection.
F. Brokers’ security drafts and commodity or bill of lading drafts (including arrival drafts) that
are payable immediately upon presentation in the U.S.
G. Amounts credited to deposit accounts in connection with automated payment arrangements
where such credits are made one business day prior to the scheduled payment date to ensure
that funds are available on the payment date.
H. Returned items drawn on other depository institutions.
I.

Unposted debits.

J.

Food coupons and certificates.

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Exclude from item B.2:
1.

Items handled as noncash items,6 whether or not cleared through Federal Reserve Banks.

2.

Items not payable in the U.S.

3.

Items that have been settled when the reporting institution has received immediately
available funds. These funds may be included in item B.1, Demand Balances Due From Depository
Institutions in the U.S., if they remain in a demand deposit account at the close of business.

4.

Commodity or bill of lading drafts (including arrival drafts) not yet payable (because the merchandise
against which the draft was drawn has not yet arrived), whether or not deposit credit has been given.

5.

Payable-through drafts received by the reporting institution, when the reporting institution is acting in
the capacity of a clearing agent for a nondepository institution, that have not been collected from that
nondepository institution which is the drawer of the draft.

6.

Credit card or debit slips in process of collection, whether or not deposit credit has been given.

7.

Checks or drafts in the process of collection until the check or draft is credited to a deposit or the
reporting institution’s general ledger.

8.

Payment Errors (See Section 1, Subsection K, Treatment of Payment Errors).

9.

Returned items drawn on the reporting institution.

6

Regulation J of the Federal Regulations defines a ‘noncash item‘ as an item that a receiving Reserve Bank
classifies in its operating circulars as requiring special handling. The term also means an item normally received as a
cash item if a Reserve Bank decides that special conditions require that it handle the item as a noncash item.

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Report Item C.1--Total Savings Deposits
Report in item C.1 the balance of all savings deposits (including share accounts), as defined below, both
personal and nonpersonal that are outstanding at the close of business each day.
A savings deposit (including share accounts) is a deposit described in Section 1, Subsection G.1, or a primary
obligation described in Section 1, Subsection G.2, with respect to which the depositor is not required by the
deposit contract but may at any time be required by the reporting institution to give written notice of an
intended withdrawal not less than seven days before withdrawal is made, and that is not payable on a
specified date or at the expiration of a specified time after the date of deposit.7
The term savings deposit (including share accounts) also means a deposit or account, such as an account
commonly known as a passbook savings account, a statement savings account, or an MMDA, that otherwise
meets the requirements of the preceding paragraph and from which, under the terms of the deposit contract or
by practice of the reporting institution, the depositor is permitted or authorized to make no more than six
transfers and withdrawals, or a combination of such transfers and withdrawals, per calendar month or
statement cycle (or similar period) of at least four weeks, to another account (including a transaction account)
of the depositor at the same institution or to a third party by means of a preauthorized or automatic transfer, or
telephonic (including data transmission) agreement, order or instruction, or by check, draft, debit card, or
similar order made by the depositor and payable to third parties.
Please note that transfers from savings deposits (including share accounts) for purposes of covering overdrafts
(overdraft protection plans or bona fide cash management agreements) are included under the transfer and
withdrawal limits specified for savings deposits.
Please also note the following with respect to savings deposits (including share accounts):
1. There are no regulatory restrictions on the following types of transfers or withdrawals from a
savings deposit (including share accounts):
A. Transfers for the purpose of repaying loans (other than loans associated with covering
overdrafts in a transaction account) and associated expenses at the same reporting institution
(as originator or servicer).
B. Transfers of funds from this account to another account of the same depositor at the same
reporting institution when made by mail, messenger, ATM, or in person.
C. Withdrawals for payment directly to the depositor when made by mail, messenger, ATM, in
person, or by telephone (via check mailed to the depositor).
2. No minimum maturity is required by regulation, but reporting institutions must reserve the right
to require at least seven days’ written notice prior to withdrawal as stipulated above for a savings
deposit (including share accounts).
3. No minimum balance is required by regulation.
4. There is no regulatory limitation on the amount of interest or dividends that may be paid on a
7

When the reporting institution exercises its right to require written notice of an intended withdrawal in connection
with a savings deposit or share account, the deposit continues to be a savings deposit and should not be reclassified
as a time deposit. Where written notice actually is required by the reporting institution and such notice is received
from a depositor, the savings deposit becomes a demand deposit after expiration of the notice period and should be
reported in item A.1.a, A.1.b, or A.1.c, as appropriate.

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savings deposit (including share accounts).
Any depository institution may place restrictions and requirements on savings deposits (including share
accounts) in addition to those stipulated above and in Regulation D. In the case of such further restrictions,
the account would still be reported as a savings deposit.
On the other hand, an account that otherwise meets the definition of a savings deposit but that authorizes or
permits the depositor to exceed the six-transfer/withdrawal rule described above is a transaction account, as
follows:
1. If the depositor is ineligible to hold a share draft account, such an account is considered a
demand deposit and shall be reported in the appropriate category under item A.1.a or item A.1.c.
2. If the depositor is eligible to hold a share draft account, the account will be considered either a
share draft account, a telephone or preauthorized transfer, or an ATS account. For purposes of
the FR 2900 report all such accounts shall be reported in item A.2.
Multiple savings accounts where the reporting institution suggests, or otherwise promotes, multiple accounts
to permit transfers in excess of the limits applicable to individual savings accounts also are transaction
accounts and reported as above.
Include in item C.1:
1. Accounts commonly known as passbook savings accounts, statement savings accounts, and MMDAs
that meet the above definition of savings deposits.
2. Interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing savings deposits or share accounts.
3. Savings deposits or share accounts maintained as compensating balances or pledged as collateral for
loans. For purposes of the FR 2900 report, such savings deposits are not defined as hypothecated
deposits.
4. Escrow deposits where the reporting institution reserves the right to require at least seven days’
written notice before payment can be made and that otherwise meet the criteria contained in the
definition of a savings deposit. (See Section 1, Subsection J, Treatment of Escrow Funds.)
5. Interest or dividends paid and credited to savings deposits (including share accounts).
6. Savings deposits or share accounts in the form of Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) or Keogh
Plan accounts.
7. Club accounts, such as Christmas club, vacation club, or other club accounts, that meet the criteria for
savings deposits or share accounts.
8. Any funds received by the reporting institution’s affiliate and later channeled to the reporting
institution by the affiliate in the form of savings deposits or share accounts.
9. Any deposit or account that otherwise meets the definition of a time deposit, but that allows
withdrawals within six days after the date of deposit and that does not require an early withdrawal
penalty of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts withdrawn within those first six days, but
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(including share accounts). To meet these criteria, the reporting institution must expressly reserve the
right to require at least seven days’ written notice before an intended withdrawal and the account
must be subject to the limits on the number and types of transfers specified for savings deposits
(including share accounts) as defined above. Otherwise, such a deposit or account must be reported
in item A.1.a or item A.1.c.
10. The remaining balance of a time deposit (including share certificates) from which partial withdrawals
are permitted within six days after the date of the last withdrawal and that is not subject to early
withdrawal penalties of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts withdrawn but that is subject
to the minimum notice requirement and withdrawal limitations of a savings deposit (including share
accounts) on any subsequent withdrawals. To meet these criteria, the reporting institution must
expressly reserve the right to require at least seven days’ written notice before an intended
withdrawal and the account must be subject to the limits on the number and types of transfers
specified for savings deposits (including share accounts) as defined above. Otherwise, such a
remaining balance must be reported in item A.1.a or item A.1.c.
11. Brokered deposits that meet the criteria of savings deposits (including share accounts).
12. The reporting institution’s liability on primary obligations described in Section 1, Subsection G.2 (a),
(b), (d), (e), (f) and (g), that are issued in original maturities of seven days or more to nonexempt
entities that meet the criteria of savings deposits (including share accounts).
Exclude from item C.1:
1. All accounts defined as transaction accounts, including:
A. Demand deposits (report in item A.1.a, A.1.b, or A.1.c, as appropriate);
B. Telephone or preauthorized transfer accounts that meet the definition of a transaction
account
(report in item A.2);
C. POW (Payment Order of Withdrawal) accounts (report in item A.1.c); and
D. Share draft accounts and ATS accounts (report in item A.2).
2. Any accounts that are savings deposits or share accounts in form but that the Federal Reserve
Board has determined, by rule or order, to be transaction accounts. These accounts should be
reported in the appropriate item of Section A, Transaction Accounts.
3. Special passbook or statement accounts, such as “ninety-day notice accounts,” “golden passbook
accounts,” or deposits labeled as “savings certificates,” that have a specified original maturity of
seven days or more (report in item D.1).
4. Interest accrued on savings deposits or share accounts but not yet paid or credited to a deposit
account.
5. Hypothecated deposits. For purposes of the FR 2900 report, hypothecated deposits do not
include deposits serving simply as collateral for loans.
6. Funds deposited to the credit of the reporting institution’s own trust department where the funds
involved are utilized to cover checks or drafts. Such funds are transaction accounts and are
reported in item A.1.c, Other Demand Deposits.

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7. Amounts of outstanding bankers acceptances that are created by the reporting institution and that
are of the type that are ineligible for discount at Federal Reserve Banks. These transactions are
reported in items AA.1or BB.2.
8.

Certain obligations issued by the reporting institution’s nonconsolidated affiliates. These
transactions are reported in items AA.1 or BB.2. (See Section 1, Subsection G.3, Primary
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Procedures for Ensuring that the Permissible Number of Transfers
from Savings Deposits is not Exceeded
In order to ensure that no more than the permitted number of withdrawals or transfers are made for an account
to come within the definition of a savings deposit, a reporting institution must either:
1. prevent withdrawals or transfers of funds in this account that are in excess of the limits
established for savings deposits, or
2. adopt procedures to monitor those transfers on an ex post basis and contact customers who
exceed the limits established for the particular account on more than an occasional basis.
In applying the limits to withdrawals and transfers per calendar month or statement cycle (or similar period)
of at least four weeks, the reporting institution at its option may use, on a consistent basis, either the date on
the check, draft, or similar item, or the date the item is paid.
For customers who continue to violate those limits after being contacted by the reporting institution, the
reporting institution must either close the account and place the funds in another account that the depositor is
eligible to maintain or take away the account’s transfer and draft capabilities.
An account that authorizes withdrawals or transfers in excess of the permitted number is a transaction account
regardless of whether the authorized number of transactions is actually made, and should be classified as
follows:
1.

