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ANNUAL FLOW OF PAYMENT ITEMS THROUGH THE AUTOMATED CLEARING SETTLEMENT SYSTEM (ACSS)

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Note: All references to the volume of payment items on this page are based on the number of items delivered through the clearing system.  For official purposes under the CPA's By-Laws, such as the calculation of members' dues, voting rights and direct clearer criteria, the total volume of payment items includes both items delivered and received through the clearing system.

ITEMS 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
SMALL PAPER ITEMS
Volume
Value ($000)
      929,752,739
1,050,411,506
997,146,998
1,136,126,100
LARGE PAPER ITEMS
Volume
Value ($000)
      6,852,628
1,746,730,653
7,886,482
2,057,549,746
UNQUALIFIED
Volume
Value ($000)
      3,323,185
8,312,524
3,822,118
9,875,872
COMPUTER REJECTS
Volume
Value ($000)
      3,747,240
6,249,454
3,555,323
5,968,964
PAPER REMITTANCES
Volume
Value ($000)
      13,844,197
14,664,424
14,643,224
15,733,408
AFT DEBITS (formerly MAGNETIC TAPE DEBITS)
Volume
Value ($000)
      629,634,392
503,248,896
615,868,245
496,117,151
AFT CREDITS (formerly MAGNETIC TAPE CREDITS)
Volume
Value ($000)
      585,810,210
1,182,677,908
568,408,890
1,138,403,098
SHARED ABM NETWORKS
Volume
Value ($000)
      250,165,479
27,365,410
265,268,476
29,075,884
POINT OF SERVICE DEBITS
Volume
Value ($000)
      3,033,438,916
136,232,394
2,917,811,778
134,763,937
POINT OF SERVICE CREDITS
Volume
Value ($000)
      21,193,517
1,351,024
19,200,439
1,276,397
ONLINE DEBITS
Volume
Value ($000)
      1,145,057
113,899
589,505
56,799
ONLINE CREDITS
Volume
Value ($000)
      14,114
1,097
9,558
684
EDI
Volume
Value ($000)
      2,207,551
128,082,226
2,161,838
131,081,574
ELEC. REMITTANCES
Volume
Value ($000)
      342,272,770
105,939,420
314,566,068
100,562,230
ABM ADJUSTMENTS
Volume
Value($000)
      32,511
6,335
309,003
282,352
TOTAL
Volume
Value ($000)
      5,823,434,506
4,911,387,169

5,731,247,945
5,256,874,198

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ITEMS 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
SMALL PAPER ITEMS
Volume
Value ($000)
1,053,478,856
1,152,658,818
1,088,180,308
1,139,144,419

1,110,171,854
1,127,297,834


1,140,904,744
1,109,441,632



1,188,263,820
1,100,646,620

LARGE PAPER ITEMS
Volume
Value ($000)
8,170,929
2,165,669,494
7,841,698
2,059,754,892


7,491,156
1,929,053,920


7,127,332
1,788,276,018



6,941,805
1,970,394,896

UNQUALIFIED
Volume
Value ($000)
3,884,575
9,399,718
3,856,356
9,186,645

4,319,133
9,128,478

5,194,739
9,466,976


6,295,455
10,157,605

COMPUTER REJECTS
Volume
Value ($000)
3,994,824
6,398,977
4,584,902
7,413,096


5,844,427
9,429,797


6,856,740
10,042,494



6,987,027
8,822,602

PAPER REMITTANCES
Volume
Value ($000)
16,095,796
15,447,457
23,391,928
15,707,715


37,625,026
17,455,294


41,046,847
17,385,624


49,340,618
17,724,160
AFT DEBITS (formerly MAGNETIC TAPE DEBITS)
Volume
Value ($000)
585,502,057
446,747,134
551,705,479
392,716,596



521,717,561
356,840,368



491,733,546
323,000,143




467,204,232
293,245,474

AFT CREDITS (formerly MAGNETIC TAPE CREDITS)
Volume
Value ($000)
541,413,302
1,020,735,953
504,041,450
885,099,242



