Your Cheques will become Invalid from Jan 1, 2013 – Find out WHY ?

[Rajesh Gupta]

Dear Professional Friends,

 

I just wanted to share with you the latest update. Let me know what you think.

Your Cheques will become Invalid from Jan 1, 2013 – Find out WHY ?

It might happen that your cheque’s start bouncing and do not get accepted from Jan 1, 2013 . There is a new standard in banking called as Cheque Truncation System or CTS 2010 , which all the banks have to follow now. RBI has issued a circular telling all banks that they should only process and accept those cheques which follow CTS guidelines.

What is Cheque Truncation System or CTS ?

Its just a new improved structure for chqeues and a set of guidelines which will change the way cheques are being processed and cleared. Right now, all the cheques are sent directly physical to the other bank for clearance, but with this new Cheque Truncation System guidelines, the banks will send the digital version of cheques (read scanned image) to the other bank and the clearance will happen almost same day or very fast. Some of the features of CTS cheques would be

• It would have the wordings “please sign above this line” at right bottom

• All CTS-2010 cheques will have a watermark with the words “CTS INDIA”, which can be seen against a light

• A bank logo will be on cheque with a Ultra Violet Ink , which can be seen only under UV Scanners.

• The CTS 2010 enabled cheques will not allow any alterations. If there is any mistakes, the cheque will be invalid

• “payable at par at all branches of the bank in India” text will be at the bottom of all the cheques

• There will be IFSC and MICR code on the cheque

• You will have to sign the cheque will a darker ink, so that your signatures are valid for scanning.

If you look at these features, you can simply see that these are required for digital processing and once these Cheque Truncation System enabled cheques arrive , the whole banking system will start clearing the cheques in a must faster time. This will improve banking and save paper . Below is a sample of cheque which fulfil CTS criteria’s.

SBI has already told all its customers to get new cheques because all the old cheques will become invalid , In the same way HDFC bank and ICICI bank have also told their customers to get new cheque books.

What you must do ?

1. Replace your Post Dated Cheques

If you have given any post dated cheques to someone like for your home loans payments or for some other kind of payment, then its the time to replace them with fresh cheques else it will just bounce and you might have to pay the bounce charges

Deposit any Old Cheque now

At times, we accumulate old cheques and deposit them for clearing only after many days or weeks. If you have any cheque which is to be cleared, better deposit it and encash !

A lot of banks have also asked its customers to give return back the old invalid cheques at their branch and collect new cheques, not sure why they need old cheques , why cant they issue the new cheques directly ? Also note that the cheques will be sent to the last updated address only. Learn more about CTS here. I hope you are clear about Cheque Truncation System (CTS) and how your cheques will become invalid from Jan 1,2013.

Please find the attached circular.

Regards,

Raj.

[Nehal Rawat]

Dear Sir,

Thank you for this useful information.

Regards

CS Nehal Rawat

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[pooja joshi]

thanku you so much 

[pooja joshi]

n wat bout the cheque book existing with a customer?

[ULHAS BHAT]

Dear Mr. Raj,
Do I have your permission to share the update with my friends and in Facebook? I want to credit the update to you.
Regards,
Ulhas

[Rajesh Gupta]

Dear. Jlhas Ji,

No need of my permission Sir, You please update your friends and known people.

Regards,

Rajesh.

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[pooja joshi]

[Nagaraja Rao]

You have to take it back and issue a fresh cheque on or after 1.1.2013.

 

thanks

Thanks and Regards,
J.Nagaraja Rao
Company Secretary
mob 9686177553

[pooja joshi]

the unused cheque book I am talking about