1997-1998

Before the bank settled the payments, each payment had to be approved by the State Treasury.

The State Treasury downloaded all payment details into its payment systems for the following checks:

• Has a State entity booked enough funds for its outgoing payments for the day (i.e., request of funds)?

• Does a State entity have a budget limit for such payments and, if yes, what is the outstanding balance of the unused budget limit?
• For payments relating to purchases and big investments, has the State entity provided documents and contracts for procurement controls?
• Is there sufficient unused monthly expenditure limit for the total amount of outgoing payments?

In 1998, preparations for merging all the regional payment programmes began in order to use a single programme for all payments and to be able to generate daily reports. This went live at the beginning of 2000.