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Is your Check 21 implementation a fraud hazard?(selected topic)

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The implementation of the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act ("Check 21") in the U.S. means that check-handling and collection will experience a drastic increase in speed, but it also portends other seismic issues in the financial services industry--some that are especially foreboding.

First, converting paper checks to digital image has the unintended consequence of significantly reducing the bank's recourse to fraud. Because the image-processing procedure typically involves the destruction of the paper document, eliminating the very evidence of fraud, it could make it extremely difficult to prosecute check-fraud crimes in the future.

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