Credit Gateway

Getting Started

Agency eligibility

1. All agencies that wish to receive Fedwire or ACH credit transactions must first have an Agency Location Code (ALC) established with the Government Wide Accounting (GWA) area of FMS. For further information on setting up an ALC contact the Cash Accounting Division at (202) 874-7980.



2. Agencies must contact the FMS Settlement Services Division (202) 874-3720 or Settlement.Services@fms.treas.gov to setup a new account in the Credit Gateway.

New account setup instructions

1. Complete Credit Gateway New Account Setup Form.



2. E-mail form to Settlement.Services@fms.treas.gov.



3. Settlement Services will submit the form to the Financial Agent, which will assign a new Credit Gateway account number.



4. Settlement Services will provide the agency with the new Credit Gateway account number.



5. If the agency is a GWA reporter they will setup their agency cash flow in the GWA Shared Accounting Module (SAM). Setup must include the new Credit Gateway account number as the Classification key (Ckey) value in SAM. You may contact the SAM Team at (877) 255-9033 or by e-mail at sam_tsc@stls.frb.org.



6. Accounts should be active in the Credit Gateway within 5 business days. Settlement Services will notify the agency once the new account is active. At that time agencies can provide the account to their customers and begin receiving payments through the Credit Gateway.

Forms

New Account Setup Form

Contacts

GWA Cash Accounting Division
Phone: (202) 874-7980

Shared Accounting Module (SAM) Team
Phone: (877) 255-9033
E-mail: sam_tsc@stls.frb.org