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What do you mean by ECS? State the advantages of ECS to Customers and Banks

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Electronic Clearing Services (ECS) 

ECS is an electronic mode of payment / receipt for transactions that are repetitive and periodic in nature. 

Customers: The advantages of ECS to customers are as follows: 

  • ECS Debit mandates will take ensure automatic debit of the amount to customer accounts on the due dates without customers visiting bank branches / collection centers of utility service providers etc. 
  • Customers need not keep track of due date for payments. 
  • The debits to customer accounts would be monitored by the ECS Users, and the customers are alerted accordingly. 

Benefits to Banks: 

  • Freedom from paper handling and the resultant disadvantages of handling, receiving and monitoring paper instruments presented in clearing. 
  • Ease of processing by the destination bank branches. 
  • Smooth process of reconciliation for the sponsor banks.


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