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Giro systems originated in Ptolemaic Egypt in the 4th century BCE, where state granary deposits functioned as an early banking system with a central bank in Alexandria [5] accepting giro payments. Giro was a common method of money transfer in early banking. The first occurrences of book money are not known exactly.
The Girobank wording continued in use on some credit slips intended for paying bills, along with the Alliance & Leicester "plus" logo. Some councils were continuing to use the original name "Post Office Giro" in 2011. [12] [13] [14] In March 2009, a campaign was launched to bring back Girobank. Backers included MPs, trade unions and small ...
Electronic funds transfer (EFT) is the transfer of money from one bank account to another, either within a single financial institution or across multiple institutions, via computer-based systems. The funds transfer process generally consists of a series of electronic messages sent between financial institutions directing each to make the debit ...
The Cheque and Credit Clearing Company Limited (C&CCC) is a UK membership-based industry body whose 11 members are the UK clearing banks.The company has managed the cheque clearing system in England and Wales since 1985, in all of Great Britain since 1996 when it took over responsibility for managing the Scottish cheque clearing as well, and in the whole of the United Kingdom since the ...
Giro (banking), a direct payment from one bank account to another instigated by the payer; Girobank, a state owned and later privatised financial institution in the UK; GiroBank, a Danish bank (1991–1995) which through several mergers is now part of Danske Bank; name of a bank account with the Dutch Postgiro, later Postbank, now ING
Electronic bill payment is a feature of online, mobile and telephone banking, similar in its effect to a giro, allowing a customer of a financial institution to transfer money from their transaction or credit card account to a creditor or vendor such as a public utility, department store or an individual to be credited against a specific account.
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The bank gathers all transaction initiations for an ACH that arrive from different customers (combining manual and file-based). On a periodic basis, the bank creates a file that it dispatches to the ACH either at the end of day or in cycles throughout the day.