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Cost Savings from Check 21 Electronic Payment Legislation

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  • DAVID B. HUMPHREY
  • ROBERT HUNT

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Electronic payment legislation permitted an initially paper substitute digital image of a check, and later the electronic digital image of a check, to be processed and presented for payment on a same‐day basis. By shifting to electronic collection and presentment, Federal Reserve per item check processing costs fell by over 70%, reducing estimated overall U.S. payment system costs by $1.16 billion in 2010. Payment collection times and associated float fell dramatically for collecting banks and payees with consequent additional savings in firm working capital costs of perhaps $1.37 billion and indebted consumer benefits of $0.64 billion.

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  • David B. Humphrey & Robert Hunt, 2013. "Cost Savings from Check 21 Electronic Payment Legislation," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 45(7), pages 1415-1429, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jmoncb:v:45:y:2013:i:7:p:1415-1429
    DOI: 10.1111/jmcb.12057
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    3. David B. Humphrey, 2014. "Benefits from Collecting Checks Electronically," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 59(2), pages 128-133, November.

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