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Check Truncation

nounid 1804·updated May 9, 2026
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The practice of holding a check at the institution where it was deposited (or at an intermediary institution) and electronically forwarding the essential information on the check to the institution on which it was written. A truncated check is not returned to the writer.

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Pci65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Check Truncations
possessive
Check Truncation's
pluralpossessive
Check Truncations'

Framework definitions

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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The practice of holding a check at the institution where it was deposited (or at an intermediary institution) and electronically forwarding the essential information on the check to the institution on which it was written. A truncated check is not returned to the writer.

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