RegAlertRule · BOZ · 2 Sep 2013
Circular 19/2013: Cheques and Direct Debits Issued on Insufficiently Funded Accounts
The Bank of Zambia has amended its National Payment System Directives to require commercial banks to remit penalty fees collected from customers who issue cheques or direct debits on insufficiently funded accounts to the Zambia Electronic Clearing House Limited (ZECHL). Banks must transfer these fees by the sixth working day of the following month, with collections from initially underfunded accounts processed only after sufficient capitalization. This regulatory change, formalized under Government Gazette Notice No. 6227, took effect on September 1, 2013.
Bank Of Zambia
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR - OPERATIONS
September 2, 2013
CB Circular No: 19/2013
To: All Heads of Commercial Banks
AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL PAYMENT SYSTEM DIRECTIVES ON CHEQUES AND DIRECT DEBIT INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED ON INSUFFICIENTLY FUNDED ACCOUNTS 2010
Your attention is called to the National Payment Systems Directives on Cheques and Direct Debit Instructions Issued on Insufficiently Funded Accounts Gazette Notice No. 190 of 2010 specifically aimed at curbing the incidence of payment on insufficiently funded accounts.
Following consultations with commercial banks, it was decided that while banks would continue with the current practice of penalizing as well as instituting administrative measures on customers that issue Cheques and Direct Debits payment instructions on insufficiently funded accounts, the penalty fees collected would henceforth be channeled to the Zambia Electronic Clearing House Limited (ZECHL).
Accordingly Part II of Section 5 of the Directives has been amended by including sub-section (c) which requires commercial banks to remit penalty fees collected from customers who issue Cheques and Direct Debits on Insufficiently Funded Accounts to ZECHL by the 6th working day of the following month.
Kindly take note that where a commercial bank is unable to collect penalty fees from any customer because such account has insufficient funds or is in overdrawn position, it is expected that such penalty fees will only be remitted to ZECHL collection following the funding of the customer’s account.
This amendment is contained in Government Gazette Notice No. 6227 of August 23, 2013. Please take note that the changes take effect on September 1, 2013. Therefore penalty fees collected during the month of September 2013 will be remitted to ZECHL by the 6th working day of the following month i.e. October 2013.
Bwalya K. E. Ng’andu (Dr)
DEPUTY GOVERNOR – OPERATIONS
Bank Square, Cairo Road P.O. Box 30080, Lusaka, Zambia Tel: 260-211-226844, 228888 Fax:260-211-237070 E-mail:dgo@boz.zm.Web: http://www.boz.zm
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