KARACHI: To fight the unfold of Covid-19 pandemic by limiting private interactions and to supply ease to clients, banks and micro finance banks (MFBs) have been allowed to supply Doorstep Cheque Assortment Facility, a round issued by the State Financial institution of Pakistan mentioned on Saturday.
In line with the round, banks and MFBs could present the service underneath which preparations are being made to gather cheques from registered addresses of the shoppers upon their request.
The banks and MFBs may provide Drop Field Cheque Assortment Facility underneath which clients could drop their cheques in drop containers of their banks, put in in chosen branches.
The banks could present Direct Cheque Deposit Facility underneath which a crossed cheque could also be offered by the payee immediately on the paying or drawing financial institution, as an alternative of their financial institution branches as per the present observe.
Earlier than debiting their buyer’s account the paying or drawee financial institution should take all needed precautions, not restricted to buyer call-back or multifactor authentication programs, to confirm the authenticity of the instrument and verification of their respective buyer.
Equally, earlier than crediting the client account, the beneficiary financial institution should make sure the authenticity of the client’s credentials.
In line with the round, banks could enable their company/precedence clients to ship them the scanned photos of the cheques together with related particulars of the beneficiaries both via registered emails or via cell apps of their banks to push funds from their accounts to the payee financial institution.
Nevertheless, such preparations should be duly agreed with the client underneath correct phrases and circumstances together with full disclosure of dangers and liabilities.
Printed in Daybreak, March 29th, 2020