If the depositor is ineligible to hold a share draft account, such an account is considered a
demand deposit and shall be reported in item A.1.a or item A.1.c.

2.

If the depositor is eligible to hold a share draft account, the account will be considered either a
share draft account, a telephone or preauthorized transfer, or an ATS account. For purposes of
the FR 2900 report, all such accounts shall be reported in item A.2.

Multiple savings accounts (including share accounts) where the reporting institution suggests, or otherwise
promotes, multiple accounts to permit transfers in excess of the limits applicable to individual savings
accounts also are transaction accounts and reported as above.

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Report Item D.1 -- Total Time Deposits
Include in item D.1 the balance of all time deposits (including share certificates), in the form of both deposits
and primary obligations, that are outstanding at the close of business each day. Item D.1 covers both personal
and nonpersonal time deposits.
Time deposits include deposits (including share certificates and certificates of indebtedness) described in
Section 1, Subsection G.1, and primary obligations described in Section 1, Subsection G.2, from which the
depositor does not have a right and is not permitted to make withdrawals within six days after the date of
deposit unless the deposit is subject to an early withdrawal penalty of at least seven days’ simple interest on
amounts withdrawn within the first six days after deposit. A time deposit (including share certificates) from
which partial withdrawals are permitted within six days after the date of the last withdrawal must impose
early withdrawal penalties of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts so withdrawn. If early
withdrawal penalties are not imposed, the account ceases to be a time deposit. The account may become a
savings deposit or share account if it meets the requirements for a savings deposit; otherwise it becomes a
demand deposit.
Reporting of Deposits Issued on a Discount Basis
Time deposits (including share certificates and certificates of indebtedness) issued on a discount basis should
be reported initially on the basis of the amount of funds actually received by the reporting institution. For
example, if the reporting institution received $96,000 in exchange for a certificate of deposit issued at face
value of $100,000, only the $96,000 received at the time of issuance should be reported initially as a time
deposit. However, as the reporting institution’s obligation to the depositor increases over the life of the
deposit, representing interest earned on the deposit, the incremental amounts as credited to the certificate also
should be reported as time deposits.
Include in item D.1:
1. Funds that are payable on a specified date not less than seven days after the date of deposit or payable
at the expiration of a specified time not less than seven days after the date of deposit, or payable only
upon written notice that is actually required to be given by the depositor not less than seven days
prior to withdrawal.
2. Time certificates of deposit (including roll-over certificates of deposit) or share certificate accounts,
whether evidenced by negotiable or nonnegotiable instruments.
3. Time deposit open accounts or share certificate accounts evidenced by written contracts.
4. Club accounts, such as Christmas club, vacation club or other similar club accounts that are not
maintained as savings deposits (including share accounts), that are deposited under written contracts
providing that no withdrawal shall be made until a certain number of periodic deposits have been
made during a period of not less than three months even though some of the deposits may be made
within six days from the end of the period.
5. Savings certificates, notice accounts, and passbook accounts (but not savings deposits or share
accounts).
6. Funds received or held in escrow accounts that meet the criteria for a time deposit (including share
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7. Interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing time deposits (including share certificates).
8. Individual Retirement Account (IRA) funds or Keogh Plan accounts that are held in the form of time
deposits or share certificate accounts.
9. Time deposits (including share certificates) held by an employer as part of an unfunded deferred
compensation plan established pursuant to subtitle D of the Revenue Act of 1978 (Pub. L No.
95-600; 92 Stat. 2763).
10. Time deposits or share certificate accounts maintained as compensating balances or pledged as
collateral for loans.
11. All interest or dividends paid by crediting time deposit or share certificate accounts.
12. Certificates of indebtedness.
13. The reporting institution’s liability on primary obligations described in Section 1, Subsection G.2 (a),
(b), (d), (e), (f) and (g), that are issued in original maturities of seven days or more to nonexempt
entities.
14. Due bills described in Section 1, Subsection G.2(i) that are issued to any U.S. or non-U.S. entity in
original maturities of seven days or more.
15. Any funds received by the reporting institution’s affiliate and later channeled to the reporting
institution by the affiliate in the form of a time deposit (including share certificates).
16. Brokered deposits that meet the criteria of time deposits (including share certificates).
17. All matured time certificates of deposits, during the ten-day grace period following maturity, if such a
grace period exists (See 12 §329.104).
18. Deposit notes and bank notes.
Exclude from item D.1, the following categories of liabilities even if they have an original maturity of seven
days or more:
1. Any deposit or account that otherwise meets the definition of a time deposit, but allows
withdrawals within six days after the date of deposit and that does not require an early
withdrawal penalty of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts withdrawn within those
first six days. Such deposits or accounts that meet the definition of a savings deposit shall be
reported in item C.1, Total Savings Deposits; otherwise they shall be reported as demand
deposits in item A.1.a or item A.1.c.
2.

The remaining balance of a time deposit (including share certificates) if partial early withdrawals
are permitted within six days after the date of the last withdrawal and the remaining balance is
not subject to early withdrawal penalties of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts
withdrawn. Such time deposits that meet the definition of a savings deposit shall be reported in
item C.1, Savings deposits; otherwise they shall be reported as demand deposits in item A.1.a or
item A.1.c.
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permits the depositor to obtain credit directly or indirectly through the drawing of a negotiable or
nonnegotiable check, draft, order, or instruction or other similar device (including telephone or
electronic order or instruction) on the issuing institution that can be used for the purpose of
making payments or transfers to third parties or a deposit account of the depositor. Such time
deposits that meet the definition of a savings deposit shall be reported in item C.1, Total Savings
Deposits; otherwise they shall be reported as demand deposits in item A.1.a or item A.1.c.
4. Any accounts that are time deposits (including share certificates) in form but that the Federal
Reserve Board has determined, by rule or order, to be transaction accounts. (report in items A.1
through A.3, as appropriate.)
5. All matured time certificates of deposit, after the grace period following the maturity, if such a
grace period exists.
6. Interest or dividends accrued on time deposits (including share certificates) but not yet paid or
credited to a deposit account.
7. Share draft accounts and ATS accounts (report in item A.2.)
8. Telephone or preauthorized transfer accounts that meet the definition of a transaction account
(report in item A.2).
9. Savings deposits or share draft accounts (report in item C.1).
10. Deposits for which the reporting institution merely reserves the right to require at least seven
days’ written notice of an intended withdrawal.
11. Hypothecated deposits. Please note that for purposes of the FR 2900 report, hypothecated
deposits do not include deposits serving simply as collateral for loans.
12. Funds received and credited to dealer reserve or dealer differential accounts that the reporting
institution is not obligated to make available to either the dealer or the dealer’s creditors.
13. Funds obtained from state and local housing authorities under loan-to-lender programs involving
the issuance of tax-exempt bonds and the subsequent lending of the proceeds to the reporting
institution for housing finance purposes.
14. Repurchase agreements involving obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to principal
and interest by, the U.S. Government or a federal agency, or the shares of a money market
mutual fund whose portfolio consists wholly of obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as
to principal and interest by, the U.S. Government or a federal agency.
15. Borrowings from the NCUA Central Liquidity Facility or the National Credit Union Share
Insurance Fund, or shares held by the NCUA under a statutorily authorized assistance program.
16. Borrowings from a Federal Reserve Bank or a Federal Home Loan Bank.
17. Due bills issued to any entity that are collateralized within three business days by securities
similar to the securities purchased (See Section 1, Subsection G.2(i), Primary Obligations).
18. Any primary obligation, except for due bills, issued or undertaken to obtain funds, regardless of
the use of the proceeds, when transacted with the U.S. offices of exempt entities.
19. Subordinated notes and debentures.
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1, Subsection G.3, Primary Obligations). These transactions are reported in item BB.2 if
nonpersonal.
21. Amounts of outstanding bankers acceptances that are created by the reporting institution and that
are of the type that are ineligible for discount at Federal Reserve Banks (See Section 1,
Subsection G.3, Primary obligations). These transactions are reported in items AA.1 and BB.2.

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Report Item E.l -- Vault Cash
Include in item E.1:
1. United States currency and coin owned by the reporting institution (booked as an asset) and held
at a physical location (including the reporting institution’s proprietary ATMs) of the reporting
institution that may, at any time, be used to satisfy depositors’ claims.
2. United States currency and coin in transit to a Federal Reserve Bank for which the reporting
institution has not yet received credit, and in transit from a Federal Reserve Bank when the
reporting institution has already been charged.
3. United States currency and coin in transit to a correspondent institution if the reporting
institution’s account at the correspondent institution has not yet been credited, and in transit from
a correspondent institution if the reporting institution’s account at the correspondent institution
has already been charged.
4. United States currency and coin held at an alternate physical location (including the reporting
institution’s non-proprietary ATMs) provided all of the following conditions are satisfied:
A.

the reporting institution at all times retains full rights of ownership in and to the
currency and coin held at the alternate physical location;

B.

the reporting institution at all times books the currency and coin held at the
alternate physical location as an asset;

C.

no other depository institution claims the currency and coin held at the alternate
physical location as vault cash that can be used to satisfy their reserve
requirements;

D.

the currency and coin held at the alternate physical location is reasonably nearby a
location of the reporting institution at which its depositors may make cash
withdrawals. An alternate physical location is considered “reasonably nearby” if
the reporting institution can recall the currency and coin by 10:00 AM and, relying
solely on ground transportation, receive the currency and coin no later than 4:00
PM on the same calendar day; and

E.

the reporting institution has in place a written cash delivery plan, including written
contractual arrangements necessary to implement that plan, that demonstrate that
the currency and coin can be recalled and received at any time in accordance with
the requirements specified in the preceding sub-bullet D. The reporting institution
shall provide copies of the written cash delivery plan and written contractual
arrangements to its local Federal Reserve Bank upon request.

