Key Messages:

This CheckImage Collaborative image clearing report reflects transactions settled through the Federal Reserve, Viewpointe, The Clearing House and local / regional exchanges. As a result the volumes do not include all transit items across the industry. Additionally, they do not include on-us image volumes.

Implementation of check image exchange for check collections is almost completed across the industry and the implementation of check image exchange for returns is rapidly approaching full implementation and stabilization of volume growth has begun.

Institutions are receiving electronic delivery of their unpaid image returns.   On an average day in June 2010, over 224,000 items were received as unpaid image returns. When the June volume is annualized, it totals 56 million for $61 billion. The average unpaid image return was $1,094.

More than 22,900 routing transit numbers are available to receive check images and over 8,700 are available to receive returns.

The monthly volume of substitute checks peaked in the month of October 2007 and then declined by 88% as of June 2010 to 34.3 million.

On an average day during June 2010, over 59 million check images were received for posting. When the June volume is annualized, it totals 14.9 billion for $17.6 trillion. Also, another 1.5 million checks per day were sent as images and delivered to paying institutions as substitute checks. These totaled 392 million checks per year and $481 billion.

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Highlights:

Chart reflects volume received by DFIs for

payment from other DFIs or an intermediary.

Average daily image volume grew from 40.70

to 59.31 million from July 2008 to June 2010.

June 2010 volume annualized is 14.9 billion

images received per year.

Data Sources:

Transactions settled through the Federal Reserve,

Viewpointe, The Clearing House and other local /

regional exchanges

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Highlights:

Chart reflects the number of R/Ts available to

receive images from other DFIs or an

intermediary.

Number of image-available receiving R/Ts

grew from 15,583 to 22,950 from July 2008 to

June 2010.

Data Sources:

Transactions settled through the Federal Reserve,

Viewpointe, The Clearing House and other local /

regional exchanges

R/Ts AvailableTo ReceiveImages

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Highlights:

All checks were imaged before reconversion to

substitute checks.

Chart reflects checks received by DFIs for

payment from other DFIs or an intermediary.

The monthly dollar amount received grew

from $1.55 trillion to $1.58 trillion.

Annualized June 2010 dollar amount = $18

trillion/yr.

Data Sources:

Transactions settled through the Federal Reserve,

Viewpointe, The Clearing House and other local /

regional exchanges

$ Amounts of Images& Substitute Checks

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Data Sources:

Transactions settled through the Federal Reserve,

Viewpointe, The Clearing House and other local /

regional exchanges

Highlights:

All checks were imaged before reconversion to

substitute checks.

Chart reflects volume received by DFIs for

payment from other DFIs or an intermediary.

Over 24 month period Image-based clearing

volume grew from 1,189 to 1,339 million / mo with

97% of the volume cleared by image in June 2010 (22 days in June).

The annualized June ‘10 volume is 15.3 billion

items/yr.

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Substitute Checks

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Highlights:

Chart reflects the number of R/Ts available to

receive unpaid image returns from other DFIs or

an intermediary.

From May 2009 to June 2010, the number of R/Ts

available to receive unpaid image returns has more than doubled from

3,511 to 8,743 R/Ts.

Data Sources:

Transactions settled through the Federal Reserve,

Viewpointe, The Clearing House and other local /

regional exchanges

Number of R/TsAvailable to Receive

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Highlights:

This chart reports the volume trend of unpaid image returns delivered

electronically to the receipt location designated by the

bank of first deposit.

Between January 2009 and June 2010, the volume of

image returns grew by 96% from an average daily volume of 114,000 to

224,000.

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Average # of ImageReturns/Day

Data Sources:

Transactions settled through the Federal Reserve,

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Highlights:

This chart reports the dollar amount trend of unpaid image returns delivered

electronically to the receipt location designated by the

bank of first deposit.

Between January 2009 and June 2010, the dollar

amount of image returns grew by 96% from $2.7 to

$5.3 billion.

The average dollar amount of image returns ranged from a low of $1,072 per

return to a high of $1,215.

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Data Sources:

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Highlights:

Chart reflects volume received by DFIs for

payment from other DFIs or an intermediary.

Average daily image volume grew from .08 to 58.91 million from Qtr 1

2005 to Qtr 2 2010.

Qtr 2 2010 volume annualized is 15 billion

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Data Sources:

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Images Received /Day

Highlights:

Chart reflects check images received by DFIs for payment from other DFIs or an intermediary.

The quarterly dollar amount of images

received grew from $1.7 billion to $4.4 trillion.

Annualized Quarter 2 2010 dollar amount =

$17.7 trillion/yr.

Data Sources:

Transactions settled through the Federal Reserve,

Viewpointe, The Clearing House and other local /

regional exchanges

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