Merchant XYZ has total credit card sales of $20,000 for one day with an average ticket of $200. The merchant’s interchange reimbursement fees are 2% and transactions fees are $0.05. This merchant receives net settlement. Which of the following is the value of the deposit for that day?
Answer(s): A
Company XYZ sends an ACH debit file valued at $300,000 with an average item value of $1,000. The file settlement date is March 10. The file contains no duplicate items and items are split equally between corporate and consumer items. One percent of consumer items and 2% of corporate items were returned. What would be the final net settlement value for Company XYZ?
Answer(s): B
A U.S. government agency issues securities transfers using Fedwire Book-Entry Securities System. The first transfer request of the day in the amount of $1 million is sent at 1:00 p.m. EST, the second one for $2 million at 3:30 p.m. EST, the third one for $3 million at 4:30 p.m. EST and the fourth one for $4 million at 5:00 p.m. EST, all on the same day. Which of the following represents the total value transferred at 5:00 p.m. EST that day?
A U.S. bank regularly transmits international payments to European based XYZ Bank. The payments flow through an intermediary bank. Recently regulators audited the intermediary bank and discovered the bank may be unknowingly facilitating illegal activities. What payment method was MOST LIKELY used?
XYZ Company is considering different methods of concentrating cash from its subsidiary accounts to its main operating account. It uses short-term borrowings with a rate of 7% to fund daily operations, and the reserve adjusted earnings credit rate on its subsidiary accounts is 1%. A review of its bank fees shows that wires (same day transfer) cost the XYZ Co. $7.00 each while ACH debits (next day transfer) cost $1.25 each. If the primary objective is to minimize costs, what must the transfer amount be (rounded to the nearest whole $) to justify the use of a wire transfer instead of an ACH to concentrate the funds?
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