uncollected funds

A bank deposit where the availability of the funds has not yet been acknowledged by the bank on whose account the check was drawn.


If the client of Bank A writes a check for $10,000 to his broker who then deposits it into Bank B, the money is considered as uncollected funds until Bank A can verify to Bank B that the specified amount is available.

FX Significance

This may have significance in the daily operations of individual traders and firms engaged in FX trading as it pertains to their transfering of funds from one another.

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