Transaction deposit - Definition and Overview

Transactions deposit is a term used by the Federal Reserve for checkable deposits and other accounts that can be used directly as cash without withdrawal limits or restrictions. They are the only bank deposits that requre the bank to keep reserves at the central bank. "Time deposits" can also be called "transaction deposits".

Regulatory

Transaction accounts include all deposits against which the account holder is permitted a make withdrawals by negotiable or transferable instruments, payment orders of withdrawal, or telephone or preauthorized transfers for the purpose of making payments to third persons or others. However, accounts subject to the rules that permit no more than six preauthorized, automatic, or other transfers per month (of which no more than three may be by check, draft, debit card, or similar order payable directly to third parties) are savings deposits, not transaction accounts.

See also

• Checkable deposits
• Money supply
• Time deposits

External links

• Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - About the Fed - Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions (http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/info/policy/res-req.cfm)