Wachovia Corp.'s Treasury Services Group said it will pass a recent
On Sept. 15 the agency refunded to commercial banks $1.5 billion of
Although banks are not required to share the rebate, Michael L. Starr, a
The refund stems from the FDIC's announcement last month that the BankInsurance Fund reached its congressionally mandated reserve target of $1.25
Although the target was reached on June 1, the achievement was not
The FDIC promptly returned the overpayments to banks and reduced
Like most institutions, Wachovia had been passing on the cost of the
The bank's new premium, assessed by the FDIC, is four cents per $100.
Wachovia will suspend charging its corporate customers for 15 months,
Bank officials deemed 15 months as an "appropriate" length of time to