471,526,527
773,811,343


442,094,020
673,268,349




406,288,209
592,465,901

SHARED ABM NETWORKS
Volume
Value ($000)
271,105,209
28,857,923

287,320,835
29,407,655


292,473,820
29,085,876


294,064,985
28,242,871


306,700,701
28,345,189
POINT OF SERVICE DEBITS
Volume
Value ($000)
2,736,665,268
126,887,350
2,621,187,332
120,814,540


2,507,858,199
114,772,392


2,376,285,339
108,509,254



2,145,655,082
97,293,385

POINT OF SERVICE CREDITS
Volume
Value ($000)
17,195,731
1,194,144
16,331,387
1,138,953


19,185,269
1,272,209


13,107,941
911,680


11,148,518
793,704
ONLINE DEBITS
Volume
Value ($000)
313,323
21,808
71,025
2,166

4,086
153

-
-

-
-
ONLINE CREDITS
Volume
Value ($000)
8,516
518
1,379
85

282
12

-
-

-
-
EDI
Volume
Value ($000)
2,095,266
121,538,968
1,945,598
116,608,468

1,515,467
107,713,207

1,356,842
96,188,044


1,118,543
92,114,450

ELEC. REMITTANCES
Volume
Value ($000)
299,694,739
88,850,331
251,147,389
73,491,429


201,254,348
58,925,908


176,758,197
47,627,530



145,875,702
35,817,503

ABM ADJUSTMENTS
Volume
Value($000)
29,516
4,522
32,420
7,832


93,441
6,835


31,432
3,862



27,152
4,414

TOTAL
Volume
Value ($000)
5,539,647,907
5,184,413,117
5,361,639,486
4,850,493,733

5,181,120,596
4,534,793,628

4,996,562,704
4,212,364,479


4,741,846,864
4,247,825,900

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ITEMS 2002 2001 2000 1999

1998

SMALL PAPER ITEMS
Volume
Value ($000)


1,242,751,413
1,108,990,048



1,303,356,703
1,125,836,883



1,359,348,791
1,135,673,158



1,398,867,352
1,081,393,024



1,380,527,251
1,069,671,032

LARGE PAPER ITEMS
Volume
Value ($000)


6,826,418
2,888,418,120



6,491,249
3,139,270,541



6,393,612
3,399,715,400



7,718,317
5,160,008,609



8,620,037
14,949,855,986

UNQUALIFIED
Volume
Value ($000)

5,892,474
10,606,275


6,911,323
12,659,311


7,072,138
12,840,947


7,669,023
11,269,055


6,414,367
8,417,585

COMPUTER REJECTS
Volume
Value ($000)


7,019,641
9,123,019



7,375,694
9,347,373



9,018,610
11,197,644



11,250,797
12,776,053



12,832,991
14,222,287

PAPER REMITTANCES
Volume
Value ($000)


66,943,308
20,544,999



68,830,242
19,760,338



73,016,329
17,936,761



75,722,495
16,384,511



74,338,900
14,329,017

GOVERNMENT
Volume
Value ($000)

0
0


0
0


0
0


0
0


77,904,641
721,978,794

AFT DEBITS (formerly MAGNETIC TAPE DEBITS)
Volume
Value ($000)





433,681,921
256,707,663





407,135,445
217,447,251





370,339,877
172,887,704





337,848,694
141,003,899





301,572,930
110,467,452

AFT CREDITS (formerly MAGNETIC TAPE CREDITS)
Volume
Value ($000)





372,949,611
505,310,022





381,526,760
450,048,318





338,959,807
391,883,005





308,150,996
331,523,148





293,691,907
288,118,219

SHARED ABM NETWORKS
Volume
Value ($000)


348,217,626
30,914,474



389,659,686
32,793,197



374,353,204
30,321,177



364,689,437
28,300,886



342,693,220
25,952,257

POINT OF SERVICE
Volume
Value ($000)


1,951,684,943
87,907,751



1,776,249,656
80,085,874



1,554,105,294
69,712,251



1,344,422,810
59,097,930



1,089,009,153
47,857,282

EDI
Volume
Value ($000)

