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Standard Chartered Bank Howrah Howrah West Bengal MICR CODE

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MICR Code	700036019
Bank	Standard Chartered Bank
Business Hours	Monday to Saturday 10 am to 4 pm
Mode Of Payment	Cash,Cheque,Demand Draft and Net banking
Branch	Howrah
Contact	Tel: 26662541 Fax : 26660551
Bank Details	Standard Chartered Bank Howrah SCBL0036054

Location	Howrah, Howrah
City	Howrah
District	Howrah
State	West Bengal
Pincode	711101
Country	IN
Address	49, dobson road, howrah - 711101

Note: The working hours listed are generalized for all banks. Please take a note that the bank timings may vary from branch to branch. As per guidelines issued by Reserve Bank of India, banks will not be operational on 2nd and 4th Saturdays and all Sundays of a month.

How does MICR code 700036019 for Howrah branch help to speed up the cheque clearing process?

In manual clearing of cheques, many errors may occur and the whole process is quite time consuming. The MICR technology speeds up the processing of cheque as it reduces manual efforts of sorting. Thus the 700036019 of SCB, Howrah branch makes the system almost error free and faster. Use of SCB MICR codes for Howrah branch, makes the characters readable even if there are other marks and stamps on it.

A total of 1 branches of Standard Chartered Bank are available with micr code -

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MICR code for Standard Chartered Bank Howrah

Standard Chartered Bank MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) code is a machine readable code used for processing and clearance of cheques. SCB MICR code for Howrah is a 9 digit code, in which first 3 digit represents the city code, next 3 digit to bank code and later 3 digit to branch code. 700036019 is the MICR code of Standard Chartered Bank for Howrah branch. MICR code for Howrah branch includes document type indicator, bank code, cheque number, etc. When a cheque goes for clearing, this code is read by a magnetic reader and then automatically sorted. MICR code for SCB Howrah is presented in the table alongside.

Use of SCB MICR code for Howrah branch in howrah

The MICR code 700036019 is used in RBI cheque clearing process to identify the branch Howrah and SCB bank for clearing processes. The MICR characters, which are printed using magnetic ink, are passed before a MICR reader. Initially the ink gets magnetized and when it is read, each character produces a unique waveform which can be easily identified. MICR code of Standard Chartered Bank is typically in either of these two font’s: E-138 and CMC-7.