Policy Statement on Payments System Risk; Daylight Overdraft Pricing — 1995-03-07 [95-5530]

The Board has approved a modification of the increase in the fee charged to depository institutions for daylight overdrafts incurred in their accounts at the Reserve Banks that had been scheduled to take effect on April 13, 1995. As a result of the sizeable reductions in daylight overdrafts already achieved, as well as concerns about the possible effects of further rapid fee increases, the Board has approved an increase in the daylight overdraft fee to an effective daily rate of 15 basis points rather than 20 basis points. (The 15-basis-point fee equals an annual rate of 36 basis points, quoted on the basis of a 360- day year and a 24-hour day.) The Board will evaluate the desirability of any further increases in the daylight overdraft fee, based on the objectives of the payments system risk program, two years after the implementation of the 15-basis-point fee.