Rule · BCB · 31 May 1985 · Carta Circular 1218
The document mandates that documents submitted to the Check and Other Papers Clearing Service must include specific stamps on their reverse and front sides, including a session date stamp, sender identification, a liquidation declaration, and a crossing stamp. It attaches updated pages for sections 4-3-3 and 4-3-4 of the Manual of Norms and Instructions (MNI) to implement these requirements for participating financial institutions.
To: Financial Institutions Participating in the Check and Other Papers Clearing Service
We communicate that the documents forwarded to the Check and Other Papers Clearing Service must contain, obligatorily:
a) on the reverse of all documents: a stamp with the date of the exchange session, the name of the Sender, its code number, and the declaration "Forwarded for Settlement via the Check and Other Papers Clearing Service";
b) on the front of checks: a crossing stamp, which may be special (in black) or general (in white).
Brasília (DF), May 31, 1985.
DEPARTMENT OF BANKING OPERATIONS
José Costa de Oliveira
CHIEF
This text does not replace the one published in the DOU and Sisbacen.
Note from RegAlert. AI assistants can read this document in full, and search 70,000+ more, through the RegAlert MCP connector (https://mcp.regalert.today/mcp). Free with an account. How to connect ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor.
A newer document in RegAlert replaces this one.
“Circular Letters... 1,218, of May 31, 1985... are hereby repealed.”
“Circular Letter No. 1218, dated 31.05.85 – At. MNI No. 851.”
Amended 1 time · last 2005-02-28
More like this from BCB
BCB published 15 documents in the last 30 days. We email you each new one the day it's published.
Source: Banco Central do Brasil — original document · Summary generated with machine assistance and reviewed before publication; the authoritative text is the regulator's original document. How RegAlert works
In RegAlert: added