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Exclude from item E.1:
1. Foreign (non-U.S.) currency and coin.
2. Silver and gold coin and other currency and coin whose numismatic or bullion value is in excess
of face value.
3. United States currency and coin that the reporting institution does not have full and unrestricted
right to use, such as coin collections held for safekeeping for customers, currency and coin
pledged as collateral by the reporting institution or by customers, or currency and coin sold under
a repurchase agreement or purchased under a resale agreement.
4. Currency and coin held under the custodial inventory program with the Federal Reserve for
which the reporting institution has received credit.
5. Cash shipped by the reporting institution to a Federal Reserve Bank or correspondent institution
for which credit has been given to the reporting institution.
6. Checks, drafts, and cash items in process of collection.

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Memorandum Section
Report Item F.l -- All Time Deposits With Balances of $100,000 or More (included in Item D.1)
Report in this item the balance of all time deposits (including share certificates) of $100,000 or more that are
included in item D.1, Total Time Deposits. In determining if a time deposit has a balance of $100,000 or
more, do not combine deposits that are represented by separate certificates or accounts, even if held by the
same customer. Item F.1 covers both personal and nonpersonal time deposits.
Include in item F.1:
1.

Negotiable and nonnegotiable and transferable and nontransferable certificates of deposit or
share certificates issued in denominations of $100,000 or more.

2.

Time deposit open accounts (including share certificates) and other time deposits having balances
of $100,000 or more.

3.

Time deposits or share certificates (including certificates of indebtedness) originally issued in
denominations of less than $100,000 but that, because of interest or dividends paid or credited, or
because of additional deposits, now have a balance of $100,000 or more.

4.

Primary obligations, which meet the definition of time deposits, with balances of $100,000 or
more.

5.

Foreign (non-U.S.) currency-denominated deposits originally issued for amounts of $100,000 or
more but that, because of having been converted to U.S. dollars, now have a balance of less than
$100,000 on the report date.

If the reporting institution receives brokered deposits in the form of time deposits (including share
certificates), only that portion of the deposit in amounts of $100,000 or more that is credited to a single
depositor should be included in this item. The remainder of the deposit is regarded as small time deposits.
For example, if a broker purchases one large certificate of deposit (CD) for $5 million on behalf of several
depositors, and each of the underlying depositors’ shares in the CD is less than $100,000, the entire amount of
the CD should be excluded from this item. However, if any of the underlying depositors have balances of
$100,000 or more, that portion of the CD held by such a depositor or depositors should be included in this
item.
If the reporting institution is unable to collect information from a broker on the amounts credited to underlying
depositors then, generally, the entire amount of the brokered time deposit (including share certificates) should be
excluded from this item. However, in such cases, the reporting institution should use all available information to
determine whether there is good reason to believe amounts credited to underlying depositors are $100,000 or
greater. For example, if the broker deals mainly with institutional customers, then the value of each underlying
share will likely be greater than $100,000, and the brokered deposit should be included in this item.

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Exclude from item F.1:
1.

Time deposits or share certificates with balances of less than $100,000.

2.

Transaction accounts.

3.

Savings deposits or share accounts.

4.

Any accounts that are time deposits or share certificates in form but that the Federal Reserve
Board has determined, by rule or order, to be transaction accounts.

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Schedule AA and Schedule BB--Other Reservable Obligations by Remaining Maturity
Items AA.1 and BB.2 break down, by remaining maturity, the amounts outstanding (1) of ineligible
acceptances (finance bills)8 and (2) of funds obtained through the issuance of obligations by nonconsolidated
affiliates. Please note that items AA.1 and BB.2 are applicable only to those reporting institutions that have
such obligations. If the reporting institution does not have such obligations, the reporting institution need
only check the boxes that precede Schedule AA and item BB.2 on the reporting form.
Report Items AA. 1 and BB. 2--Ineligible Acceptances and Obligations Issued by Affiliates
Report the following transactions in items AA.1 and BB.2:
1.

Amounts of ineligible acceptances (including finance bills): Report the dollar amounts of
ineligible acceptances (those that are not eligible for discount by Federal Reserve Banks-see
Paragraph 7 of Section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act [12 U.S. C. Section 372]). Some ineligible
acceptances are referred to as finance bills or “Working Capital Acceptances.” For ineligible
acceptances, report only those outstanding ineligible acceptances that resulted in funds being
obtained by the reporting institution (or its majority-owned subsidiary) through the creation,
discount, and subsequent sale of the acceptance by the reporting institution (or its majorityowned subsidiary), except those sold to and held by exempt entities. The amounts to be reported
are the amounts of funds received, and not necessarily the face amounts of the ineligible
acceptances created. For ineligible acceptances, report the amounts outstanding of all ineligible
acceptances, except those sold to and held by exempt entities. For outstanding ineligible
acceptances that resulted in funds being obtained by the reporting institution (or its majorityowned subsidiaries), except those sold to and held by exempt entities, report the dollar amounts
of funds received. For all other ineligible acceptances (those that did not result in funds being
obtained by the reporting institution or its majority-owned subsidiaries), report the face amounts
of the ineligible acceptances created.

2.

Amounts of funds obtained through obligations issued by nonconsolidated affiliates: Report the
dollar amounts of the funds obtained by the reporting institution (or its majority-owned
subsidiaries) when its nonconsolidated affiliates use the proceeds of the obligations that they
issue to supply or maintain the availability of funds to the reporting institution. Such obligations
may be in the form of promissory notes (including commercial paper), acknowledgements of
advance, due bills, or similar obligations (written or oral). However, such obligations should be
reported only to the extent that they would have constituted “deposits” as described in Section 1,
Subsection G.1, or primary obligations as described in Section 1, Subsection G.2, had they been
issued directly by the reporting institution.

Due bills issued by the reporting institution’s affiliates are reservable deposits, without regard to the purpose
of the due bills or to whom issued, unless collateralized within three business days from the date of issuance
by a security similar to the security purchased from the customer of the reporting institution’s affiliates. The
dollar amounts of due bills that are not so collateralized are to be reported by original maturity and beneficial
holder, in the appropriate line item or schedule.
8

Include in items AA.1 and BB.2 all ineligible acceptances created by the reporting institution but not currently held in
the reporting institution’s own portfolio. Exclude all ineligible acceptances (1) created by the reporting institution and
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Exclude from items AA.1 and BB.2 funds obtained by the reporting institution through obligations issued by
affiliates and deposited at the reporting institution in the form of transaction accounts, savings deposits
(including share accounts) or time deposits. Such funds should be reported on the FR 2900 as transaction
accounts, savings or time deposits (including share accounts and share certificates), as appropriate.
Determining Maturities
For ineligible acceptances that were created, discounted, and sold by the reporting institution (or its majorityowned subsidiary), the maturities to be reported in items AA.1 and BB.2 are the remaining maturities of the
obligations at the time the proceeds are supplied to the reporting institution. For acceptances that were not
discounted and sold by the reporting institution (or its majority-owned subsidiaries), the maturity to be
reported is the original term of the instrument. Balances should be classified based on the maturity category
initially reported and not the remaining maturity on the report date.
If the affiliate’s obligation is determined to be a deposit or primary obligation and reportable in item AA.1 or
item BB.2, then the appropriate maturity category is determined by the shorter of (1) the maturity of the
affiliate’s obligation or (2) the maturity of the obligation issued by the reporting institution to the affiliate, or,
in the case of assets purchased from the reporting institution, the remaining maturity of the assets purchased.
Classifying an Affiliate’s Obligation
The following chart summarizes the conditions under which the proceeds from the issuance of an obligation
by an affiliate would be a deposit or a primary obligation and indicates the appropriate section of the FR 2900
in which the funds should be reported:

Affiliate’s obligation

Funds received by the reporting Funds received by the reporting
institution in the form of a deposit institution not in the form of a
or a primary obligation
deposit or a primary obligation

1. Affiliate’s obligation would
have been a deposit or a
primary obligation if issued by
the reporting institution.

To be reported on FR 2900 as a
transaction account, savings
deposit, or time deposit, as
appropriate.
(See Example 1 below.)
2. Affiliate’s obligation would To be reported on FR 2900 as a
not have been a deposit or a transaction account, savings
primary obligation if issued by deposit, or time deposit, as
the reporting institution.
appropriate.
(See Example 3 below.)

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To be reported on FR 2900 item
AA.1 or item BB.2
(See Example 2 below.)

To be excluded from both the
body and Schedule AA of the FR
2900.
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Example 1:
The nondepository affiliate issues commercial paper with a maturity of 6 months to a nonfinancial
corporation and immediately supplies the proceeds to the reporting institution by buying from the reporting
institution a time certificate of deposit (CD) with an original maturity of one year. While both the
nondepository affiliate’s and the reporting institution’s obligations are reservable liabilities, reserve
requirements are not imposed on both obligations. In this case, reserve requirements would be imposed on
the amount of funds supplied to the reporting institution, i.e., the dollar amount of the CD. Maturity is
determined by the shorter of the maturity of the nondepository affiliate’s commercial paper or the reporting
institution’s CD. In this example, the reservable obligation would be a nonpersonal time deposit with a
6-month maturity.9 The funds received by the reporting institution would be reported in the body of the FR
2900--in item D.1, Total Time Deposits and in item BB.1, Total Nonpersonal Savings and Time Deposits. If
the CD has a balance of $100,000 or more, it also is included in item F.1, All Time Deposits With Balances of
$100,000 or More.
Example 2:
The nondepository affiliate issues an unsecured due bill to a nonexempt entity with a maturity of 3 months
and supplies the proceeds to the reporting institution when the due bill has a remaining maturity of 2 months.
The nondepository affiliate supplies the proceeds of the due bill to the reporting institution by purchasing
from the reporting institution assets maturing in 1 month. The nondepository affiliate’s obligation is
reservable, but the sale of the assets by the reporting institution to the nondepository affiliate is not. The
reporting institution must hold reserves on the transaction because the nondepository affiliate’s obligation is
subject to reserve requirements. The maturity category is determined by the remaining maturity of the assets
sold by the reporting institution to the nondepository affiliate (1 month), which is shorter than the remaining
maturity of the due bill (2 months). In this example, the reserve requirement would be on the nondepository
affiliate’s due bill (a primary obligation) and the appropriate maturity would be one month, which is the
remaining maturity of the assets purchased. The funds received by the reporting institution should be
reported in item BB.2, Ineligible Acceptances and Obligations Issued by Affiliates Maturing in Seven Days or
More (Nonpersonal Only).
Example 3:
The nondepository affiliate sells commercial paper with a maturity of 3 months to a commercial bank and
supplies the proceeds to the reporting institution by depositing such funds in the reporting institution in a
demand deposit account. The nondepository affiliate’s sale of commercial paper to a commercial bank is not
subject to reserve requirements, but the demand deposit account is. Thus, the reporting institution would hold
reserves on the demand deposit account as a transaction account. The funds received by the reporting
institution should be reported in item A.1.c, Other Demand Deposits.
Example 4:
The nondepository affiliate sells U.S. Government securities under an agreement to repurchase and uses the
proceeds to purchase assets from the reporting institution. Neither the sale of the U.S. Government securities
under an agreement to repurchase nor the purchase of assets is subject to reserve requirements. Thus, the
reporting institution would not hold reserves against this transaction. The funds received by the reporting
institution should be excluded entirely from the FR 2900.
9

Nonpersonal time deposits, regardless of maturity, are reservable liabilities that currently carry a zero-percent reserve
requirement.

