New $50 Bill to Roll Out Soon

The Treasury Department will introduce a redesigned $50 note with enhanced security features this fall.

Feds Form Electronic Partnership

Three Federal Reserve Banks and the Mid-America Payment Exchange form an alliance to increase awareness and use of electronic payments.

Feditorial: Reports of the Death of Banks Are Exaggerated

W. LeGrande Rives, first vice president of the St. Louis Fed, comments on the challenges depository institutions face in the future.

Electronic Directions

A CB series covering electronic payment forms and the Fed's efforts to promote them over paper-based methods.

This issue discusses why electronic data interchange (EDI) is an acronym that bankers no longer can afford to ignore.

Key EDI Terms

Regional Roundup

• Automated Adjustments System Implemented
• Fedline Advices Altered
• New Contingency Service Available
• Accounting Contact Changes
• Little Rock Branch Names New Office

Accounting for the Growth of Credit Card Debt

Credit card debt in American households is on the rise. But which households are contributing more to this growth, lower- or upper-income? St. Louis Fed economist Peter Yoo explains.

Fed Facts

• Community Affairs Revamps, Renames Newsletter
• New Publication Lists Applications, Notices
• New Annual Report Online

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