Tag Archive for 'A/c Payee'

Cheque Standardization

The need for Cheque Standardization : From the past few years, banks have been adding certain patterns and designs on the cheques so as to increase the security of cheques and to prevent cheque misuse, tampering or alterations. However, due to excessive use of ‘at par payable’ cheques or multi city cheques, RBI has decided […]

Cheque Bounce may no longer put you in Jail

The government will soon make an amendment in the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act for cheque bounce that will restrict banks from dragging a person to court. All such cases, after the changes come into effect, will have to be decided only through arbitration, conciliation or settlement by Lok Adalats. It is estimated that more than […]

Importance of writing Account Payee on the cheques

Cheques on which Account Payee is written cannot be en-cashed by any person. It allows the money to be transferred from one account to another directly. This ensures that the money is transferred to the payee’s account only. If a cheque is Account payee, the payee cannot endorse it in favor of any other person.