Revised CATS Procedure Dec.20161

COMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA December 1, 2016
officer/checker(at the back);
The Customer Services Officer/Checker (at the back)
a) Makes sure that the Cheque and Bankers’ cheque /CPO/ is scanned and
the data entered are correct;
b) Exports the image from the scanner interface System/cheque truncation
system to Core banking system of the bank;
c) Authorize the Cheques/Bankers’ cheque /CPO/ to be sent for clearance
with her/his limit;
d) Produces a report from the system for those Cheques/Bankers’ cheques
that are ready to be sent for clearance;
e) Check the total of the run-up taken by the customer service officer-Maker
(at the back) of the Cheques/Bankers’ cheque /CPO/ and compares with
the report;
f) Dispatches the cheques to ATS team at CATS- CPC for delivery to the
representative of each drawee bank until the physical movement of the
cheque stopped by NBE (until full truncation is implemented).
g) Receives a returned Cheque/Bankers’ cheque /CPO/ from ATS team and
register on returned dispatch book;
h) Affixes cleared stamp on the cheque deposit slips for cheques accepted by
other banks and forwards to the branch controller;
i) For returned Cheque/Bankers’ cheque /CPO/ call the customer and
dispatch it after the customer signs on the register.
The Customer Service Manager
a) Makes sure that the Cheque and Bankers’ cheque /CPO/ is scanned and
the data entered are correct;
b) Authorizes the Cheques/Bankers’ cheque /CPO/ to be sent for clearance
with her/his limit;
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