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ROUTING NUMBER APPLICATION
Accuity is the official Registrar for the
American Bankers Association.

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1. APPLICANT INSTITUTION (must be the Institution requesting the routing number)
Full legal title:
Charter Address
 Phone
County
 City
 State
 Zip
Contact name
 Title
 Phone
Contact Address
City
 State
 Zip
Fax
 Contact E-mail
Presentment Point* (see terminology of the Routing Number Policy) Address for requested Routing Number:
County
 City
 State
 Zip
Address of the Office of the Bank Responsible for the Routing Number*:
County
 City
 State
 Zip
Is this location your institution's principal office*?
Yes     No

2. TYPE OF INSTITUTION/CHARTER
Chartering Organization or Agency:(OCC, OTS, State DFI, etc.)
Contact name (at Chartering Organization or Agency)
Phone
Type of Charter
(Full Service Commercial Bank, Limited Purpose Commercial Bank, Saving Assn, Credit Union, etc.):
Holding Company Title/City/State
Charter approval:
Preliminary received on:
 Final Received on:
Please include a copy of your institution’s preliminary or final charter approval for a de novo bank and/or new branches.

Anticipated date of opening: (You MUST call us on the day your institution/branch is open for business)
3. REGULATOR/EXAMINER (please check all that apply)
FDIC NCUA Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Office of Thrift Supervision Federal Reserve State Banking Authority
4. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Is your institution is eligible to maintain an account at a Federal Reserve Bank?
Yes        No Fed contact name:
      Phone:
     
Have you contacted your local Federal Reserve regarding collection arrangements?
Yes        No Fed contact name:
      Phone:
     
If no, please indicate alternate arrangements:
If this application is for an additional ABA, please explain how will the number be used: (Existing institutions only)
 
The application takes approximately three weeks to process upon receipt of complete application. Incomplete information will delay processing.
*See terminology of the Routing Number Policy.
 
 
 
AGREEMENT

The applicant understands that its authority to provide financial or payment services is governed by the charter granted by your chartering agency. The assignment of a routing number to the applicant institution does not expand the powers of that institution as specified in its charter, articles of association or rules and regulations of the chartering agency.

Additionally:

1) The applicant affirms that it is a state or federally chartered institution, eligible to maintain an account at a Federal Reserve Bank.

2) The applicant agrees to abide by the Routing Number policy of the Routing Number Administrative Board of the ABA.

3) The applicant agrees that the assignment or use of an assigned routing number conveys no rights of ownership to the number

4) The applicant agrees that an assigned routing number cannot be transferred to another institution without the permission of the Routing Number Administrative Board.

5) The applicant agrees to give up the Routing Number: should it relinquish its charter or if for any reason the continued retention of the Routing Number no longer meets the eligibility criteria established in the Routing Number Policy of the Routing Number Administrative Board.

6) A nominal licensing fee will be charged annually for each assigned number. The fee, which is currently $90, provides for the administration expenses required to maintain each number in the Routing Number system, and may be adjusted as expenses warrant.
 
 
Please list the contact name and address for Routing Number licensing fee billing purposes:
Contact Name:
 Address:
 
 
This application must be signed by an officer of the applicant institution.
Signed:

__________________________________		   Name:(please print)

  __________________________________
Title:
   Date:
  
 
Please send completed application, appropriate documentation and a check payable to Accuity to cover research and processing to:

Mailing Address
Accuity
PO Box 916
Skokie, IL 60076-0916
Attn: Routing Number Registrar


 Physical Address
Accuity
4709 Golf Road
Skokie, IL 60076
Attn: Routing Number Registrar

Or fax it to 847.933.8040 or email it as a PDF attachment to Registrar@AccuitySolutions.com

In certain cases, additional documentation may be requested to process the routing number application.

The application fee is $425 if applying for the institution's first routing number, or $550 if applying for any additional routing number.

Check enclosed:          Please Bill Me: (Accuity will send the invoice to the above billing contact name)
$425   $550      $425   $550

The application takes approximately three weeks to process upon receipt of complete application. Incomplete information will delay processing.
Your request will be forwarded to the Federal Reserve Office in your district for verification. When the application is returned to us from the Federal Reserve, we will send you an official assignment of the number. For information on applying for a Traveler's Check routing number, Electronic Transaction Identifier routing number or transfer of routing number, please contact the Routing Number Registrar at the address above.
 
 
 

ROUTING NUMBER APPLICATION CHECK LIST

NEW INSTITUTIONS

Completed application. Incomplete applications may delay processing.

Provide a contact name for billing purposes on agreement page.

Sign the agreement.

A copy of the preliminary charter approval from the chartering agency. The chartering agency is either the OCC, OTS or the State's DFI where your institution is being chartered. NCUA for federal credit unions and the state's DFI for credit unions. Do not send FDIC approvals.

A check for $425 made out to Accuity.    or    Bill me.

The application can take approximately three weeks to complete upon receipt of complete application and above documentation.

EXISTING INSTITUTIONS BRANCH/ADDITIONAL ROUTING NUMBERS

Completed application. Incomplete applications may delay processing.

Provide a contact name for billing purposes on agreement page.

Sign the agreement.

If the number is for a branch outside the bank's head office, state and FED territory, provide a copy of the approval from the regulator. (OCC, OTS, state DFI or NCUA)

If the number is for controlled disbursement, cash management or any other purpose, please attach a letter explaining the reason for the request.

A check for $550 made out to Accuity.    or    Bill me.

The application can take approximately three weeks to complete upon receipt of complete application and above documentation.

 
     
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