Revised CATS Procedure Dec.20161

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COMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA December 1, 2016 The Customer Services Officer-Cash (at the branch) a) Accepts the money through the system and posts it into the system as payment. The Customer Service Manager at branch a) Authorizes the transaction; and b) Jointly prepares, with the Senior Customer Services Officer-Cash, the cash to be sent from the vault to the Cash custody and issue. The Branch controller a) Receives the handing and taking over form from the Senior Customer Service Officer-Cash; b) Checks the transaction on the system; and c) File and keeps the appropriate document ii. Outlying Branches An outlying branch having excess cash shall first inform, in writing the branch holding cash for the "National Bank of Ethiopia Issue Account" as follows: a) Sends tested messages by telephone or prepares a message on the system send by CBE’s internal e-mail; b) Discloses the total amount of the money to be dispatched and the breakdown thereof in denominations; c) Gets the letter signed by Customer Service Manager/the Branch Manager; d) Ensures that the letter has the seal of the branch. By a copy of the same letter, the Director-Account and Reconciliation shall be informed by mail of the need for an insurance coverage. The dispatching branch should also make ready the cash prior to the date of collection; e) Separates the good Birr notes from the mutilated and damaged Birr notes; CATS Procedure | 173

COMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA December 1, 2016 f) Wraps up, in accordance with their denominations all Birr notes that are in good condition as well as those that are mutilated and dog-eared, and the signatures of the pertinent staff must then be affixed to the wrappers; g) Arranges Wrapped-up bundles of Birr notes in bricks; h) Prepares Handing and taking over format the total amount of money to be dispatched, indicating the breakdown thereof in denominations; i) Surrenders the cash to the Senior Customer Services Officer-cash upon its arrival at the "NBE Issue Account-Holding Branch," together with Handing and taking over format. j) The Senior Customer Services Officer-Cash, for her or his part, accepts the cash and counts it, with the help from the Customer Services Officers, and thereby ascertains the correctness of its amount as per the Handing and taking over format thereof. 10.2.2.2. Responsibility of Cash custody and issue/ the NBE Issue Account- Holding Branch at the time of cash collection from branches i) City branch The Head - Cash custody and issue a) Upon receipt of the letter of request from the city branches and the tested message from the outlying branches, ascertains and decodes the message and arranges a van for collecting the cash, together with the security guards who would escort the cash; and b) Prepares the introduction letter that specifies the persons carrying the cash, the security guards, the driver, etc. and signs on it. The Customer Service Manager - Cash custody and issue a) Arranges the date, the time and the Senior Customer Services Officer(s) who will collect the cash from the branch; CATS Procedure | 174

COMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA December 1, 2016<br />

f) Wraps up, in accordance with their denominations all Birr notes that are in<br />

good condition as well as those that are mutilated and dog-eared, and the<br />

signatures of the pertinent staff must then be affixed to the wrappers;<br />

g) Arranges Wrapped-up bundles of Birr notes in bricks;<br />

h) Prepares Handing and taking over format the total amount of money to be<br />

dispatched, indicating the breakdown thereof in denominations;<br />

i) Surrenders the cash to the Senior Customer Services Officer-cash upon its<br />

arrival at the "NBE Issue Account-Holding Branch," together with Handing<br />

and taking over format.<br />

j) The Senior Customer Services Officer-Cash, for her or his part, accepts the<br />

cash and counts it, with the help from the Customer Services Officers, and<br />

thereby ascertains the correctness of its amount as per the Handing and<br />

taking over format thereof.<br />

10.2.2.2. Responsibility of Cash custody and issue/ the NBE Issue Account-<br />

Holding Branch at the time of cash collection from branches<br />

i) City branch<br />

The Head - Cash custody and issue<br />

a) Upon receipt of the letter of request from the city branches and the tested<br />

message from the outlying branches, ascertains and decodes the message<br />

and arranges a van for collecting the cash, together with the security<br />

guards who would escort the cash; and<br />

b) Prepares the introduction letter that specifies the persons carrying the<br />

cash, the security guards, the driver, etc. and signs on it.<br />

The Customer Service Manager - Cash custody and issue<br />

a) Arranges the date, the time and the Senior Customer Services Officer(s)<br />

who will collect the cash from the branch;<br />

<strong>CATS</strong> <strong>Procedure</strong> | 174

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