C.F.R. » Title 12 » CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM › SUBCHAPTER A—BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM › PART 210—COLLECTION OF CHECKS AND OTHER ITEMS BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS AND FUNDS TRANSFERS THROUGH THE FEDWIRE FUNDS SERVICE AND THE FEDNOW SERVICE (REGULATION J) › Subpart B—Funds Transfers Through the Fedwire Funds Service

12 C.F.R. § 210.26

Definitions

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As used in this subpart, the following definitions apply:

Article 4A means Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code as set forth in appendix A of this part, which is incorporated into this subpart in accordance with § 210.25(b).

Automated clearing house transfer means any transfer designated as an automated clearing house transfer in an operating circular issued by the Federal Reserve Banks.

Beneficiary has the same meaning as in Article 4A except that the term is limited to a beneficiary in a funds transfer any portion of which is sent through the Fedwire Funds Service.

Beneficiary's bank has the same meaning as in Article 4A, except that:

(1) The term is limited to a beneficiary's bank in a funds transfer any portion of which is sent through the Fedwire Funds Service;

(2) A Federal Reserve Bank need not be identified in the payment order in order to be the beneficiary's bank; and

(3) The term includes a Federal Reserve Bank when that Federal Reserve Bank is the beneficiary of a payment order.

Fedwire Funds Service means the funds-transfer system owned and operated by the Federal Reserve Banks that is used primarily for the transmission and settlement of payment orders governed by this subpart. The Fedwire Funds Service does not include the FedNow Service or the system for making automated clearing house transfers.

Interdistrict transfer means a funds transfer involving entries to accounts maintained at two Federal Reserve Banks.

Intradistrict transfer means a funds transfer involving entries to accounts maintained at one Federal Reserve Bank.

Off-line bank means a bank that sends payment orders to and receives payment orders from a Federal Reserve Bank by telephone orally or by other means other than electronic data transmission.

Payment order has the same meaning as in Article 4A except that the term includes only instructions sent or received through the Fedwire Funds Service and does not include automated clearing house transfers or any communication designated in an operating circular issued by a Federal Reserve Bank under this subpart as not being a payment order.

Receiving bank has the same meaning as in Article 4A except that the term is limited to a receiving bank in a funds transfer any portion of which is sent through the Fedwire Funds Service.

Sender has the same meaning as in Article 4A except that the term is limited to a sender in a funds transfer any portion of which is sent through the Fedwire Funds Service.

Sender's account, receiving bank's account, and beneficiary's account mean the reserve, clearing, or other funds deposit account at a Federal Reserve Bank maintained or used by the sender, receiving bank, or beneficiary, respectively.

Sender's Federal Reserve Bank and receiving bank's Federal Reserve Bank mean the Federal Reserve Bank at which the sender or receiving bank, respectively, maintains or uses an account.

[Reg. J, 87 FR 34358, June 6, 2022]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: Stephen Grossman v. Nationsbank, N.A., 225 F.3d 1228 (11th Cir. 2000).
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Stephen Grossman v. Nationsbank, N.A., 225 F.3d 1228 (11th Cir. 2000). “See 12 C.F.R. § 210.26 (e). Fedwire is an *1229 “electronic funds transfer system which permits large dollar fund transfers by computer-to-computer communications between banks.”
Donmar Enter., Inc. v. S. Nat'l Bank, 828 F. Supp. 1230 (W.D.N.C. 1993). · cites it 2× “The Court, therefore, holds that under the Supremacy Clause, Regulation J, within the narrow reaches of FedWire funds transfers, pre-empts all alternative causes of action— including negligence and wrongful payment — that are inconsistent with Regulation J, as well as those…”
TME Enter., Inc. v. Norwest Corp., 2004 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10834 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004). “( 12 C.F.R. § 210.26 (e).) 5 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 United States Code section 1961 et seq.”
Organizacion Jd Ltda. & Manufacturas Jd Ltda. v. United States Dep't of Just. & United States Drug Enf't Admin., 124 F.3d 354 (2d Cir. 1997). “See 12 C.F.R. § 210.26 (e). 4 . Neither of plaintiffs’ Colombian banks had an account at a Federal Reserve Bank, and therefore they could not directly originate or receive funds over Fedwire.”
Hutchins v. Modern Woodmen Fraternal Fin., 978 F. Supp. 2d 637 (S.D. Miss. 2013). “l” 12 C.F.R. § 210.26 (e). Subpart B of Federal Reserve Regulation J, 12 C.”
Lanahan v. Regions Bank (M.D. Tenn. 2024). “” 12 C.F.R. § 210.26 . Subpart B of Regulation J applies to wire transfers that occur via Fedwire.”
Southaven RV Ctr., Inc. v. NexTek, LLC, First Com. Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (N.D. Miss. 2026). “(quoting 12 C.F.R. § 210.26 (e)). 10 In Texas Brand Bank v.”
Stephen Grossman v. Nationsbank, NA (11th Cir. 2000). “See 12 C.F.R. § 210.26 (e). Fedwire is an "electronic funds transfer system which permits large dollar fund transfers by computer-to-computer communications between banks.”
Stephen Grossman v. Nationsbank, NA (11th Cir. 2000). “Grossman attached to his complaint as Exhibit B a copy of the wire-transfer instructions as he received them from HMF.”
Natl Council Churche v. First Union Natl Ban (4th Cir. 1998). “See 12 C.F.R. § 210.26 (e). It is a computer-linked payment and message system among Federal Reserve Banks and banks with Fedwire privileges.”
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