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Collection Services
Automated Remittance Processing (Lockbox)
Century's state-of-the-art Automated Remittance Processing assures you efficiency and accuracy, while maximizing your earnings and cash flow. Lockbox is a high-volume retail payment processing system. It quickly converts payments to cash and is customized to meet your specific operating requirements. Our lockbox specialists will review your current payment processing system and will customize a program that is efficient, accurate and meets all of your collection needs.

Cash Concentration Services
With these services, deposited funds from various locations can be consolidated into one operating account. Our Cash Concentration services provide improved access to your company's cash - allowing you to more efficiently manage your funds directly from your own PC. It can be used to concentrate funds from geographically dispersed locations through ACH Origination, giving you use of idle funds for operating expenses or investments.

Deposit Reconciliation
Reduce the amount of time and expense your business spends on manually sorting, matching and reconciling your bank accounts by letting Century Bank do it for you. This service can also enable you to keep track of deposits made at multiple locations into one account, allowing you to focus more on your business' core competencies. A variety of programs can be downloaded through the Internet.

ACH Origination
Take advantage of our technology without sacrificing the personalized service that only Century Bank offers. You can process ACH transactions through our software, Internet service or direct mainframe system. Our ACH services will allow you to:

  • Automate collections and billing
  • Make vendor payments
  • Collect membership dues and association fees
  • Pay federal taxes (EFTPS) and state taxes
  • Offer direct deposit of payroll
  • Consolidate funds from remote locations or disburse funds to multiple locations

Merchant BankCard Services
Century offers Merchant BankCard services. We provide full-service bankcard capabilities with fast authorization times, a reliable network, and knowledgeable customer service support. Our services include credit, check, debit and other payment processing; batch processing; and a wide variety of payment options including PC-based, Internet-based and mainframe-based applications.

Our credit card authorization ensures your customers don't have to wait any longer than necessary. Century also provides timely reports, frequency-marketing programs, shipping address verification and quick credit turnaround.

Escrow Management Services
You can simplify your Escrow Management with Century Bank. Our service keeps clients' funds separate from your firm's own by using one master checking account and multiple related sub-accounts. We then provide individual sub-accounting on your clients' accounts with interest appropriated to each corresponding account. At the end of each year, Century Bank will issue the 1099 forms for each sub-account.

Any business that holds funds in escrow for clients - such as law firms, real estate agencies, property management companies, commercial real estate developers, and accounting firms - can take advantage of our Escrow Management Service. And, this service can be managed through our Internet Business Banking program.

IOLTAs
For lawyers and law firms who need to deposit clients' funds in a trust account, we offer a competitive interest rate on a free IOLTA checking account. The earnings are sent directly to charities designated by the IOLTA Committee. In Massachusetts, there are three the committee chooses from: Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Foundation or the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation. These charities use the IOLTA earnings to provide legal services to low-income clients who need legal assistance.

With the monthly service fees waived and Century Bank and the IOLTA committee keeping the records, you can easily donate to charitable causes without doing all the paperwork.

If you would like more information on Century Bank's Cash Management Services, simply complete our Information Request Form and we'll gladly send you the information you need along with appropriate disclosure information. Or, call us at (866) 8 CENTURY and ask to speak with a Cash Management Representative. You may also stop by one of our convenient branch locations. Click here to find the Century Bank nearest you.

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