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Home » US Law » 2022 Maryland Statutes » Commercial Law » Title 4A - Funds Transfers » Subtitle 2 - Issue and Acceptance of Payment Order » Section 4A-206 – Transmission of Payment Order Through Funds Transfer or Other Communication System

    (a)    (1)    If a payment order addressed to a receiving bank is transmitted to a funds-transfer system for transmittal to the bank, the funds-transfer system is deemed to be an agent of the sender for the purpose of transmitting the payment order to the bank.

        (2)    If there is a discrepancy between the terms of the payment order transmitted to the funds-transfer system and the terms of the payment order transmitted by the funds-transfer system to the bank, the terms of the payment order of the sender are those transmitted by the funds-transfer system.

        (3)    This section does not apply to a funds-transfer system of the Federal Reserve Banks.

    (b)    This section applies to cancellations and amendments of payment orders to the same extent that it applies to payment orders.