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(1) “Funds transfer” means the series of transactions, beginning with the originator’s payment order, made for the purpose of making payment to the beneficiary of the order. The term includes any payment order issued by the originator’s bank or an intermediary bank intended to carry out the originator’s payment order. A funds transfer is completed by acceptance by the beneficiary’s bank of a payment order for the benefit of the beneficiary of the originator’s payment order.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 355.4A-104

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC

(2) “Intermediary bank” means a receiving bank other than the originator’s bank or the beneficiary’s bank.
(3) “Originator” means the sender of the first payment order in a funds transfer. (4) “Originator’s bank” means:
(a) The receiving bank to which the payment order of the originator is issued if the originator is not a bank; or
(b) The originator if the originator is a bank.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 27, effective July 14, 1992.