1,053,221
76,935,008


823,730
80,051,720


765,809
93,313,535


598,340
57,775,975


488,106
40,889,990

ELEC. REMITTANCES|
Volume
Value ($000)


103,241,497
21,979,892



77,929,188
14,081,592



58,287,127
9,327,661



36,202,117
5,363,626



17,736,641
2,363,091

ABM ADJUSTMENTS
Volume
Value($000)


25,282
3,766


-
-


-
-


-
-


-
-
TOTAL

Volume
Value ($000)


4,540,287,355
5,017,441,037



4,426,289,676
5,181,382,398



4,151,660,598
5,344,809,243



3,893,140,378
6,904,896,716



3,608,325,924
16,645,122,992

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ITEMS

1997

1996 1995 1994 1993
SMALL PAPER ITEMS
Volume
Value ($000)



1,425,295,128
1,018,866,228



1,521,054,553
1,051,997,197



1,596,587,182
1,022,562,519



1,665,315,746
1,029,533,926



1,737,977,308
1,026,271,954

LARGE PAPER ITEMS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

6,766,043
14,391,617,742

 

6,262,045
12,231,065,731

 

6,174,715
15,912,296,383

 

6,863,957
19,922,809,933

 

7,300,484
19,209,705,971

TAPE CLEARINGS
Volume
Value ($000)



0
0



0
0



0
0



300
334



0
0

RETURNS
Volume
Value ($000)


0
0


0
0


0
0


0
0


0
0

UNQUALIFIED

Volume
Value ($000)

 

5,633,144
7,994,622

 

5,667,319
6,947,013

 

7,510,520
8,040,966

 

7,869,072
9,821,163

 

8,949,561
23,800,139

COMPUTER REJECTS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

9,206,025
9,934,108

 

9,345,312
9,145,632

 

7,475,326
6,538,742

 

5,557,849
4,555,098

 

3,799,457
2,996,146

PAPER REMITTANCES
Volume
Value ($000)
 

33,597,240
5,567,261

 

1,162,637
124,105

 

0
0

 

0
0

 

0
0

GOVERNMENT

Volume
Value ($000)

 

41,646,810
38,036,835

 

0
0

 

0
0

 

0
0

 

0
0

MAGNETIC TAPE DEBITS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

265,379,652
89,618,717

 

231,807,351
70,212,553

 

198,254,013
55,414,476

 

174,712,382
44,397,726

 

148,988,466
37,991,716

MAGNETIC TAPE CREDITS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

290,262,221
241,402,707

 

256,125,672
202,489,742

 

211,721,638
177,767,035

 

168,982,816
155,064,281

 

127,226,814
141,930,660

SHARED ABM NETWORKS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

319,632,338
23,687,167

 

306,268,861
21,896,487

 

297,905,964
20,913,319

 

271,020,927
19,094,206

 

236,206,019
16,322,820

POINT OF SERVICE
Volume
Value ($000)



806,284,752
36,004,528



537,831,071
24,668,861



290,239,138
14,204,678



129,845,391
6,787,306



40,673,338
2,301,883

EDI
Volume
Value ($000)


367,306
38,157,519


229,266
39,424,948


48,229
22,719,080


24,673
4,252,709


10,136
2,366,542

ELEC. REMITTANCES
Volume
Value ($000)



2,189,353
265,235



231
4,227



0
0



0
0



0
0

TOTAL

Volume
Value ($000)

 

3,206,260,012
15,964,152,669

 

2,875,754,318
13,657,976,496

 

2,615,916,725
17,240,493,198

 

2,430,193,113
21,196,316,682

 

2,311,131,583
20,463,687,831

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ITEMS 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988
SMALL PAPER ITEMS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

1,758,427,272
1,014,600,574

 

1,797,919,120
1,015,029,379

 

1,824,273,489
1,058,555,396

 

1,794,815,422
1,023,399,794

 

1,775,363,466
969,968,178

LARGE PAPER ITEMS
Volume
`Value ($000)
 

6,871,354
17,125,014,567

 

7,542,096
16,939,314,691

 

7,436,324
16,242,251,727

 

7,971,484
15,576,429,718

 

