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Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

One of the primary missions of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is to regulate and improve the nation's payment system, which transmits each business day more than $3 trillion to pay for goods, services, and financial instruments.

As part of that mission, the Board's Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems oversees the policies and operations of the Federal Reserve Banks as providers of financial services to depository institutions and as providers of fiscal agency services to the U.S. Treasury and other government agencies.

The division also develops policies and regulations to foster the integrity and efficiency of the U.S. payment system, works closely with other central banks and international organizations to improve the payment system more broadly, and conducts research and studies on various payment issues.

  • Gaetano Antinolfi

    Senior Economist

    Payment System Studies

    Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

  • Francesca Carapella

    Economist

    Payment System Studies

    Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

  • Geoffrey R. Gerdes

    Senior Economist

    Payment System Studies

    Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

  • May X. Liu

    Statistician

    Payment System Studies

    Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

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    Jeffrey Marquardt

    Deputy Director

    Payment System Studies

    Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

  • David C. Mills

    Chief

    Payment System Studies

    Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

  • Travis D. Nesmith

    Senior Economist

    Payment System Studies

    Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

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Last update: September 24, 2012