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Wright County supervisors authorize new banking controls; treasurer to be named admin user
Summary
The Wright County Board of Supervisors on June 2 approved a bank-account control program with First Citizens to reduce check fraud and authorized named administrative and user roles for online credit‑card and ACH payment controls.
The Wright County Board of Supervisors on June 2 approved new online banking controls with First Citizens designed to reduce check fraud and to move more county payments to ACH, and the board recorded a set of named administrative and user accounts to operate the service.
Wright County Treasurer Peggy Schluttenhofer told the board the county will receive daily online reports of checks presented so the treasurer’s office can confirm payee names and amounts before the bank pays them. “Checks are a huge, huge liability,” Schluttenhofer said, arguing the change is safer than continuing to rely on paper warrants and mailed checks.
The program also includes an “online account control” for First Citizens credit cards that lets administrators turn cards on or off and set limits;…
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