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Glossary and terms about credit cardsHome » Credit Card Glossary
Federal Reserve Board
The Federal Reserve Board is the central bank of the United States. It's name is often shortened to "The Fed." Its importance to credit cards is that the Federal Reserve Board sets a key interest rate, the federal fund rate.Federal Reserve Board meetings are also attended by a rotating subset of the 12 individual Federal Reserve Bank branch presidents.