CFR > Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance > CHAPTER II—FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (parts 200 to 391) > SUBCHAPTER B—BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT (parts 306 to 391) > PART 363—REGULATIONS GOVERNING SECURITIES HELD IN TREASURYDIRECT > SUBPART A—General (§363.0 to §363.6) > 363.4—How is TreasuryDirect® different from the Legacy Treasury Direct® system and the commercial book-entry system?

363.4—How is TreasuryDirect® different from the Legacy Treasury Direct® system and the commercial book-entry system?

(a) TreasuryDirect. TreasuryDirect is a book-entry, online system maintained by Treasury for purchasing, holding and conducting permitted transactions in eligible Treasury securities in electronic form as a computer record on the books of Treasury. TreasuryDirect currently provides for the purchase and holding of eligible book-entry savings bonds, zero-percent certificates of indebtedness, and eligible marketable Treasury securities.
(b) Legacy Treasury Direct. The Legacy Treasury Direct system is a non-Internet-based book-entry system maintained by Treasury for holding and conducting permitted transactions in eligible marketable Treasury securities as book-entry products. The terms and conditions for the Legacy Treasury Direct system are found at 31 CFR part 357, subpart C.
(c) Commercial book-entry system. The commercial book-entry system is the book-entry system in which Treasury securities are held in a tiered system through securities intermediaries such as financial institutions or brokerage firms. The regulations governing the commercial book-entry system are found at 31 CFR part 357, subpart B, and may be referred to in that part as Treasury/Reserve Automated Debt Entry System (TRADES).

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[70 FR 57442, Sept. 30, 2005, as amended at 76 FR 18064, Apr. 1, 2011]