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A cash-management service employed to deter check fraud. Banks use positive pay to match the checks a company issues with those it presents for payment. Any check considered to be potentially fraudulent is sent back to the issuer for examination.
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Although it is effective at catching bad checks, the positive-pay system costs more than other systems. For example, the reverse positive-pay system requires check issuers to self-monitor; the issuer must then alert the bank when it declines a check. This method, while cheaper than positive pay, is not as reliable.

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