A Check Is Drawn on Jones Bank by Tamara and Made

question 26

Multiple Choice

A check is drawn on Jones Bank by Tamara and made payable to the order of Chris. Chris indorses it "for deposit only, Acct. 2275, Chris" and gives it to Plainer Bank for deposit. Plainer stamps "pay any bank" on the check along with its indorsement and negotiates it to Stone Bank. Stone Bank simply stamps "Stone Bank" and negotiates it to SmallTown Bank. If SmallTown wants to negotiate it to the electric company to pay its bill, can it?

• A) Yes, because the restrictive indorsement only applied to earlier indorsees.
• B) Yes, because the bank was not responsible for checking more than one indorsement.
• C) No, because an item restrictively indorsed with words such as "pay any bank" is locked into the bank collection system.
• D) No, because the bank must issue its own check for its own bills.

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Definitions:

Financial Reserve

A portion of funds set aside by a business or organization to cover future obligations or unexpected expenses.

Zero-balance Accounts

Bank accounts that are maintained at a zero balance by automatically transferring funds from a master account in amounts only large enough to cover presented checks or debits.

Master Account

A central account that can control or aggregate several sub-accounts, often used in finance for managing investments or in banking.

Lockbox System

A service offered by banks to companies for the rapid collection of customer payments, by providing a special address to which payments are sent directly.