The Mahila Samman Savings Certificate Scheme was launched by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance to provide financial security to every girl and woman in India. The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, through an e-gazette notification issued on June 27, 2023, permitted all Public Sector Banks and eligible Private Sector Banks…
A digital payment sometimes called an electronic payment, is a good alternative to traditional methods of cash payment and speeds up transaction cycles from person to person, person to business, person to government, Government to person, business to business, business to Government, etc. “Faceless, Paperless, Cashless” is one of the professed roles of the Digital…
Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) is a system that allows eligible citizens to receive benefits from programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Cash Assistance. EBT cards function similarly to debit cards, with recipients receiving an allotted amount each month based on their household size and income. The beneficiary recipients can make purchases from…
Mail transfer and telegraphic transfer (TT) are used to send money to accounts of the customers of the same bank from one place to another. Though increasingly convenient earlier; mail transfers and Telegraphic transfers are slowly getting outdated because of their slow processing periods. Now, customers have instant banking solutions like anywhere banking (AWB) of…
A demand draft (DD) is a pre-paid instrument that allows a bank customer to transfer money to another individual or business at a different destination. The demand draft is originated at one branch of a bank drawn at another branch of the bank ordering to pay a sum of amount to the individual/business entity or…
Section 72 of the Indian Contract Act provides that a person to whom money has been paid by mistake must repay or return the same to the person who has made such payment. Implied law: If one pays money to his friend intentionally and the friend receives it without any agreement. That is called a…
Crossing a cheque gives financial institution-specific instructions on how to handle cash. Since Crossed Cheques can only be paid through a bank account. When simply two parallel transverse lines either with or without any words appearing on the face of a cheque, that cheque is called a crossed cheque. Normally cheques are crossed on the…
According to Section 19. of the NI Act 1889, A promissory note or bill of exchange, in which no time for payment is specified, and a cheque, are payable on demand. Section 31 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 covers the liability of the drawee of a cheque. The section states that the drawee of…
A negotiable instrument like a cheque, bill of exchange, or promissory note is called a forged instrument when forgery takes place in the signature of the drawer, the signature of the endorser, alteration in name of the payee, alteration in amount, alteration in date, etc. If the forged endorsement is a nullity, then it will…
A banker collects a cheque for his customer in the capacity of an “agent for collection”, the banker collects the cheque on behalf of his customer, which also when presented to him. If a customer gives an open cheque i.e. a cheque uncrossed, the banker has to cross the cheque before it is sent for…