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Schedule AA
Report Item AA.1⎯Ineligible Acceptances and Obligations Issued by Affiliates Maturing in Less Than
Seven Days
Report in item AA. 1 the amounts of funds obtained through the issuance of obligations by affiliates
and of funds obtained through the use of ineligible acceptances (except those sold to and held by exempt
entities) both of which mature in less than seven days. Exclude from this item all ineligible acceptances of the
reporting institution sold to and known to be held by a non-U.S. office of another depository institution or of
an Edge Act and agreement corporation; such ineligible acceptances should be included in item BB.2.

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Schedule BB--Nonpersonal Items
These items are to be reported only one day each year. For weekly FR 2900 reporters, report the balance as of
the close of business on June 30. For quarterly FR 2900 reporters, report the balance as of the close of
business on the Monday of the June report week.
Report Item BB.1⎯Total Nonpersonal Savings and Time Deposits
Report in item BB.1 the total of all nonpersonal savings (including share accounts) and time deposits
(including share certificates), regardless of denomination or maturity, that also are included in items C.1,
Total Savings Deposits and D.1, Total Time Deposits.
Include in item BB.1:
1. Savings and time deposits (including share accounts and share certificates) that represent funds
deposited to the credit of, or in which any beneficial interest is held by, a depositor that is not a
natural person, other than a deposit to the credit of a trustee or other fiduciary if the entire
beneficial interest in the deposit is held by a natural person or persons.
2. Savings and time deposits (including share accounts and share certificates) that are transferable,
whether or not the entire beneficial interest is held by natural persons. A deposit is transferable
unless it includes on the face of a document, evidencing the account, a statement that the deposit
is not transferable or that it is transferable on the books of, or with the permission of, the
reporting institution.
Exclude from item BB.1:
All personal savings and personal time deposits (including share accounts and share certificates) that are not
transferable and that represent funds in which the entire beneficial interest is held by a depositor who is a
natural person. For example:
1. Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), Keogh Plan Accounts and accounts held by an employer
as part of an unfunded deferred compensation plan established pursuant to Subtitle D of the
Revenue Act of l978 (Public Law No. 95-600; 92 Stat. 2763) in the form of savings or time
deposits (including share accounts and share certificates). A nontransferable deposit that is an
asset of a pension fund normally would be regarded as a personal deposit since the entire
beneficial interest in such funds normally is held by natural persons.
2. Escrow accounts, such as funds held for tax or insurance payments, if the depositor is a natural
person.
3. Trust funds held in the name of a trustee or other fiduciary, whether or not a natural person, if the
entire beneficial interest is held by natural persons.
4. Club accounts, in the form of a savings or a time deposit (including share accounts and share
certificates) and held by natural persons, such as Christmas club, vacation club and similar club
accounts.
If a broker provides a secondary market in these deposits, as is usually the case, such deposits are transferable
even if they are transferable only on the books and records of the broker and not on the books and records of
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(including share accounts and share certificates) are regarded as nonpersonal savings or nonpersonal time
deposits, unless they are (1) deposited to the credit of, and the entire beneficial interest is held by, natural
persons and (2) subject to an agreement between the broker and the depository institution that includes the
following essential terms:
1. the broker will maintain records of the names of the beneficial owners of all brokered deposits and
such records will be made available to any agency regulating the depository institution;
2. the broker will determine the amount of deposits beneficially owned by natural persons and by
entities other than natural persons and provide a written report to the depository institution with that
information. That written report must (1) be submitted on the close of business every Monday or on
the opening of business Tuesday for the one-week period beginning on the previous Tuesday and
ending on Monday; (2) include daily data on the actual amount of personal time deposits (including
share certificates) and the actual amount of nonpersonal time deposits; and (3) include daily data on
the amount of deposits in which the beneficial interest of any one depositor in principal plus interest
exceeds $100,000. (For this purpose, separate deposits or accounts are not aggregated even if held by
the same customer.);
3. the reporting institution has access to records concerning the deposits brokered for it and those
records should either be delivered to the offices of the depository institution or, where appropriate, its
federal or state regulator, or access to the records must be provided to the reporting institution and its
supervisory authority on the broker’s premises; and
4. the broker will commit to provide the depository institution with any other data about the brokered
deposits that may be needed in the future by the institution’s state or federal regulator.
Report Item BB.2⎯Ineligible Acceptances and Obligations Issued by Affiliates Maturing in Seven Days
or More (Nonpersonal Only)
For information on ineligible acceptances and obligations issued by affiliates, see Schedule AA and Schedule
BB, Other Reservable Obligations by Remaining Maturity.
Report in item BB.2, the amounts of funds obtained through the issuance of obligations by affiliates and of
funds obtained through the use of ineligible acceptances (except those sold to and held by exempt entities),
both of which mature in seven days or more. Include all ineligible acceptances of the reporting institution
known to be held by a non-U.S. office of another depository institution or of an Edge Act and agreement
corporation.
Also include in item BB.2, only nonpersonal obligations, such as:
1.

funds in which any beneficial interest is held by a depositor who is not a natural person, other
than a deposit to the credit of a trustee or other fiduciary if the entire beneficial interest in the
deposit is held by a natural person;

2.

an obligation that is transferable, except an obligation issued to and held by a natural person; and

3.

an obligation that is issued to and held by a natural person that does not contain on its face a
statement that it is not transferable.

Exclude from item BB.2 all personal obligations.

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Schedule CC: Net Eurocurrency Liabilities
Report Item CC.1—Net Eurocurrency Liabilities
Item CC.1 is reported only one day each year. For weekly FR 2900 reporters, report the balance as of the
close of business on June 30. For quarterly FR 2900 reporters, report the balance as of the close of business
on the Monday of June report week each year.
Who Must Report.
Reporting institutions that do not maintain branches outside the 50 states of the United States and the District
of Columbia or that do not have an international banking facility (IBF) or outstanding borrowings from nonU.S. offices of other depository institutions or from certain other designated non-U.S. entities need only check
the box which precedes Schedule CC on the reporting form. Schedule CC must be reported by the following:
(1) All banking Edge Act and agreement corporations with foreign (non-U.S.) branches with an
International Banking Facility (IBF), or with outstanding borrowings from other non-U.S.
institutions.
(2) All other depository institutions that have foreign (non-U.S.) branches, an International Banking
Facility (IBF), or outstanding borrowings from other non-U.S. institutions.

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Worksheet for Preparation of item CC.1,
Net Eurocurrency Liabilities for All Depository Institutions
Other Than U.S. Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks
This worksheet is provided to assist the reporting institution in calculating item CC.1, Net Eurocurrency
Liabilities to be reported in Schedule CC on the FR 2900. This worksheet should not be submitted to the
Federal Reserve Bank.
Please refer to the FR 2900 instructions for descriptions of the items below.

Item List

June Report Date
Bil
Mil
Thou

Item 1:
Gross Borrowings From
Non-U.S. Offices of Other
Depository Institutions and
from Certain
Designed Non-U.S. Entities
Item 2:
Gross Liabilities to Own
Non-U.S. Branches plus Net
Liabilities to Own IBF1
Item 3:
Gross Claims on Own NonU.S. Branches Plus Net
Claims on Own IBF1
Item 4:
Assets Held by Own IBF and
Own Non-U.S. Branches
Acquired from U.S. Offices
Item 5:
Credit Extended by Own
Non-U.S. Branches to U.S.
Residents

Bil

Example
Mil

Thou

4

000

2

000

8

000

3

000

1

000

Calculate the reporting institution’s net eurocurrency liabilities using the formula below and enter the
result on the FR 2900, Schedule CC, Net Eurocurrency Liabilities. Step-by-step instructions for using the
formula are given on the next page.
Net Eurocurrency Liabilities = [(Item 2 + Item 4 + Item 5) – Item 3]† + Item 1
†If the result of the calculation enclosed within the brackets is negative,
that result is set to zero before proceeding with the rest of the equation.
1

Include only a single net position in either Item 2 or 3 that represents the reporting institution’s net due from/due to position
with the reporting institution’s own IBF. Refer to the detailed FR 2900 instructions to determine this amount. Under no
circumstances should an amount be included in both Items 2 and 3 that represents the reporting institution’s net position with the
reporting institution’s own IBF.

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Using the example above, net eurocurrency liabilities = 4,000, as shown below:
$4,000 = [(2,000 + 3,000 + 1,000) – 8,000] + 4,000

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Step-by-Step Instructions for Calculating item CC.1,
Net Eurocurrency Liabilities,
Given the 5 Items Listed on Prior Page
Row
A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

F.

Bil

Mil

Thou

Bil

Mil

Thou

Bil

Mil

Thou

Bil

Mil

Thou

Bil

Mil

Thou

Bil

Mil

Thou

Bil

Mil

Thou

Bil

Mil

Thou

Enter amount in Worksheet Item 2

Enter amount in Worksheet Item 4

Enter amount in Worksheet Item 5

Enter result of:
Row A + Row B + Row C
Enter amount in Worksheet Item 3

Enter result of:
Row D – Row E (enter 0 if negative)

G.

Enter amount in Worksheet Item 1

H.

Enter result of:
Row F + Row G

I.

