2016 California Code
Commercial Code - COM
DIVISION 11 - FUNDS TRANSFERS
CHAPTER 1 - Subject Matter and Definitions
Section 11104.
11104. In this division:
(a) 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.
(b) Intermediary bank means a receiving bank other than the originator s bank or the beneficiary s bank.
(c) Originator means the sender of the first payment order in a funds transfer.
(d) Originator s bank means (i) the receiving bank to which the payment order of the originator is issued if the originator is not a bank, or (ii) the originator if the originator is a bank.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 125, Sec. 2.)