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Fedwire

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

The Federal Reserve Bank's nationwide real time gross settlement electronic funds and securities transfer network. Fedwire® is a credit transfer system. Each funds transfer is settled individually against an institution's reserve or clearing account on the books of the Federal Reserve. The transaction is considered an irrevocable payment as it is processed.

Classifications

Entity Type

Network85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Fedwires
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Fedwire's
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Fedwires'