[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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