Payroll Cards | Check 21 | Stored Value Cards/Gift Cards | Related Links
Payroll Cards
Federal Reserve Board’s Recent Press Release on Payroll Cards
The Federal Reserve Board announced its approval of a final rule to provide that payroll card accounts are covered by the Board's consumer protection regulation governing electronic fund transfers.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/press/bcreg/2006/20060824/default.htm
Check 21
Check 21 Basics: A Quick Guide for Consumer Advocates
http://www.bos.frb.org/commdev/c&b/2005/winter/Check21.pdf
Boston Fed’s Presentation on Check 21 to the Boston City Council
http://www.bos.frb.org/consumer/check21/bcc101204.pdf
Less Travel for Your Checks
http://www.bos.frb.org/education/ledger/ledger05/winter/checks.htm
Check 21 vs. Electronic Check Conversion:
When Is Your Check Not a Check?
http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/checkconv/default.htm
ESPAÑOL: Cuando no Es Su Cheque un Cheque? Intercambio Electrónico de Cheques
http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/checkconv/checkconvsp.htm
Information
about Check 21 from the Board of Governors
http://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/truncation/default.htm
Consumer
Guide to Check 21 and Substitute Checks
http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/check21/consumer_guide.htm
ESPAÑOL: Guía del Consumidor sobre Check 21 y Cheques Sustitutos
http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/check21/consumer_guide_sp.htm
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Stored Value Cards/Gift Cards
Buying, Giving, and Using Gift Cards
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/12/giftcards.shtm
Related Links
Payment Systems
http://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsys.htm
Boston Fed's Emerging Payments Research Group
http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/eprg/index.htm
Transforming Payment Choices by Doubling Fees on the Illinois Tollway http://www.bos.frb.org/news/conf/payments2005/porter.pdf
Purchase Options for Consumers
Review the advantages and disadvantages of different kinds of payments.
http://www.chicagofed.org/consumer_information/
purchase_options_for_consumers.cfm
How and Why Do Consumers Choose Their Payment Methods?
http://www.bos.frb.org/news/conf/payments2005/schreft.pdf
Electronic Federal Tax Payment System
http://minneapolisfed.org/consumer/eftps
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