Fedwire securities are processed individually, in much the same way that Fedwire funds transfers are processed, and participants initiate securi- ties transfers in the same manner, using either a computer connection or the telephone. When the Federal Reserve receives a request to transfer a security, for example as a result of the sale of securities, it determines that the security is held in safekeeping for the institution requesting the transfer and withdraws the security from the institution’s safekeeping account. It then electronically credits the proceeds of the sale to the account of the depository institution, deposits the book-entry security.
