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Completing a CTR based on who benefited
09/15/2024
A husband and wife come to the bank. The wife has an account with us the husband does not. The wife withdraws $10,000 from her checking account. Then she and her husband cash three checks not drawn on us but made payable to both of them totaling $2,500. I know we will include this on the CTR under her Part I, but should he be listed on the CTR? He only benefited from the $2,500 but is that transaction tied with her for the CTR?
ACH debits wipe out account of deceased
09/08/2024
We have an individual account that has been receiving recurring ACH debits monthly. The account owner died 6 years ago. The bank just found out about the death only days ago. No personal representatives have come forward or are known to contact. The most recent ACH debit was paid and overdrew the account. The account has now been overdrawn for 45 days. Can we return the ACH debits that occurred after the date of death? Although the debits have been occurring for years, the bank just became aware of the death of the account owner.
The cost of check fraud
09/08/2024
How much is fraud actually costing your institution?
Consent Disclosures
09/01/2024
Is an email consent disclosure considered "written consent" for ChexSystems? I have a lender who would like to email the ChexSystems consent disclosure to account owners and use their reply to the email as proof of consent. Does this satisfy the requirement that the consent be in writing?
Handling error claims on a series of debits
09/01/2024
We received a dispute yesterday for 51 transactions for a total of $529.33 from May and June - the customer stated on the dispute packet that she first became aware of the charges in January 2024, but they were small dollar amounts, so she wasn't worried. She never reached out to us until yesterday (6/27/24) to dispute the 51 transactions from the same merchant that she suspected of fraud in January. Is the customer liable for the full amount since we could have prevented the 51 additional charges to post if she had reached out to us in January? Is that considered customer negligence?