To be reported on FR 2900, item CC.1, Net Eurocurrency Liabilities, rounded to nearest
thousand dollars.

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Worksheet Item 1--Gross Borrowings from Non-U.S. Offices of Other Depository Institutions and from
Certain Designated Non-U.S. Entities.
Enter in this item all outstanding borrowings by the reporting institution that were obtained from:
A. Non-U.S. banking offices of other U.S. and non-U.S. depository institutions10 including:
1.

a non-U.S. holding company, if the holding company is a bank;

2.

a banking subsidiary of a non-U.S. holding company regardless of whether the holding company is a
bank;

3.

a non-U.S. bank’s non-U.S. banking subsidiary; and

4.

a non-U.S. branch of:
(a)

a U.S. depository institution; and

(b)

an Edge Act and agreement corporation.

B. Foreign (non-U.S.) national governments and foreign official banking institutions; and
C. International institutions.
All borrowings are to be reported on a gross basis.
Borrowings from non-U.S. banking offices of other banks should be reported in this item regardless of the
terminology used to describe such borrowings, including transactions that are referred to as “federal funds.”
Include in worksheet item 1 as borrowings:
1.

obligations such as promissory notes, acknowledgments of advance, or similar obligations (including
the proceeds from loan strips);

2.

due bills or similar obligations that remain uncollateralized after three business days; and,

3.

overdrawn balances at non-U.S. offices of other banks.

Exclude from worksheet item 1:
1.

any liability of the IBF;

2.

any liability actually in the form of and recorded on the books of the reporting institution as a
demand deposit, savings deposit or time deposit (including share accounts and share certificates);
and

3.

assets of the reporting institution that represent obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and

10

Reporting institutions that are subsidiaries of non-U.S. depository institutions should report gross any borrowings from the
non-U.S. parent in this item.

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Worksheet Item 2--Gross Liabilities to Own Non-U.S. Branches Plus Net Liabilities to Own IBF.
Enter in this item the outstanding balance at the close of business each day of gross liabilities of the reporting
institution’s U.S. offices to non-U.S. branches of the reporting institution. The net position of the establishing
entity with its IBF should be reported in this line only if it is a net “due to.” (The instructions for the
calculation of the reporting institution’s net position with its own IBF are shown following the detailed
instructions for worksheet item 3.) All liabilities to non-U.S. branches should be reported gross and not
netted against claims. (Claims are reported gross in worksheet item 3). These liabilities include, among
other items:
1.

funds placed on deposit at the head office or other U.S. offices of the reporting institution by
non-U.S. branches;

2.

borrowings by the head office or other U.S. offices of the reporting institution from the reporting
institution’s non-U.S. branches;

3.

overdrawn deposit accounts of the head office or other U.S. offices of the reporting institution at
non-U.S. branches (note that such overdrawn accounts should not be treated as negative balances
in Worksheet item 3);

4.

assets (other than U.S. government or federal agency securities) sold under agreements to
repurchase by the reporting institution to its non-U.S. branches.

5.

the proceeds from loan strips sold to the reporting institution’s non-U.S. branches; and

6.

other liabilities to own non-U.S. branches, such as those resulting from clearing activities,
payments related to foreign exchange transactions, bankers acceptance transactions, and other
activities.

In addition, include in this item the reporting institution’s net liabilities, if any, to its own IBF. For
calculation of this amount, please see the section entitled “Calculation of net due to/due from own IBF” that
appears immediately following the instructions for worksheet item 3 of the FR 2900 report.

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Worksheet Item 3--Gross Claims on Own Non-U.S. Branches Plus Net Claims on own IBF.
Enter in this item the outstanding balance at the close of business each day of gross claims of the reporting
institution’s U.S. offices on non-U.S. branches of the reporting institution. The net position of the
establishing entity with its IBF should be reported in this line if it is a net “due from”. (See instructions below
for the calculation of the reporting institution’s net position with its IBF) All claims on non-U.S. branches
should be reported gross and not netted against liabilities. (Liabilities are reported gross in worksheet item 2.)
These claims include, among other items:
1.

funds placed on deposit by the head office and other U.S. offices of the reporting institution at
non-U.S. branches;

2.

funds advanced by the head office and by other U.S. offices of the reporting institution to
non-U.S. branches;

3.

overdrawn deposit accounts of the reporting institution’s non-U.S. branches at the head office
and at other U.S. offices of the reporting institution (note that such overdrawn accounts should
not be treated as negative balances in item 2);

4.

assets (other than U.S. government or federal agency securities) purchased by the reporting
institution from its own non-U.S. branches under an agreement to resell; and

5.

other claims on own non-U.S. branches, such as those resulting from clearing activities, foreign
exchange transactions, bankers acceptance transactions, unremitted branch earnings and other
activities.

In addition, include in this item the reporting institution’s net claims, if any, on its own IBF. For calculation
of this amount, please see the section entitled “Calculation of net due to/due from own IBF” that appears
immediately below.

Calculation of net due to/due from own IBF
To determine whether the reporting institution has net liabilities due to the reporting institution’s own
IBF to be reported in worksheet item 2, or net claims on the reporting institution’s own IBF to be
reported in worksheet item 3, it is necessary to perform the following calculations using asset and
liability accounts of the reporting institution’s own IBF:
1. Compute IBF liabilities to parties other than U.S. offices of the establishing entity minus IBF
assets due from parties other than U.S. offices of the establishing entity.
2. If the difference calculated in (1) is positive, it represents, on the books of the IBF, net balances
due from U.S. offices of the establishing entity. For purposes of the FR 2900 report, it represents
the establishing entity’s net liabilities due to own IBF and should be included in worksheet item
2.
3. If the difference calculated in (1) is negative, its absolute value represents, on the books of the
IBF, net balances due to U.S. offices of the establishing entity. For purposes of the FR 2900
report, its absolute value represents the establishing entity’s net claims on its own IBF and should
be included in worksheet item 3.

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Worksheet Item 4--Assets Held by Own IBF and Own Non-U.S. Branches Acquired from U.S. Offices.
Enter in this item the amount of outstanding funds received by the reporting institution for assets acquired and
still held by the reporting institution’s own IBF, by own non-U.S. offices, by non-U.S. offices of an affiliated
Edge Act and agreement corporation, that were acquired from the reporting institution’s U.S. offices. In
addition, for Edge Act and agreement corporations, include the amount of outstanding funds received by the
reporting institution for assets acquired and still held by non-U.S. offices of the reporting institution’s U.S. or
non-U.S. parent institution.11
The amount reported here includes assets that are claims on both U.S. and non-U.S. entities.
Include such assets as:
1.

loans and securities sold outright by U.S. offices of the reporting institution to its own IBF or its
own non-U.S. branches; and

2.

participations in loans and other assets acquired by the reporting institution’s own IBF or
non-U.S. branches.

Exclude from this item sales of assets under agreements to repurchase by U.S. offices to the reporting
institution’s non-U.S. branches. Such transactions should be reported in worksheet item 2.
Worksheet Item 5--Credit Extended by Own Non-U.S. Branches to U.S. Residents.
Enter in this item the amount of credit extended directly by the reporting institution’s non-U.S. branches to
U.S. residents, regardless of where the proceeds will be used. However, if the amount of credit extended to
U.S. residents by any single non-U.S. branch did not exceed $1 million at any time during the computation
period, the amount for that branch should not be reported. In addition, if the aggregate amount of credit
extended to any particular U.S. resident by all non-U.S. branches did not exceed $100,000, the amount of
credit to that U.S. resident should not be reported. Also, do not include as credit extended to U.S. residents:
1.

amounts representing credit to U.S. residents acquired from U.S. offices of the reporting
institution;

2.

credit extended to other depository institutions, to banking Edge Act and agreement corporations
or to U.S. branches and agencies of non-U.S. banks;

3.

credit extended to an IBF; and

4.

credit extended to a non-U.S. branch, office, subsidiary, affiliate or other foreign establishment
controlled by one or more U.S. corporations if the proceeds of the credit will be used to finance
its non-U.S. operations, even if the credit is guaranteed by the U.S. corporation.

Perform the calculation detailed on the Eurocurrency Liabilities Worksheet, and enter the result on the FR
2900, item CC.1, Net Eurocurrency Liabilities, rounded to the nearest thousand dollars.

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Do not include those assets that were acquired by an IBF from its establishing entity before the end of the second 14-day reserve
computation period after establishment of the IBF.

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GLOSSARY

This section provides definitions for terms that appear underlined in Sections 1 and 2. These
definitions are used for purposes of the FR 2900. They may differ from definitions that appear in other rules,
regulations, statutes, or reports.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ADVANCE
A notification by a depository institution of its liability for funds that have been received.
Acknowledgments of advance may take the form of an electronic advice, written receipt, issuance of a
credit memo or other documentation, or simply an oral communication confirming the receipt of funds
under a borrowing-lending arrangement. Acknowledgments of advance are primary obligations of the
issuing depository institution.

ATS (Automatic Transfer Service) ACCOUNT
A deposit or account authorized by the last sentence of 12 U.S.C. §371a consisting only of funds in
which the entire beneficial interest is held by one or more individuals and on which the depository institution
has reserved the right to require at least seven days’ written notice prior to withdrawal or transfer of any funds
in the account and from which, pursuant to prior written agreement between the institution and the depositor,
withdrawals may be made automatically through payment to the depository institution itself or through
transfer of credit to a demand deposit or other account in connection with checks or share drafts drawn upon
the institution or to maintain a specified balance in, or to make periodic transfers to, such other accounts.
An ATS account is a transaction account.

