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Opening and operating bank accounts of mentally ill, lunatic and insolvent persons

Dealing with accounts of mentally ill or lunatic or insolvent persons remains a delicate job for bankers. Whenever bankers learn that one of their customers is incapable of operating the account due to mental incapacity the operation of such a customer’s account shall be immediately suspended. While dealing with such accounts, bankers need be to…

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Points to be remembered while handling import documents

Handling import documents is a sensitive job. In the past, there were several instances of remittances made by the banks on behalf of unscrupulous persons who have submitted fake import bills for the purpose of siphoning out the country’s foreign exchange. The risk of fake import bills is highest for import bills received on a…

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RBI launches mission har payment digital

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das launches Har Payment Digital for making every citizen a user of digital paymentson the occasion of Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2023. This is part of RBI’s endeavour to make every person in India a user of digital payments. DPAW 2023 will be observed from March 6 to 12, 2023. The…

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Noting and Protest under negotiable instrument act

Section 99 of the Negotiable instrument Act 1881 provides that “When a promissory note or bill of exchange has been dishonoured by non-acceptance or non-payment, the holder may cause such dishonour to be noted by a notary public upon the instrument or upon a paper attached thereto, or partly upon each. A such note must…

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