.oO Phrack 49 Oo. Volume Seven, Issue Forty-Nine 12 of 16 ============================================================================ FEDLINE (Message and Code Definitions) Your PC Window to the Federal Reserve Bank by ParMaster ============================================================================ 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. ============================================================================ Type and Subtype Code Definitions ============================================================================ Funds Transfer Messages. 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 (Valid for ALL Messages.) ============================================================================ Regular Funds Transfer Messages Type/Sub Acct. Status Description ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1000 D Transfer of Funds 1001 N Request for Reversal of current day Funds Transfer 1002 D Transfer of Funds Reversal 1003 D Transfer of Funds Return (Sent by FRB only) 1007 N Request for Reversal of Prior Day Funds Transfer 1008 D Prior Day Transfer of Funds Reversal 1020 D Transfer of Funds Requiring As-Of Adjustment 1031 N Request for Customer Drawdown 1032 D Transfer Honoring Request for Customer Drawdown 1033 N Refusal of Request for Customer Drawdown 1040 D Structured Transfer of Funds. 1090 N Service Message regarding Funds Transfer ============================================================================ Foreign Funds Transfers Type/Sub Acct. Status Description ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1500 D Transfer of Funds 1501 N Request for Reversal of Current Day Foreign Account Transfer 1502 D Transfer of Funds Reversal 1503 D Transfer of Funds Return (Sent by FRB only) 1507 N Request for Reversal of Prior Day Foreign Account Transfer 1508 D Prior Day Transfer of Funds Reversal 1531 N Foreign Account Request for Funds 1532 D Transfer Honoring Request for Funds 1533 N Foreign Account Refusal of Request for Funds 1540 D Structured Funds Transfer 1590 N Service Message regarding Foreign Account Transfer ============================================================================ Settlement Funds Transfer Messages Type/Sub Acct. Status Description ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1600 D Transfer of Funds 1601 N Request for Reversal of Current Day Settlement Transfer 1602 D Transfer of Funds Reversal 1603 D Transfer of Funds Return (Sent by FRB only) 1607 N Request for Reversal of Prior Day Settlement Transfer 1608 D Prior Day Transfer of Funds Reversal 1620 D Funds Transfer Requiring As-Of Adjustment 1631 N Request for Bank-to-Bank Drawdown 1632 D Transfer Honoring Request for Bank-to-Bank Drawdown 1633 N Refusal of Request for Bank-to-Bank Drawdown 1640 D Structured Transfer of Funds 1690 N Service Message regarding Settlement Transfer 3004 N Check Return Item Notification 3006 N Check Return Item Cancellation 3009 N Check Return Item Duplicate Notification 3090 N Check Return Item Service Message ============================================================================ Securities Transfer Messages. 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 ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ============================================================================ Message Status Codes 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. VW Transaction Warehoused CN Transaction Canceled DN Done 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 ============================================================================ Batch Status Codes 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. CL Collected IP Interrupted Processing ============================================================================ File Status Codes 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 ============================================================================