Revised CATS Procedure Dec.20161

COMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA December 1, 2016
d) Fills all the required data in the fields; like the drawer Bank Identification
Code (BIC), name of branch, the drawee account number, account name,
Cheque number and amount and then the payee account number, account
name etc.;
e) Exports the image from the Scanner Interface System/Cheque Truncation
System to the CORE banking system;
f) Sorts each cheque together with claim ticket by the concerned bank;
g) Posts the value of each cheque by bank and balance the total value of the
postings against the total of the claim ticket and ATS report;
h) Prepare “Form – A” (list of total cheques value by CBE branches and NR
NT account and Foreign Money Transfer per other bank) in two copies
and generate “Form – B” (list of total number of cheques and amount for
each other bank);
i) Takes the run-up of the debit and credit of the claim ticket;
j) Post the total value of the cheques to be dispatched to the clearing house
to payable account;
k) Dispatches the cheques together with “Form A” and “Form B” to the
cheque clearance office at the NBE; and
l) Delivers the cheques to the representative of each drawee bank until
movement of physical cheque stopped by NBE.
Customers’ Account and Operation Officer - Checker at ATS / Customer
Service Manager at ATS
a) Checks that the data entered are correct and approve the cheque to be
sent for clearance. If the data are not correctly filled out return to repair
status for modification;
b) Approves after the necessary modification made by the customers’
account and operation officer- Maker;
c) Makes sure that the Cheque and Bankers’ cheque /CPO/is scanned and
the data entered are correct; and
d) Authorize the Cheques/Bankers’ cheque /CPO/to be sent for clearance
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