Cash & Treasury

Bank signatory review evidence: bookkeeping research

Research on maintaining a dated signatory register, approval trail, and access review handoff.

Research on maintaining a dated signatory register, approval trail, and access review handoff.

Key takeaways

  • Maintain an authoritative register.
  • Verify changes independently.
  • Remove stale access promptly.

Key statistic

This article reviews 10 public sources; it does not claim a universal access-review cadence.

Review packet

Compare bank records, internal approvals, and current responsibilities. Record discrepancies as exceptions with owners and deadlines.

Methodology and limitations

Public records, internal-control, security, audit, fraud, labor, and operations guidance informs the process. Bank-specific procedures vary.

Source notes

The source list documents the references used.

Evidence map

These notes connect bounded statements on this page to the listed public sources. They do not turn operational interpretations into empirical findings.

  1. The source list includes U.S. IRS, Recordkeeping as public guidance relevant to treasury controls.
  2. U.S. GAO, Internal Control is listed to frame review questions about bank signatory review evidence: bookkeeping research.
  3. COSO, Internal Control provides context; this report does not treat that source as proof that a staffing model causes an outcome.

Listed sources

  1. U.S. IRS, Recordkeeping
  2. U.S. GAO, Internal Control
  3. COSO, Internal Control
  4. NIST CSF
  5. CISA, MFA
  6. NIST SP 800-53
  7. PCAOB AS 2201
  8. BLS, Bookkeeping Clerks
  9. ACFE, Report to the Nations
  10. SBA, Manage Your Business

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