BANKERS ACCEPTANCE
A draft or bill of exchange usually drawn under a letter of credit issued by the reporting institution to a
customer and “accepted” by the reporting institution --i.e., the reporting institution assumes an obligation to
make payment at maturity). Generally, a bankers acceptance is eligible for discount by a Federal Reserve
Bank if it is used to finance the export or import of goods, the domestic shipment of goods, and the foreign or
domestic storage of goods and if it has a remaining maturity of l80 days or less. Bankers acceptances used to
finance dollar exchange are also eligible for discount by a Federal Reserve Bank if the remaining maturity is 3
months or less. Bankers acceptances issued for other purposes, such as finance bills and working capital
acceptances, are ineligible for discount at Federal Reserve Banks. (See 12 U.S.C. § 372.)
BANKERS’ BANK
A bankers’ bank is an institution satisfying all of the following criteria:
1. The institution is organized solely to do business with other financial institutions. This requirement
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than
financial institutions. Those customers to whom the institution may lend or from whom it may
receive deposits are specified in 12 CFR §204.121.
2. The institution is owned primarily (75 percent or more) by the financial institutions with which it
does business.
3. The institution does not do business with the general public except for customers specified in 12
CFR §204.121. Loans to customers other than financial institutions may not exceed 10 percent of
the institution’s total assets, and the deposits that the institution receives from customers other than
financial institutions may not exceed 10 percent of the institution’s total liabilities.
BANKING BUSINESS
The business of accepting deposits, making loans, and providing related services. The banking
business does not include the acceptance of trust funds.
BANK NOTE

A debt security issued by a depository institution with the term “Bank Note” included on the
instrument.
BONA FIDE CASH MANAGEMENT
A cash management plan can be regarded as bona fide when an institution and a depositor have agreed
that the institution may use the balance in one account to offset the overdrafts in another account of the same
type or a related depositor and where a bona fide cash management purpose is served. While a written
agreement is not required, there should be some indication of this purpose that can be referred to in order to
demonstrate the bona fide nature of the arrangement. It should be recognized that, depending on the nature
and extent of any cash management plan, sound banking practice may require that the institution’s authority
and responsibility be documented. A bona fide cash management function is not served when an institution
nets a depositor’s multiple accounts after an overdraft occurs in one of these accounts merely to reduce its
reservable liabilities.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES OF FOREIGN BANKS
See U.S. branches and agencies of non-U.S. banks.
BROKERED DEPOSITS
Funds in the form of deposits that a depository institution receives from brokers or dealers on behalf of
individual depositors. For details on reporting, see the Memorandum section on item F.1, All Time
Deposits With Balances of $100,000 or More, or item BB.1, Total Nonpersonal Savings and Time
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BROKERS SECURITY DRAFT
A draft with securities or title to securities attached that is drawn to obtain payment for the securities.
This draft is sent to a bank for collection with instructions to release the securities only on payment of the
draft.
CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNT
A liability account that is established typically in connection with the issuance of a commercial letter of
credit by the reporting institution. A cash collateral account appears on the books of the reporting institution,
either through transfer of funds from a customer’s deposit account or a deposit of cash, in an amount equal to
all or some portion of the authorized amount of the letter of credit. As drafts are drawn under the letter of
credit and presented to the reporting institution for payment, the amounts of the drafts are charged to the
account. After the letter of credit expires, any balance remaining in the account is paid or credited to the
customer.

CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS
Unsecured promissory notes that represent borrowings by a depository institution.
CLUB ACCOUNTS
Christmas club, vacation club, or similar savings deposits, share accounts, time deposits, or share
certificate accounts. Club accounts for which there are written contracts providing that no withdrawals can be
made until a certain number of periodic deposits have been made during a period of not less that three months,
even though some of the deposits are made within six days from the end of the period, are considered time
deposits.

COMMODITY OR BILL OF LADING DRAFT
A draft that is issued in connection with the shipment of goods. If the commodity or bill of lading draft
becomes payable only when the shipment of goods against which it is payable arrives, it is an arrival draft.
Arrival drafts are usually forwarded by the shipper to the collecting depository institution with instructions to
release the shipping documents (e.g., bill of lading) conveying title to the goods only upon payment of the
draft. Payment, however, cannot be demanded until the goods have arrived at the drawee’s destination.
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CREDIT BALANCE
A liability booked by the reporting institution as a credit balance or maintained by the reporting
institution and owed to a third party that is incidental to or that arises from the exercise of banking powers.
Also include any credit balance that results from customers’ overpayments of account balances on credit cards
and related plans.
CUSTODIAL INVENTORY PROGRAM

Pursuant to the Federal Reserve Currency Recirculation Policy, the Federal Reserve Banks have
created a Custodial Inventory Program to help offset the opportunity costs associated with holding
additional currency in reporting institutions’ vaults to facilitate its recirculation. By participating in this
program, the reporting institution will be allowed to transfer currency to the Federal Reserve Bank’s
books, but continue to physically hold the currency within its secured facility.
For more information about the policy, please visit
http://ww.frbservices.org/operations/currency/custodial_inventory_program.html.
DEALER RESERVE OR DEALER DIFFERENTIAL ACCOUNT
An account that arises when a merchant or dealer (such as a home improvement contractor, auto dealer,
or mobile home dealer) enters into an arrangement with the reporting institution to furnish the dealer with
financing of installment loans by selling the loans to the reporting institution at discount. The proceeds of the
sale that the dealer receives from the institution represent only a portion (such as 90 percent) of the amount
due on the installment loans. Typical accounting entries by the reporting institution are a debit to “loans” for
the principal amount due on the loans purchased, a credit to the dealer’s “demand deposit” account for 90
percent of the amount, and a credit to a “dealer reserve” or a “dealer differential” account for the remaining 10
percent. Since the dealer does not have access to the funds credited to the reporting institution’s dealer
reserve or differential account and may not make withdrawals from the account, no deposit liability arises
until such time as the reporting institution becomes liable to the dealer for any portion of the funds.
DEMAND DEPOSIT
A deposit described in Section 1, Subsection G.1, or a primary obligation described in Section 1,
Subsection G.3, that is payable immediately on demand, or that is issued with an original maturity or required
notice period of less than seven days, or that represents funds for which the depository institution does not
reserve the right to require at least seven days’ written notice of an intended withdrawal.
A demand deposit is a transaction account.

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DEPOSIT NOTES
A debt security issued by a depository institution with the term deposit included on the note.
DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION
Any of the following institutions that is empowered to perform a banking business and that performs
this business as a substantial part of its operations and is federally insured or is eligible to apply to become
federally insured:
1. U.S. commercial banks:
A. national banks;
B. state-chartered commercial banks; and
C. trust companies that perform a commercial banking business;
2. U.S. branches and agencies of non-U.S banks;
3. banking Edge Act and agreement corporations;
4. savings banks (mutual and stock);
5. building or savings and loan associations;
6. cooperative banks;
7. homestead associations;
8. credit unions; and
9. industrial banks (including thrift and loan companies, and industrial savings banks) when chartered
as a bank under state law.
The term depository institution excludes the following:
1. private banks or unincorporated banking institutions organized as partnerships or proprietorships
and authorized to perform commercial banking business;
2. a trust company whose principal function is to accept and execute trust arrangements or act in a
purely fiduciary capacity;
3. a cash depository, cooperative exchange, or similar depository organization whose principal
function is to serve as a safe deposit institution;
4. a finance company, whether or not empowered to receive deposits or sell certificates of deposit;
5. U.S. Government agencies and instrumentalities, such as the Office of Thrift Supervision, Federal
Home Loan Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Federal Land Banks, Banks for
Cooperatives, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Deposit Insurance

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Corporation, Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Financing Bank, Student Loan
Marketing Association, National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, and NCUA Central Liquidity
Facility;
6. Export-Import Bank of the U.S.;
7. Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico;
8. Minbanc Capital Corporation; and
9. Federal Reserve Banks.
DEPOSITS
See Regulation D, Section 204.2(a)(1).
DIVIDENDS
Any payment to or for the account of a depositor as compensation for the use of funds constituting
a deposit.

DRAFT
An instrument signed by the drawer ordering the payment of a certain sum of money on demand to the
order of a specified person or bearer.
DUE BILL
An instrument representing an obligation or promise to sell or deliver at some future date securities,
foreign exchange, etc. Due bills generally are issued in lieu of the item to be sold or delivered at times when
the item is in short supply or otherwise currently unavailable. The issuance of due bills may give rise to a
reservable deposit (see Section 1, Subsection G.2(i), Primary Obligations).
EDGE ACT AND AGREEMENT CORPORATIONS
An Edge Act is a corporation chartered by the Federal Reserve Board under Section 25(a) of the
Federal Reserve Act to engage in international banking and financial operations.
An Agreement Corporation is a state-chartered corporation that enters into a written agreement
with the Federal Reserve Board to enter into those activities that are permitted to Edge corporations
(which are chartered by the Federal Reserve Board).

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EXEMPT ENTITIES
U.S. offices of the following:
1. U.S. commercial banks and trust companies conducting a commercial banking business and their
majority-owned subsidiaries;
2. a U.S. branches or agencies of a non-U.S. banks (i.e., banks organized under foreign (non-U.S.)
law);
3. banking Edge Act and agreement corporations;
4. industrial banks;
5. mutual and stock savings banks;
6. building or savings and loan associations and homestead associations;
7. cooperative banks;
8. credit unions (including corporate central credit unions);
9. the U.S. Government and its agencies and instrumentalities, such as the Federal Reserve Banks,
Office of Thrift Supervision, Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks,
Federal Land Banks, Banks for Cooperatives, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Financing
Bank, Student Loan Marketing Association, National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, and
NCUA Central Liquidity Facility;
10. Export-Import Bank of the U.S.;
11. Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico;
12. Minbanc Capital Corporation;
13. securities dealers, but only when the borrowing (a) has a maturity of one day, (b) is in
immediately-available funds, and (c) is in connection with the clearance of securities;
14. the U.S. Treasury Treasury Tax and Loan account note balances;
15. New York State investment companies (chartered under Article XII of the New York State
Banking Code) that perform a banking business and that are majority-owned by one or more
non-U.S. banks; and
16. investment companies or trust companies whose entire beneficial interest is held exclusively by one
or more depository institutions.

