Electronic Banking: The Check Truncation Issue
Description:
If all checks were replaced by electronic transactions, the exact cost savings would still be unknown, because estimates of the cost of using a check and the number of checks written each year remain in dispute. Consequently, estimates of cost savings range from $1.4 billion annually for truncation alone to $68 billion for replacing checks with electronic payments. A significant part of the savings comes from eliminating the handling, sorting, and physically transporting of checks to the paying…
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Date:
July 3, 2003
Creator:
Eubanks, Walter W.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department