RBI postpones cheque clearance rule: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has postponed Phase 2 of its check clearance expediting scheme. The scheme was scheduled to begin on January 3, 2026. Under this ...

The new system was part of the RBI’s broader effort to modernise cheque-based transactions and reduce settlement delays for ...

RBI has deferred Phase 2 of continuous cheque clearing to give banks more time, and modified presentation hours to 9 am-3 pm ...

The Reserve Bank of India has postponed the second phase of the faster cheque clearing mechanism to allow banks more time to ...

In a welcome step, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made a major change in the process of clearing checks. From October 4, 2025, checks will now be paid in a few hours, whereas it used to take a ...

With market research confirming that consumer understanding of the cheque clearing process is still very low, the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company (C&CCC), has today (27 November 2009) launched an ...

RBI introduced continuous clearance under the Cheque Truncation System (CTS) to make cheque clearing faster and smoother by ...

Phase 2, which was planned to start from January 3, 2026, was meant to make cheque clearance even faster. Banks would have ...

India's cheque clearing system is set for a major overhaul from October 4, transitioning to a continuous, near real-time process. This significant change will drastically reduce fund transfer times ...

In a bid to speed up the cheque processing time from the current T+1 settlement period, RBI has announced that starting October 1, 2025, cheque handling will move away from the existing batch clearing ...

Questions are emerging over the efficiency of the much touted cheque truncation system. It had been expected that with the new system in place, bank customers countywide would enjoy shorter cheque ...