EXEMPTION AMOUNT

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Section 411 of the Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 subjects the first $2.0 million
of a depository institution’s reservable liabilities to a reserve requirement of zero percent. The amount of
reservable liabilities subject to the zero-percent reserve requirement (the exemption amount) is adjusted each
year for the next succeeding calendar year by 80 percent of the increase in total reservable liabilities of all
depository institutions, measured on an annual basis as of June 30. (No corresponding adjustment is made in
the event of a decrease in total reservable liabilities of all depository institutions.) The revised exemption
amount is to be effective for the following calendar year. This amount is used in two ways. First, it is used
for all FR 2900 reporters in the reserve requirement calculations during the calendar year (January through
December) following the announcement of the revised amount. Second, for those depository institutions
whose deposits reporting status is based on the level of their net transaction accounts, it is used to determine
who must file the FR 2900 and who is eligible for reduced reporting for the 12-month period beginning in the
September following the announcement of the revised exemption amount each year.
The current exemption amount can be found in Chapter V of the Reserve Maintenance Manual.
FEDERAL PUBLIC FUNDS
Funds of the U.S. Government and funds the deposit of which is subject to the control and regulation
of the United States or any of its officers, agents, or employees.
FEDERAL RESERVE DRAFT
A draft issued by a depository institution that is drawn on its account at a Federal Reserve Bank and
that is payable by the Federal Reserve Bank.
FINANCE BILLS
A bill of exchange not accompanied by shipping documents, usually of 60 days tenor or over, drawn by
a bank or banker in one country on a bank or banker in another for the purpose of raising funds. Finance bills
are not drawn against the shipment of goods. They are sometimes drawn against balances maintained with the
drawee bank, but more often are not, being in the nature of an advance from a bank in one country to a bank
in another. The drawee bank accepts a finance bill for a fixed commission, but only of course when the
drawing bank enjoys a high credit rating.
FOREIGN (NON-U.S.) BANK
A bank organized under foreign (non-U.S.) law. Foreign banks include commercial banks, merchant
banks, discount houses, and similar depository institutions, including nationalized banks that perform
essentially a banking business and do not perform, to any significant extent, official functions of foreign
(non-U.S.) governments.

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FOREIGN (NON-U.S.) GOVERNMENTS
Central, national, state, provincial, and local governments in foreign (non-U.S.) countries (including
their ministries, departments, and agencies) that perform functions similar to those performed in the United
States by government entities.
For purposes of Regulation D, foreign (non-U.S.) governments also include foreign (non-U.S.) official
banking institutions.
FOREIGN (NON-U.S.) NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
A central or national government that performs functions similar to those performed by the federal
government of the United States. State, provincial, and local governments are not included as foreign national
governments.

FOREIGN (NON-U.S.) OFFICIAL BANKING INSTITUTIONS
Central banks, nationalized banks and other banking institutions in foreign (non-U.S.) countries that
are owned by central governments and that have as a significant part of their function activities similar to
those of a treasury, central bank, development bank, exchange control office, stabilization fund, monetary
agency, currency board, etc.
HYPOTHECATED DEPOSITS
Funds received by the reporting institution that are recorded as deposits generally in accordance with
state law and that reflect periodic payments by a borrower on an installment loan. These payments are
accumulated until the sum of the payments equals the entire amount of principal and interest on the loan, at
which time the loan is considered paid in full. The amounts received by the reporting institution are not
immediately used to reduce the unpaid balance of the note, but are assigned to the reporting institution and
cannot be reached by the borrower or the borrower’s creditors. Hypothecated deposits are not to be reported
as reservable deposits.
Deposits which simply serve as collateral for loans are not considered hypothecated deposits for
purposes of the FR 2900 report.
IMMEDIATELY-AVAILABLE FUNDS

Funds that the reporting institution can invest or dispose of on the same business day that the
transaction giving rise to receipt of the funds is executed. Such funds are sometimes referred to as
“collected,” “actually
collected,” “finally collected,” or “good” funds.

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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION
(1) Any international entity of which the United States is a member, such as the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), International Monetary Fund, Inter-American Development
Bank, and the United Nations, and (2) other foreign, international, or supranational entities of which the
United States is not a member, such as the African Development Bank, Central Treaty Organization,
European Atomic Energy Community, European Economic Community, European Development Fund,
Caribbean Development Bank, Bank for International Settlements, etc. (See Regulation D 12 CFR §204.125.)
LETTER OF CREDIT
A letter of advice from a depository institution to its agent or correspondent, requesting that a sum of money
be made available to the person named in the letter, under specified conditions.
LOAN-TO-LENDER PROGRAM
A loan-to-lender program involves the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by a state or local housing
authority and the subsequent lending of the proceeds to a reporting institution with the condition that these
funds be used to make specified types of residential real estate loans. The funds advanced to institutions
under the program are evidenced by a loan agreement and a promissory note issued by the institution to the
housing authority.
MAJORITY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY
A U.S. subsidiary (except for an Edge Act and agreement corporation) of which a reporting institution
owns 50 percent or more.
MMDA (Money Market Deposit Account)
Please refer to the entry in the Glossary for savings deposits.

NATURAL PERSON
A natural person for purposes of the FR 2900 report is an individual or a sole proprietorship. The term
does not mean a corporation owned by an individual, a partnership or other association.
NET TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS
Total Transaction Accounts (item A.3) minus Demand Balances Due from Depository Institutions in
the U.S. (item B.1) minus Cash Items in Process of Collection (item B.2) plus Ineligible Acceptances and
Obligations Issued by Affiliates Maturing in Less Than Seven Days (item AA.1). Note that if the first three
terms produce a result that is less than zero, that result should be set to zero before proceeding.

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NONCASH ITEM
Items that would otherwise fit the definition of cash items, except that it requires special handling as
classified by the Federal Reserve System’s Operating Circulars.
Examples of items requiring special handling:
•
•

Items with a passbook, certificate or other document attached;
Items accompanied by special instructions (such as a request of special advise of payment or
dishonor);
Items that have not been preprinted or post-encoded in magnetic ink with the routing number
of the paying bank

•

NONCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATE
An entity that:
• is controlled by the shareholders of the reporting institution; that is, control is held directly
or indirectly through stock ownership, or in any other manner, by shareholders of the
reporting institution who own or control either a majority of the shares of such depository
institution or more than 50 percent of the number of shares voted for the election of
directors of the reporting depository institution at the preceding election, or by trustees for
the benefit of the shareholders of any such depository institution; or
•

has a majority of its directors on the board of directors of the reporting institution; that is,
the majority of its directors, trustees, or other persons exercising similar functions also are
directors of any other depository institution; or

•

owns or controls the reporting institution; that is, owns or controls directly or indirectly either
a majority of the shares of capital stock of the reporting institution or more than 50 percent of
the number of shares voted for the election of directors, trustees, or other persons exercising
similar functions of the reporting depository institution or controls in any manner the election
of a majority of directors, trustees, or other persons exercising similar functions of the
reporting depository institution, or for the benefit of whose shareholders or members all or
substantially all the capital stock of a depository institution is held by trustees.

NONEXEMPT DEPOSIT CUTOFF
This cutoff is used to determine whether depository institutions report on the FR 2900 weekly or
quarterly.
The Federal Reserve Board determines the deposit cutoff. The Board also indexes the cutoff annually
to grow at 80 percent of the June-to-June growth rate of total transaction accounts, savings deposits, and small
time deposits at all depository institutions. Consistent with rules governing indexing the exemption amount,
if total transaction accounts, savings deposits, and small time deposits decline in that period, the Board will
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no downward adjustment through the indexing process. On occasion, the Federal Reserve Board has
increased the deposit cutoff beyond its indexed level.

NONEXEMPT ENTITY
A nonexempt entity is any one of the following:
1. individuals, partnerships, and corporations, wherever located;
2. security dealers wherever located, when the borrowing (a) has a maturity longer than one day, (b) is
not in immediately-available funds, and (c) is not in connection with the clearance of securities;
3. state and local governments in the U.S. and their political subdivisions;
4. a depository institution’s parent holding company if the holding company is not a bank;
5. a depository institution’s parent holding company’s nonbanking subsidiaries;
6. a depository institution’s nonbanking subsidiaries; and
7. international institutions.
NONPERSONAL SAVINGS DEPOSIT
A savings deposit (including share accounts) that is transferable or that represents funds deposited to
the credit of, or in which any beneficial interest is held by, a depositor that is not a natural person.
NONPERSONAL TIME DEPOSIT
Nonpersonal time deposit means:
1. a time deposit (including share certificates) representing funds deposited to the credit of, or in
which any beneficial interest is held by, a depositor that is not a natural person;
2. a time deposit (including share certificates) that is transferable and held by a natural person; or
3. a time deposit (including share certificates) to and held by a natural person that does not contain on
its face a statement that the deposit is not transferable.
NON-U.S.
Any geographic location, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and U.S. territories and
possessions, outside the 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia.

NON-U.S. BANK

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- See foreign bank.
ORIGINAL MATURITY
The length of time from the date of issue to the earliest date that the funds may be withdrawn at the
option of the depositor under the terms of the deposit agreement. Where a deposit is withdrawable on a
specified date, the maturity is determined by the length of time between the issue date and the specified
maturity date. Where a deposit has no specified maturity but can be withdrawn after written notice is
provided to the reporting institution, the maturity is determined by the length of the required notice period.
Roll-over certificates of deposit, multiple maturity deposits, alternative maturity deposits, or deposits
providing other maturity combinations that permit a depositor the option of withdrawing the deposit at
different dates or periods of time should be reported on the basis of the earliest allowable withdrawal date.
PAYABLE-THROUGH DRAFTS
A negotiable demand draft that can be sent for payment to an institution that is not the institution
on which the draft is drawn. The draft may be drawn on a depository institution, or it may be drawn on a
non-depository institution.
PERSONAL SAVINGS DEPOSIT

A savings deposit that is not transferable and that represents funds deposited to the credit of or in
which the entire beneficial interest is held by a depositor who is a natural person.

PERSONAL TIME DEPOSIT
A time deposit (including share certificates) that represents funds deposited to the credit of or in which
the entire beneficial interest is held by a natural person, including a time deposit that is issued to or held by a
natural person and that contains a statement on its face that it is not transferable.
PREAUTHORIZED TRANSFER

See telephone and preauthorized transfer accounts.
REDUCED REPORTING LIMIT
Total transaction accounts, savings deposits, and small time deposits, if equaled or exceeded at a
depository institution, whereby the institution must report on the FR 2900 weekly, regardless of the level of
their net transactions accounts.

