Internal Account Management: A Toolkit for Village Banks

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Is there a receipt to verify collections for loan repayment and remaining cash were deposited with the implementing agency or the appropriate

commercial bank in a timely manner? (All moneys should be deposited

within 48 hours of collection.)

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Is there is a clear separation of duties among village bank management committee members? (For example, treasurer counts and safeguards cash,

secretary/accountant prepares passbook and journal entries, president

reconciles cash and account journal balances.)

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Are there two signatures of the management committee on the following:

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Reconciliations

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Accounting journal

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Financial statements

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Commercial bank account (if applicable)

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Does the management committee receive, sign and date prenumbered receipts each time funds are received from and repaid to an institution?

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Does the committee maintain a copy on file?

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From a sample of transactions in the bank book and registers, is there proper documentation to support the transaction (receipts, bank statements, passbooks)?

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Is ink used?

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Are errors struck once through and corrections noted above?

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Answer questions in the following section based on a review of village bank bylaws and a sample of internal account loan activity (including loan contracts, passbooks, internal account disbursement forms, individual internal account loan records, and payment activity summary forms).

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