Guidelines for bank giro credits
Our best practice guidelines must be used in conjunction with Standard 3.2 – Automated Processing of Vouchers (Credits), which contains mandatory details for design, layout and printing.
For the design and production of bank giro credits
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It is essential to check that any bank giro credits (BGC) printed, part-printed or issued by your organisation has been produced in accordance with Standard 3.2 – Automated Processing of Vouchers (Credits). This includes BGC base stock, on to which the full code line is subsequently added.
These best practice guidelines have been produced to assist:
- Businesses who print their own BGCs
- Printers who produce BGCs for their customers
- Certified BGC printers
- Members of the Cheque Printer Accreditation Scheme (CPAS).
BGC ‘printing’ is defined as one of the following:
- Printing BGC base stock and full code line
- Printing BGC base stock only
- Printing full code line onto BGC base stock supplied by a certified BGC printer or a member of CPAS.