"Bank" -- "Collecting bank" -- "Depositary bank" -- "Intermediary bank" -- "Payor bank" -- "Presenting bank."

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  • (1) "Bank" means a person engaged in the business of banking, including a savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or trust company.
  • (2) "Collecting bank" means a bank handling an item for collection except the payor bank.
  • (3) "Depositary bank" means the first bank to take an item even though it is also the payor bank unless the item is presented for immediate payment over the counter.
  • (4) "Intermediary bank" means a bank to which an item is transferred in course of collection except the depositary or payor bank.
  • (5) "Payor bank" means a bank that is the drawee of a draft.
  • (6) "Presenting bank" means a bank presenting an item except a payor bank.




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