The facts
- Who files
- Credit unions (other than corporate credit unions) with gross liquid deposits and small time deposits at or above the Board's annual deposit reporting limit ($1.4 billion, per the FR 2900 instructions). Source
- How often
- Weekly. Each weekly report gives daily figures for a reporting week that runs from Tuesday to the following Monday. Quarterly filing stopped after the report as of 21 December 2020. Source
- Deadline
- Not stated on the Board's report page or in the FR 2900 instructions (effective June 2024); no filing-deadline section was found in either document. Source
- Format
- Other. Filing channel and file format not stated on the Board's report page or in the FR 2900 instructions (effective June 2024). Source
- How it is filed
- Filing routes recorded for the Federal Reserve Board: Reporting Central; Structure Central. See how firms file with the Federal Reserve Board.
- Status
- In force
- Legal basis
- Group
- Deposits and reserves
Templates (6)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the Federal Reserve Board's code in brackets.
- Demand deposits due to the public (A.1)
- Other liquid deposits (A.2)
- Cash items in process of collection (deducted from liquid deposits) (B.1)
- Small time deposits (balances under $100,000) (C.1)
- Vault cash (D.1)
- Reservable liabilities, including net transaction accounts (E.1.a); reported once a year, for June only (E.1)
Six line items on the current form (reduced from 12 items, effective the report date of April 12, 2021). Source
Validation rules
No published validation rules were found for this return. The 'legitimate differences' documents compare FR 2900 items with the filer's quarterly condition report in prose, for staff-led 'interseries editing'; this is not a published, machine-readable rule set. Source
Public data
Published only added up across firms. Aggregate data are published in the Board's weekly H.6 'Money Stock Measures' statistical release. Microdata are confidential. Source
- H.6 Money Stock Measures
Added up across firms · HTML statistical release, with series also downloadable as structured data files through the Board's Data Download Program (https://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload).
The Board's weekly statistical release of the monetary aggregates (M1, M2), built in part from the FR 2900 family and (historically) the FR 2051a. Published weekly; series are also downloadable in bulk through the Board's Data Download Program. Source
Official documents (4)
The Federal Reserve Board's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.
- Federal Reserve Board reporting form page: FR 2900 (Credit Unions) Report of Deposits and Vault Cash
Other · HTML · 5 June 2024
Description, respondent panel, frequency and public-release text for this return; 'Last Update' date shown on the page.
- FR 2900 (Credit Unions) Report of Deposits and Vault Cash (current form)
Template · PDF · 107.6 KB
Current form carries no on-page date; the last PRA approval-expiry shown is January 31, 2027.
SHA-256
35503e5b9a5bshow in full35503e5b9a5bc8911e3e2fb3071d778fa82409f258bdfe2e048c31eaffcea2e7 - FR 2900 (Credit Unions) Report of Deposits and Vault Cash (current instructions)
Instructions · PDF · 402.3 KB · June 2024
Instructions are headed 'Effective June 2024'.
SHA-256
435cd3a81c05show in full435cd3a81c05c030571fe17cb9683bc9e5c468a1790dafe1cefcdbdb705c956e - Legitimate Differences - Credit Unions (September 2024)
Guidance · PDF · 164.0 KB
Explains 'legitimate differences' between the FR 2900 and the filer's quarterly condition report, for interseries editing; not a set of validation rules.
SHA-256
0927ff2ed929show in full0927ff2ed92982ecbb8616d0616b46fc1fbd4743599371e779b0096bb1fe60d4
Sources
Every page and document this return's facts were read from.
- federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/Report/Index/FR_2900_(Credit_Unions)
- federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/Download/DownloadAttachment?guid=d4a76562-3d52-47ab-a03f-e71763ddfb1f
- federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/Download/DownloadAttachment?guid=16c21e90-a2de-460b-84b1-67697bba0c92
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Last checked 13 November 2026.