Any institution with total transaction accounts, savings deposits, and small time deposits greater than or
equal to the reduced reporting limit is required to report an FR 2900 weekly, regardless of the level of their

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net transaction accounts. Initially set at $1 billion in 2003, the reduced reporting limit is indexed to 80
percent of the June 30-to-June 30 growth in total transaction accounts, savings deposits, and small time
deposits at all depository institutions. As with current indexation procedures, if total transaction accounts,
savings deposits, and small time deposits decline in that period, the reduced reporting limit would remain
unchanged. The revised reduced reporting limit is effective for the 12-month period beginning in the
September following the announcement of the revised reduced reporting limit each year.
REMOTE SERVICES UNIT (RSU)
RSU includes, without limitation, point-of-service terminals, merchant operated terminals,
cash-dispensing machines, and automated teller machines.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
An arrangement involving the sale of a security or other asset under a prearranged agreement to
repurchase the same or similar security or asset at a later date.

RETURNED ITEM
A check or draft that is returned by a drawee institution to the presenting institution because of certain
irregularities that, if waived, might result in a loss to the drawee institution. The item is returned so that the
presenting institution may correct the defect or take such other action as may be necessary, such as charging
the depositor’s account.
SAVINGS DEPOSIT
A savings deposit is a deposit described in Section 1, Subsection G.1, or a primary obligation described
in Section 1, Subsection G.2, with respect to which the depositor is not required by the deposit contract but
may at any time be required by the depository institution to give written notice of an intended withdrawal not
less than seven days before withdrawal is made, and that is not payable on a specified date or at the expiration
of a specified time after the date of deposit.
The term savings deposit also means a deposit or account, such as an account commonly known as a
passbook savings account, a statement savings account, or a money market deposit account (“MMDA“), that
otherwise meets the requirements of the preceding paragraph and from which, under the terms of the deposit
contract or by practice of the depository institution, the depositor is permitted or authorized to make no more
than six transfers and withdrawals, or a combination of such transfers and withdrawals, per calendar month or
statement cycle (or similar period) of at least four weeks, to another account (including a transaction account)
of the depositor at the same institution or to a third party by means of a preauthorized or automatic transfer, or
telephonic (including data transmission), agreement, order or instruction, or by check, draft, debit card, or
similar order made by the depositor and payable to third parties.

SHARE ACCOUNT

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Funds in the form of shares purchased by a member or other approved depositor which are received or
held by the reporting institution in its usual course of business and for which the reporting institution has
given, or is obligated to give, credit to the account of the depositor. This account is not payable on a specified
date or after a specified period of time. However, the reporting institution expressly reserves the right to
require at least seven days’ written notice before an intended withdrawal of all or any portion of the shares in
an account.
SHARE CERTIFICATE
A transferable or nontransferable instrument or account which provides on its face or in the underlying
agreement that a specified amount of shares is payable to the bearer or to any specified person:
1. on a certain date, specified in the instrument or underlying account, not less than seven days after
the purchase date of shares; or
2. at the expiration of a certain specified time not less than seven days after the date the instrument is
issued or the account is opened; or
3. upon notice in writing which actually is required to be given by the certificate holder not less than
seven days before the date of repayment.
SHARE DRAFT
A share draft is a negotiable or nonnegotiable draft signed by the account holder directing the credit
union on which the draft is drawn to pay a certain sum of money on demand to the order of a specified person
or bearer. Such drafts are used to withdraw funds from a share draft account.
A share draft account is a share account from which funds may be withdrawn or transferred to third
parties by issuance of a negotiable or transferable instrument or other order.

SMALL TIME DEPOSIT
A time deposit issued in an amount less than $100,000.
SUSPENSE ACCOUNTS
Temporary holding accounts in which items are carried until they can be identified and their
disposition to the proper asset or liability account can be made.

TELEPHONE AND PREAUTHORIZED TRANSFER ACCOUNTS
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deposits or accounts, other than savings deposits, (1) in which the entire beneficial interest is held by a
party eligible to hold a share draft account, (2) on which the reporting institution has reserved the right to
require at least seven days’ written notice prior to withdrawals or transfer of any funds in the account, and
(3) under the terms of which, or by practice of the reporting institution, the depositor is permitted or
authorized to make more than six withdrawals per month or statement cycle (or similar period) of at least
four weeks for purposes of transferring funds to another account of the depositor at the same institution
(including a transaction account) or for making payment to a third party by means of preauthorized
transfer, or telephonic (including data transmission) agreement, order or instruction, or by check, draft,
debit card, or similar order made by the depositor and payable to third parties. An account that permits or
authorizes more than six such withdrawals in a month is a transaction account whether or not more than
six such withdrawals actually are made in a month. (A month is a calendar month, or any period
approximating a month that is at least four weeks long, such as a statement cycle.)
A preauthorized transfer includes any arrangement by the reporting institution to pay a third party from
the account of a depositor upon written or oral instruction (including an order received through an automated
clearing house (ACH)), or any arrangement by the reporting institution to pay a third party from the account
of the depositor at a predetermined time or on a fixed schedule.
Telephone and preauthorized transfers also include deposits or accounts maintained in connection with
an arrangement that permits the depositor to obtain credit directly or indirectly through the drawing of a
negotiable or nonnegotiable check, draft, order or instruction or other similar device (including telephone or
electronic order or instruction) on the issuing institution that can be used for the purpose of making payments
or transfers to third persons or others, or to a deposit account of the depositor.
Also include in this item the balance of deposits or accounts that otherwise meet the definition of time
deposits, but from which payments may be made to third parties by means of a debit card (including Point of
Sale (POS) debits), an ATM, RSU or other electronic device, regardless of the number of payments made.
TELLER’S CHECK
A check or draft drawn by a depository institution on another depository institution, a Federal Reserve
Bank, or a Federal Home Loan Bank, or payable at or through a depository institution, Federal Reserve Bank,
or a Federal Home Loan Bank.
Teller’s checks do not include checks or drafts sold by a bank acting in an agency capacity where that
capacity is clearly stated on the face of the check or checks, or drafts drawn without recourse where permitted
by state law.
TIME CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT
A deposit described in Section 1, Subsection G.1, or a primary obligation described in Section 1,
Subsection G.2, that is payable on a specified date, after a specified period of time from the date of deposit, or
after a specified notice period, which may be not less than seven days from the date of deposit.
A time deposit (including share certificates) may be represented by a transferable or nontransferable, or
a negotiable or nonnegotiable, certificate, instrument, passbook or statement. A nonnegotiable time deposit is
distinguished from a nontransferable time deposit in that the transferee of a nonnegotiable time deposit would
not be a holder in due course and would not have the ability to cut off certain defenses of an obligor even
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be made.
TIME DEPOSIT
A deposit (including share certificates) described in Section 1, Subsection G.1, or a primary obligation
described in Section 1, Subsection G.2, from which the depositor does not have a right and is not permitted to
make withdrawals within six days after the date of deposit unless the deposit is subject to an early withdrawal
penalty of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts withdrawn within the first six days after deposit. A
time deposit from which partial withdrawals are permitted within six days after the date of the last withdrawal
must impose early withdrawal penalties of at least seven days’ simple interest on amounts so withdrawn. If
early withdrawal penalties are not imposed, the account ceases to be a time deposit. The account may become
a savings deposit if it meets the requirements for a savings deposit; otherwise it becomes a demand deposit.

TIME DEPOSIT OPEN ACCOUNTS
A deposit other than a time certificate of deposit, with respect to which there is in force a written
contract with the depositor that neither the whole nor any part of such deposit may be withdrawn prior to the
date of maturity, which shall be not less than seven days after the date of deposit, or prior to the expiration of
the period of notice which must be given by the depositor in writing not less than seven days in advance of
withdrawal.

TRANSFERABLE
Any deposit that does not contain a specific statement on the certificate, instrument, passbook,
statement or other form representing the deposit that the deposit is not transferable. A deposit that contains a
specific statement that it is not transferable is not regarded as transferable even if the following transactions
can be effected: a pledge as collateral for a loan, a transaction that occurs due to circumstances arising from
death, incompetency, marriage, divorce, attachment, or otherwise by operation of law or a transfer on the
books or records of the institution

UNPOSTED CREDITS
Items that have been received for deposit and that are in process of collection but that have not been
posted to individual or general ledger deposit accounts. These credits should be reported as deposits.
UNPOSTED DEBITS
Cash items drawn on the reporting institution that have been “paid” or credited by the institution
and that are chargeable but that have not been charged against deposits as of the close of business. These
items should be reported as “cash items in process of collection” until they have been charged to either
individual or general ledger deposit accounts.

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U.S. (UNITED STATES)
The 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia, and military facilities, wherever
located.
U.S. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES OF NON-U.S. BANKS
Branches and agencies of non-U.S. banks that operate as a U.S. office of their foreign (non-U.S.)
parent bank. The branch or agency may be licensed by the U.S. Government, or by a state of the U.S. As
defined by Section 1 of the International Banking Act of l978 (12 U.S.C. §3101), a branch means any office
or any place of business of a foreign bank located in any state of the United States at which deposits are
received; an agency means any office or any place of business of a foreign bank located in any state of the
United States at which credit balances are maintained incidental to or arising out of the exercise of banking
powers, checks are paid, or money is lent but at which deposits may not be accepted from citizens or residents
of the United States.
U.S. TREASURY GENERAL ACCOUNT
A Treasury account maintained at the reporting institution to which government officers deposit funds
obtained in connection with special collections, such as customs fees or other tax collections.
U.S. TREASURY TAX AND LOAN ACCOUNT
A Treasury demand deposit account maintained at the reporting depository institution through which
the Treasury receives deposits (receipts), principally of federal tax payments and proceeds from the sale of
savings bonds. The account does not include Treasury Tax and Loan account note balances.
U.S. TREASURY TAX AND LOAN ACCOUNT NOTE BALANCE
That balance representing the total amount outstanding of open-ended interest-bearing notes issued by
the reporting depository institution to the U.S. Treasury under the U.S. Treasury Tax and Loan account note
option program.
A depository authorized to accept U.S. Treasury Tax and Loan account deposits may administer such
accounts under either of two options: (1) the remittance option or (2) the note option. Under the remittance
option, depositories must send the previous day’s tax and loan account balance as of the close of business to
the Federal Reserve Banks. Under the note option, depositories will automatically convert the previous day’s
close-of-business balance in their tax and loan account to an interest-bearing demand note, which must be
fully collateralized.

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