CHEQUE Truncation System (CTS) 2014 Details By Banks

CHEQUE Truncation System (CTS)  2014 Details By Banks

CHEQUE Truncation System (CTS) or Image-based Clearing System (ICS) is a project undertaken by the Reserve Bank of India - RBI. tor taster clearing of cheques. CTS is basically an on-line image-based cheque clearing system where cheque images and Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) data are captured at the collecting bank branch and transmitted electronically.

Stopping the flow of the physical cheques issued by a drawer to the drawee branch. The physical instrument is truncated at some point en route to the drawee branch and an electronic image of the cheque is sent to the drawee branch along with the relevant information like the MICR fields, date of presentation, presenting banks etc. 

Cheque truncation, would eliminate the need to move the physical instruments across branches, except in exceptional circumstances. This would result in effective reduction in the time required for payment of cheques, the associated cost of transit and delays in processing. etc.. thus speeding up the process of collection or realisation of cheques.