Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch

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The Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch (CEFTS) is a fully automated paperless fund transfer system which allows instantaneous fund transfers between member banks. [1] CEFTS is a real-time interbank fund transferring method and it is a vital integral part of Sri Lanka's trusted national payment network, which is operated by Lanka Clear under the approval and guidance of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. [2] [3] The CEFTS is supporting online real time fund transfers/payments between LankaPay-CEFTS members to enable bank customers to initiate transactions at any given point of time during a day and as well to make payments through ATMs, mobile phones, and internet even during non-banking hours in order to deliver uninterrupted services for the customers with a great convenience. [4]

LankaPay has made rapid strides and mass transformation in facilitating robust, quick, and convenient ways of transferring funds through automated processes by initiating efficient payment systems in Sri Lanka through the launch of the Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch, a real-time bank transfer procedure for payments to be processed within seconds and electronic payments to be done by customers 24×7 and 365 days of the year. [5] LankaPay CEFTS real-time fund transfer switch is yet another revolutionary move by LankaPay where customers can now carryout domestic interbank fund transfers upto LKR. 5 million real-time at their convenience. Different member banks in Sri Lanka use Real-Time Fund Transfers and Instant Fund Transfers as similar terms for CEFTS. [6] [7]

The General Direction No 01 of 2018 as per the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka under section 44 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act No 28 of 2005 came into immediate effect as of 25 July 2018 implies to the operations of the Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch, Lanka Clear (Pvt) Ltd and members of CEFTS. [8] LankaPay CEFTS was initiated for the first time in Sri Lanka to accommodate fund transfers in online real time mode, so that the customers will benefit from the fund transfers rather than waiting for essential transfers. [9]

In January 2016, Commercial Bank of Ceylon announced that for the first time in Sri Lanka's banking history that the users of the bank's online banking facility could make instant, real-time transfers of funds from their commercial bank accounts to accounts in other banks via LankaPay-CEFTS. [10]

Maximum Customer Charges (LKR)
as at 1 January 2019
Internet BankingMobile BankingOver the CounterATM
Rs.50Rs.50Rs.100Rs.50

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References

  1. ↑ "Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch (CEFTS)". LankaClear.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "LankaPay Official Website | Towards a Digital economy - Sri Lanka". www.lankapay.net. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Operations of the Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch | Central Bank of Sri Lanka". www.cbsl.gov.lk. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  4. ↑ "CEFTS Payment and Real-Time Direct Debits | HSBC Sri Lanka". www.business.hsbc.lk. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  5. ↑ "Sampath Bank joins LankaPay Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch - Financial News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  6. ↑ "Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch (CEFTS) - HSBC LK". www.hsbc.lk. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  7. ↑ "Knowledge Hub - Digital Banking - Sampath Bank". www.sampath.lk. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  8. ↑ https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/sites/default/files/cbslweb_documents/laws/cdg/Operations_of_the_Common_Electronic_Fund_Transfer_switch_General_Direction_No.1_of_2018.pdf
  9. ↑ "LOLC Finance empowers its Customers with CEFTS - LOLC Finance Sri Lanka | Official Website". www.lolcfinance.com. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  10. ↑ "ComBank offers instant fund transfers to other banks via CEFTS". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
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