[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1803]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Research and Production Act of
1993; Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.; Electronic Check
Project
Notice is hereby given that, on August 10, 1995, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Financial Services
Technology Consortium, Inc. (``the Consortium'') has filed written
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the
Electronic Check Project sponsored by the Consortium and (2) the nature
and objectives of the Project. The notifications were filed for the
purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties to
the Project are: Citibank, N.A., New York, NY; The First National Bank
of Boston, a national banking association, Boston, MA; Bank of America
National Trust and Savings Association, Concord, CA; Banc One Services
Corporation, Waterville, OH; Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, CA;
National Semiconductor Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA; IRE, Inc.,
Baltimore, MD; Bank of Montreal, Toronto, CANADA; and Telequip
Corporation, Nashua, NH.
The objective of the Project is development activities concerning
early technology for, and demonstration of the feasibility of, an
electronic check payment instrument and system.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-1803 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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