Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS)

Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS), is a modern, robust, integrated payment and settlement system. RTGS is a system whereby the Banks and Financial Institutions maintaining accounts with RBI can transfer funds to one another on an immediate, final and irrevocable basis during business hours.

The facility can be used for Fund Transfer to other Banks on behalf of the customers. This is an R41 transaction and funds are transferred by debiting the customer’s account to the destination account of another participating bank directly without any manual intervention. For this purpose, the correct destination account number and IFSC code of the destination bank / branch are required from the customer availing this facility.

Eligibility Criteria For Customer Transactions

• Fund Transfer through RTGS can be availed by the customers who maintain their operative accounts viz., Savings Bank, Current Account. This facility can also be allowed to CC / OD accounts etc., subject to ensuring end use of funds.
• Outward / Inward remittance facility under RTGS is offered to the customers of all our branches.
• This facility is not extended to Non-Customers.
• This facility is not available to customers against cash payment.
• Outward RTGS (R41) facility will not be available for the first 7 days in any account of a new customer.
• Outward RTGS from any branch other than the parent/base/home branch shall not be allowed.

Benefits of the System for the Customer

• Pan Indian reach of all banks.
• Faster fund transfers.
• Operational convenience.
• Cost effectiveness.

Customer Transaction : Operating Session at Branches

National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT)

Reserve Bank of India has introduced a system called The Reserve Bank of India National Electronic Funds Transfer System which may be referred to as NEFT System, for participating banks and institutions with the required system of computer and communication network through which funds transfer operations would take place. Our bank is one of the participants in the above system. Presently, all our Service Outlets are enabled to offer NEFT facilities to their customers.

Objectives

• To establish an Electronic Funds Transfer System to facilitate an efficient, secure, economical, reliable and expeditious system of funds transfer and clearing in the banking sector throughout India.
• To relieve the stress on the existing paper based funds transfer and clearing system.

Eligibility Criteria For Customer Transactions

• Fund Transfer through NEFT can be availed by the customers who maintain their operative accounts viz., Savings Bank, Current Account. This facility can also be allowed to CC / OD account etc., subject to ensuring end use of funds.
• Outward / Inward remittance facility under NEFT is offered to the customers of all our CBS branches.
• This facility is extended to Walk-in Customers.
• This facility is available to Walk-in customers against cash payment up to Rs. 50,000/-.
• Outward NEFT (N06) facility will not be available for first 7 days in any account of new customer.
• Outward NEFT from any branch other than the parent/base/home branch shall not be allowed.

Procedure for availing the facility

1. Customers have to submit a request by filling up a form available in all CBS Branches along with the cheques/Debit instruction to the branch.
2. The customer has to inform the beneficiary's account number, Name and IFSC code of the Bank/ Branch where the funds are to be remitted.
3. NEFT transactions may be made for amounts inclusive of paisa component.
4. There is no upper value limit for putting through an individual NEFT transaction.
5. IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) is an eleven digit code given to each branch of all banks which are participating in RTGS.
6. The list of the branches participating in NEFT is also available on RBI's website www.rbi.org.in.