8,824,803
13,609,387,366

TAPE CLEARINGS
Volume
Value ($000)



3,243,612
3,720,271



5,751,833
6,018,955



6,369,898
6,483,208



6,683,278
6,490,599



5,994,065
5,084,062

RETURNS
Volume
Value ($000)


823,452
716,757


1,322,397
1,112,560


1,398,337
2,102,313


1,683,790
1,318,376


1,545,861
1,539,778

UNQUALIFIED
Volume
Value ($000)


9,514,252
15,982,349


10,972,671
38,284,476


10,471,836
22,955,625


10,613,207
13,423,829


9,466,586
11,078,132

COMPUTER REJECTS
Volume
Value ($000)



1,897,510
1,399,872



0
0



0
0



0
0



0
0

MAGNETIC TAPE DEBITS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

122,124,254
31,914,965

 

97,254,328
24,004,911

 

76,693,956
18,337,615

 

59,028,958
14,418,284

 

47,906,296
9,732,387

MAGNETIC TAPE CREDITS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

98,704,188
126,408,065

 

87,194,209
102,620,180

 

77,295,832
83,741,186

 

66,534,316
67,946,057

 

54,912,656
54,627,159

SHARED ABM NETWORKS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

201,435,689
13,432,737

 

169,805,261
11,056,815

 

132,223,391
8,439,328

 

90,180,251
5,612,702

 

61,399,891
3,594,495

POINT OF SERVICE
Volume
Value ($000)



6,001,485
335,792



2,147,179
107,738



399,534
24,838



54,088
3,546



4,235
256

EDI
Volume
Value ($000)


2,318
342,675


0
0


0
0


0
0


0
0

TOTAL

Volume
Value ($000)

 

2,209,045,386
18,333,868,624

 

2,179,909,094
18,137,549,705

 

2,136,502,079
17,442,887,135

 

2,037,564,794
16,709,042,905

 

1,965,417,859
14,665,011,813

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ITEMS

1987 1986 1985 1984 1983
SMALL PAPER ITEMS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

1,714,869,978
912,364,627

 

1,678,415,247
814,590,225

 

1,602,374,053
747,839,188

 

1,524,083,442
697,476,005

 

1,174,305,298
536,235,044

LARGE PAPER ITEMS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

6,274,692
11,894,427,478

 

6,076,890
9,850,555,122

 

4,991,617
7,609,418,149

 

4,166,570
6,407,108,620

 

3,171,677
4,562,527,661

TAPE CLEARINGS
Volume
Value ($000)



0
0



0
0



0
0



0
0



0
0

RETURNS
Volume
Value ($000)


1,291,971
980,609


1,338,842
1,104,223


1,388,567
805,270


1,455,352
1,040,675


1,617,543
1,076,251

UNQUALIFIED
Volume
Value ($000)


10,286,768
9,628,219


11,216,430
10,791,763


11,740,872
11,145,181


13,909,539
15,918,531


12,385,522
16,870,859

COMPUTER REJECTS
Volume
Value ($000)



0
0



0
0



0
0



0
0



0
0

MAGNETIC TAPE DEBITS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

35,869,440
9,809,270

 

24,334,011
13,496,168

 

0
0

 

0
0

 

0
0

MAGNETIC TAPE CREDITS
Volume
Value ($000)
 

44,317,957
41,255,563

 

31,255,586
28,116,256

 

40,025,833
35,397,821

 

25,176,165
24,919,704

 

14,620,430
12,827,154

SHARED ABM NETWORKS
Volume
Value ($000)



34,096,429
2,098,477



4,176,773
368,350



0
0



0
0



0
0

POINT OF SERVICE
Volume
Value ($000)



0
0



0
0



0
0



0
0



0
0

EDI
Volume
Value ($000)


0
0


0
0


0
0


0
0


0
0

TOTAL

Volume
Value ($000)

 

1,847,007,235
12,870,564,243

 

1,756,813,779
10,719,022,107

 

1,660,520,942
8,404,605,609

 

1,568,791,068
7,146,463,535

 

1,206,100,470
5,129,536,969

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