The FEDLINE software package is a common Bank client for the Federal
Reserve. Used by Banks, Credit Unions, and other Financial Institutions,
the amount of funds transferred on a daily basis matches or exceeds the
daily volume of all other EFT networks. FEDLINE uses hardware encryption
through a special PC card which operates using the US National Bureau of
Standards, Data Encryption Standard. This file is not my attempt to
demystify its operation, but to provide a categorical list of the codes.
I accept no responsibility for anyone's use or misuse of the information
contained in this file.
Accounting status of a message indicates how the message is
to be processed into the FUNDS balances of the FEDLINE Reserve
Account Monitor from the standpoint of the original DI.
Status Codes:
D = Debit Transaction
C = Credit Transaction
N = Non-accountable Transaction
Accounting status of message indicates how the message is to be
processed into the SECURITIES balances of the FEDLINE Reserve Account
Monitor from the standpoint of the original DI. For Securities
messages, this should indicate the direction of the Cash side of the
transaction.
Type/Sub Acct. Status Description
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2000 C Security Transfer Message
2001 N Request for Reversal of
Security Transfer
2002 C Reversal of Security
Transfer
2008 N Request for Shipment of
Definitive Agency
Securities
2090 N Service Message regarding
Securities Transfer
2500 C Original Issue (OI)
Transfer
(Sent by FRB or
Agency only)
2501 N Request for Reversal of
OI Transfer
2502 C Reversal of OI Transfer
2590 N Service Message regarding
OI Transfer
2700 C Government Agency
Securities Charge
(Sent by FRB or
Agency only)
2705 C Adjustment to Government
Agency Securities
(Sent by FRB or
Agency only)
2790 N Service Message regarding
Government Agency
Securities Charge
2800 D Government Agency
Securities Credit
(Sent by FRB or
Agency only)
2805 D Adjustment to Government
Agency Securities
(Sent by FRB or
Agency only)
2890 N Service Message regarding
Government Agency
Securities Credit
8200 N Conversion of Security
from BE to Bearer
8202 N Reversal of BE to Bearer
Conversion
(Sent by FRB or
Agency only)
8800 N Conversion of Security
from BE to Registered
8802 N Reversal of BE to
Registered Conversion
(Sent by FRB or
Agency only)
8900 D Maturity Payment
(Sent by FRB or
Agency only)
8906 D Interest Payment
(Sent by FRB or
Agency only)
8990 N Service Message regarding
Maturity and Interest
Payments
A list of status codes that may appear on the bottom of your screen
while processing messages:
ENTRY CODES - assigned when a message is entered or intentionally
withheld from transmission for a variety of reasons,
such as insufficient Local Reserve Account Monitor
funds. Includes messages which are not verified,
or warehoused for future transmission.
ET Entered Transaction
EH Entered to be held
EW Entered to be Warehoused
MC Marked for Correction
MS Marked for safe-stored
HELD CODES - assigned when a message is intentionally detained from
further processing until a FEDLINE operator releases it.
HT Held Transaction (by operator)
HS Held by supervisory order
HM Held by account monitor
HO Held because terminal is off-line
LOCAL COMPLETION CODES - assigned when a message has been warehoused and
verified or canceled.
TRANSMISSION CODES - assigned when a message is ready for transmission or
after transmission has been completed.
The transmission status of a message is updated by
Short Acknowledgments and responses from the
host computer.
TQ Queued for Transmission
TC Transmission Completed
TH Transmission rejected by host
TU Transmission Unconfirmed
TA Transmitted and Accepted
TR Transmitted and rejected
TI Transmitted but intercepted
The following list of status codes describes the processing condition
of an ACH batch. A status code appears in the upper right corner of
the ACH batch header and batch balancing screens, as well as the
Return Item and Notification of Change screens. Status codes can be
used to retrieve batches from the Batch Selection Criteria Screens for
further processing.
Entry Codes - assigned when a batch is created. Includes all batches which
are balanced and ready for collection.
ET Entered
VR Verified / Balanced
Local Completion Codes - assigned when a batch has been canceled
CN Canceled
Transmission Codes - assigned when a batch is selected and queued for
transmission. Includes batches that were not
transmitted due to an error.
The following list of status codes describes the processing
condition of ACH files.
Entry Codes - assigned when a file is created or received.
ET File Created
RC File Received
Local Completion Codes - assigned after an incoming file has been processed
from the FRB.
RP File Received and Processed
Transmission Codes - assigned when a file is queued for transmission or
after transmission has been completed. Includes
files which were not transmitted due to some
processing error.
TQ File created and queued in PC
TC Transmitted complete to host queue
IP Interrupted Processing