East Rutherford Operations Center

The East Rutherford Operations Center (EROC) at 100 Orchard Street, East Rutherford, New Jersey, is the regional office for cash handling and processing of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.[1] The facility, which was constructed by Torcon, features a 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m2) three-story structure which sits on 13 acres.[2] The structure is designed to house fail-safe operations in a secure environment.[2]The facility also has a state-of-the art automated vault measuring one million cubic feet, used for storing United States currency.[2][3][4] The vault can hold at least USD 60 billion.[5]

The center's bank check processing unit was shut down in 2006 as part of the Federal Reserve’s check restructuring process due to more checks being processed digitally. [4] [6] Check processing operations were moved to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.[7][8]

The facility is one of three Federal Reserve Automation Services (FRAS) of the Federal Reserve Banks that provide support for mission-critical payment systems which came about as a result of FedNet, 1990 5-year initiative to reengineer the Federal Reserve's fund transfer system, and consolidate the twelve data centers into 3.[9][10] If the operations at EROC fail, then the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and subsequently the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas would serve as the backup.[11][12][13]

In 2000, the facility processed 1.39 billion checks, and USD$ 320 billion.[14]

FedWire

The Fedwire is real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system that operates from 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to 6:30 p.m and allows its subscribing 11,000 institutions to transfer funds. [15][16] The Fedwire service is operated by the Federal Reserve Automation Services (FRAS) facility at EROC. [15] Fedwire also houses the primary (XRF) backup facility with the secondary backup facility in Richmond.[15]

See also

References

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  12. ^ Norris, Mark; West, Steve (2001-02-13). EBusiness essentials: technology and network requirements for mobile and online markets. J. Wiley. p. 89. ISBN 9780471521839. http://books.google.com/books?id=c_9SAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 
  13. ^ Williams, Robert Gregory (2006). The money changers: a guided tour through global currency markets. Hong Kong University Press. p. 130. ISBN 9781842776940. http://books.google.com/books?id=s-LtAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 
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