How NEFT Transactions Works?

To transfer money using NEFT, the remitter have to fill in the details of the recipient and should initiate the fund transfer.  Once the fund’s transfer was initiated, the originating bank prepares a message and sends the message to its pooling center, also called the National Electronic Funds Transfer Service Centre.   The pooling center forwards the message to the National Electronic Funds Transfer Clearing Centre, operated by the Reserve Bank of India, to be included in the next available batch. The Clearing Centre sorts the fund’s transfer transactions beneficiary bank-wise and prepares to account entries to receive funds from the originating banks (debit) and give the funds to the beneficiary banks (credit).

NEFT Full Form

NEFT stands for National Electronic Funds Transfer. We often hear the word NEFT in the financial world but many have doubts about what is NEFT and how it works. NEFT is a country-wide electronic fund transfer system for sending money from one bank account to another account in a safe and hassle-free manner. NEFT allows the electronic transfer of funds or money from one bank account to another bank account. NEFT transactions are processed online. Reserve Bank of India and its customers are involved in NEFT transactions. All Indian Banks can participate in NEFT transactions.  

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How NEFT Transactions Works?

To transfer money using NEFT, the remitter have to fill in the details of the recipient and should initiate the fund transfer.  Once the fund’s transfer was initiated, the originating bank prepares a message and sends the message to its pooling center, also called the National Electronic Funds Transfer Service Centre.   The pooling center forwards the message to the National Electronic Funds Transfer Clearing Centre, operated by the Reserve Bank of India, to be included in the next available batch. The Clearing Centre sorts the fund’s transfer transactions beneficiary bank-wise and prepares to account entries to receive funds from the originating banks (debit) and give the funds to the beneficiary banks (credit)....

What is the Need for NEFT Transactions?

Generally, before the transactions were made online if a person wants to send money to another person, then he has to go to the bank where he has the account and there he has to transfer the money. But with the help of NEFT, they can be performed at any time at any place without being physically at the Bank which made the transaction process much easier and safe. Through NEFT transactions, money can be transferred at any time of the day which is very convenient....

Advantages of Using NEFT Transactions

CONVENIENCE: As through NEFT, transactions can be done at any time and even on holidays, it is so convenient and can be done at any time without tension  SAFE AND SECURE: NEFT transactions are processed using a very secure and encrypted channel. As they were regulated by RBI they were safe and no information can be leaked. WIDE COVERAGE: NEFT was present in over 150000 bank branches across India which is a wide network and so people from any area can easily access the network. LOW TRANSACTION CHARGES: The charges taken by NEFT during a fund transfer are very low when compared to the remaining electronic fund transfer methods which are very beneficial to the customers. FAST PROCESSING: In NEFT, transactions are processed in batches at specific intervals throughout the day which enabled fast processing of transactions. GOOD FOR SMALL TRANSACTIONS: As NEFT enabled the transaction of small amounts of money, it is very beneficial to the retail customers...

Current Charges of NEFT Transactions

Money transacted in INR Charges Applied in INR Up To 10,000  Rs. 2.5 Between 10,000 to 1 Lakh Rs.  5 Between 1 Lakh to 2 Lakh Rs. 15 Equal to or More than 2 Lakh Rs. 25...

FAQs on NEFT Transactions

Q1. What is NEFT?...