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class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Attached documents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Attached_documents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Usage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Usage</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Usage-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Usage subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Usage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Declining_use" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declining_use"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Declining use</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declining_use-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Decline_in_Asia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Decline_in_Asia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1</span> <span>Decline in Asia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Decline_in_Asia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Decline_in_Europe" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Decline_in_Europe"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.2</span> <span>Decline in Europe</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Decline_in_Europe-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Decline_in_North_America" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Decline_in_North_America"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.3</span> <span>Decline in North America</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Decline_in_North_America-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Decline_in_Oceania" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Decline_in_Oceania"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.4</span> <span>Decline in Oceania</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Decline_in_Oceania-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Alternatives_to_cheques" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alternatives_to_cheques"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Alternatives to cheques</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alternatives_to_cheques-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Variations_on_regular_cheques" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Variations_on_regular_cheques"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Variations on regular cheques</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Variations_on_regular_cheques-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Variations on regular cheques subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Variations_on_regular_cheques-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Cashier's_cheques_and_bank_drafts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cashier's_cheques_and_bank_drafts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Cashier's cheques and bank drafts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cashier's_cheques_and_bank_drafts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Certified_cheque" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Certified_cheque"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Certified cheque</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Certified_cheque-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Payroll_cheque" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Payroll_cheque"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Payroll cheque</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Payroll_cheque-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Warrants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Warrants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Warrants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Warrants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Traveller's_cheque" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Traveller's_cheque"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Traveller's cheque</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Traveller's_cheque-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Money_or_postal_order" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Money_or_postal_order"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>Money or postal order</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Money_or_postal_order-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Oversized_cheques" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Oversized_cheques"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.7</span> <span>Oversized cheques</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Oversized_cheques-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Payment_vouchers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Payment_vouchers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.8</span> <span>Payment vouchers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Payment_vouchers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cheques_around_the_world" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cheques_around_the_world"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Cheques around the world</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Cheques_around_the_world-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Cheques around the world subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Cheques_around_the_world-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Australia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Australia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Australia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Australia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Canada" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Canada"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Canada</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Canada-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-India" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#India"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>India</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-India-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Israel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Israel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Israel</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Israel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Japan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Japan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Japan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Japan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_Zealand" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_Zealand"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.6</span> <span>New Zealand</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_Zealand-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Poland" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Poland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.7</span> <span>Poland</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Poland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Turkey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Turkey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.8</span> <span>Turkey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Turkey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_Kingdom" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_Kingdom"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.9</span> <span>United Kingdom</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_Kingdom-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.10</span> <span>United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cheque_fraud" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cheque_fraud"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Cheque fraud</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Cheque_fraud-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Cheque fraud subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Cheque_fraud-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Embezzlement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Embezzlement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Embezzlement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Embezzlement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Forgery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forgery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Forgery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Forgery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Identity_theft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Identity_theft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Identity theft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Identity_theft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dishonoured_cheques" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dishonoured_cheques"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Dishonoured cheques</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Dishonoured_cheques-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Dishonoured cheques subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Dishonoured_cheques-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Consumer_reporting" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Consumer_reporting"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Consumer reporting</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Consumer_reporting-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lock_box" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lock_box"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Lock box</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lock_box-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> 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title="ቼክ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ቼክ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%83" title="صك – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="صك" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%27%E0%A6%95" title="চে'ক – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="চে'ক" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque" title="Cheque – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Cheque" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%C9%99bz" title="Qəbz – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Qəbz" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95" title="চেক – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="চেক" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%8D%D0%BA" title="Чэк – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Чэк" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%8D%D0%BA" title="Чэк – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Чэк" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95" title="चेक – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="चेक" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Чек – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Чек" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekenn" title="Chekenn – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Chekenn" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xec" title="Xec – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Xec" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ek" title="Šek – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Šek" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check" title="Check – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Check" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheck" title="Scheck – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Scheck" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%A1ekk" title="Tšekk – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Tšekk" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%AE" title="Επιταγή – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Επιταγή" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque" title="Cheque – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cheque" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88eko" title="Ĉeko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĉeko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Txeke" title="Txeke – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Txeke" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DA%A9_(%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF)" title="چک (سند) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="چک (سند)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A8que" title="Chèque – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chèque" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seic_(modh_%C3%ADoca%C3%ADochta)" title="Seic (modh íocaíochta) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Seic (modh íocaíochta)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seic" title="Seic – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Seic" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque" title="Cheque – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cheque" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%88%98%ED%91%9C" title="수표 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="수표" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%89%D5%A5%D5%AF" title="Չեկ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Չեկ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%95" title="चॅक – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="चॅक" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cek" title="Ček – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ček" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheko" title="Cheko – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Cheko" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cek" title="Cek – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Cek" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81v%C3%ADsun" title="Ávísun – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Ávísun" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assegno" title="Assegno – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Assegno" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%90%D7%94" title="המחאה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המחאה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D" title="ಚೆಕ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಚೆಕ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czek" title="Czek – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Czek" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BF_%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%83_%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%96" title="Есеп айырысу чегі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Есеп айырысу чегі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BA_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B6%D1%8B)" title="Чек (каржы) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Чек (каржы)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syngrapha_nummaria" title="Syngrapha nummaria – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Syngrapha nummaria" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Ceks" title="Čeks – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Čeks" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cekis" title="Čekis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Čekis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csekk" title="Csekk – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Csekk" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Чек – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Чек" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C" title="ചെക്ക്‌ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ചെക്ക്‌" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6" title="धनादेश – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="धनादेश" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cek" title="Cek – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Cek" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cek" title="Cek – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Cek" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque" title="Cheque – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Cheque" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95" title="चेक – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="चेक" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%88%87%E6%89%8B" title="小切手 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="小切手" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjekk" title="Sjekk – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sjekk" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjekk" title="Sjekk – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Sjekk" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A8c_(pagament)" title="Chèc (pagament) – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Chèc (pagament)" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%88%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%95" title="ਚੈੱਕ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਚੈੱਕ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czek" title="Czek – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Czek" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque" title="Cheque – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cheque" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cec_(instrument_de_plat%C4%83)" title="Cec (instrument de plată) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Cec (instrument de plată)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Чек – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Чек" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chack" title="Chack – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Chack" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque" title="Cheque – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Cheque" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%DA%AA_(%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%DA%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A)" title="چيڪ (بينڪاري) – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="چيڪ (بينڪاري)" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ek" title="Šek – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Šek" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Чек – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Чек" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cek" title="Ček – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ček" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekki" title="Sekki – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Sekki" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_(betalningsmedel)" title="Check (betalningsmedel) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Check (betalningsmedel)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88" title="காசோலை – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="காசோலை" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Чек – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Чек" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%81" title="చెక్కు – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="చెక్కు" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%84" title="เช็ค – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เช็ค" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Чек – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Чек" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li 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href="/wiki/Financial_services" title="Financial services">financial services</a></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="background:#efefef;padding:0.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Bank" title="Bank">Banking</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Community_Noun_project_39956.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Community_Noun_project_39956.svg/120px-Community_Noun_project_39956.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Community_Noun_project_39956.svg/180px-Community_Noun_project_39956.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Community_Noun_project_39956.svg/240px-Community_Noun_project_39956.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="56" data-file-height="59" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;;color: var(--color-base)">Types of banks</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advising_bank" title="Advising bank">Advising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banq_(term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Banq (term)">Banq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulge_bracket" title="Bulge bracket">Bulge bracket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_bank" title="Central bank">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commercial_bank" title="Commercial bank">Commercial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_development_bank" title="Community development bank">Community development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooperative_banking" title="Cooperative banking">Cooperative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Credit_union" title="Credit union">Credit union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custodian_bank" title="Custodian bank">Custodian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depository_bank" title="Depository bank">Depository</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_finance_institution" title="Development finance institution">Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_bank" title="Direct bank">Direct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Export_credit_agency" title="Export credit agency">Export credit agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investment_banking" title="Investment banking">Investment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_loan_company" title="Industrial loan company">Industrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merchant_bank" title="Merchant bank">Merchant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulge_Bracket#Middle_Market" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulge Bracket">Middle market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Money_center_bank" title="Money center bank">Money center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutual_savings_bank" title="Mutual savings bank">Mutual savings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neobank" title="Neobank">Neobank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offshore_bank" title="Offshore bank">Offshore</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Money_market_account" title="Money market account">Money-market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savings_account" title="Savings account">Savings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_deposit" title="Time deposit">Time deposit (Bond)</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Transaction_account" title="Transaction account">Transaction (checking / current)</a></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#e9e9ff;font-weight:normal; display:block;margin-top:0.15em;"> Cards</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ATM_card" title="ATM card">ATM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Credit_card" title="Credit card">Credit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debit_card" title="Debit card">Debit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Credit_card#Prepaid_cards" title="Credit card">Prepaid</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;;color: var(--color-base)">Funds transfer</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cheque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Payment_card" title="Payment card">Card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_funds_transfer" title="Electronic funds transfer">Electronic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_bill_payment" title="Electronic bill payment">Bill payment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_payment" title="Mobile payment">Mobile</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wire_transfer" title="Wire transfer">Wire</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Real-time_gross_settlement" title="Real-time gross settlement">RTGS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Net_settlement" title="Net settlement">NS</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automated_clearing_house" title="Automated clearing house">ACH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instant_payment" title="Instant payment">Instant payment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giro_(banking)" 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title="Template:Numismatics"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Numismatics" title="Template talk:Numismatics"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Numismatics" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Numismatics"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>cheque</b> (or <b>check</b> in <a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a>; <a href="/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences" title="American and British English spelling differences">see spelling differences</a>) is a document that orders a <a href="/wiki/Bank" title="Bank">bank</a>, <a href="/wiki/Building_society" title="Building society">building society</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Credit_union" title="Credit union">credit union</a>) to pay a specific amount of money from a person's account to the person in whose name the cheque has been issued. The person writing the cheque, known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Payor" class="mw-redirect" title="Payor">drawer</a></i>, has a <a href="/wiki/Transactional_account" class="mw-redirect" title="Transactional account">transaction banking account</a> (often called a current, cheque, chequing, checking, or share draft account) where the money is held. The drawer writes various details including the <a href="/wiki/Monetary" class="mw-redirect" title="Monetary">monetary</a> amount, date, and a <a href="/wiki/Payee" class="mw-redirect" title="Payee">payee</a> on the cheque, and signs it, ordering their bank, known as the <i>drawee</i>, to pay the amount of money stated to the payee. </p><p>Although forms of cheques have been in use since ancient times and at least since the 9th century, they became a highly popular non-<a href="/wiki/Cash" title="Cash">cash</a> method for making <a href="/wiki/Payment" title="Payment">payments</a> during the 20th century and usage of cheques peaked. By the second half of the 20th century, as cheque processing became automated, billions of cheques were issued annually; these volumes peaked in or around the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then cheque usage has fallen, being replaced by electronic payment systems, such as <a href="/wiki/Debit_card" title="Debit card">debit cards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Credit_card" title="Credit card">credit cards</a>. In an increasing number of countries cheques have either become a marginal <a href="/wiki/Payment_system" title="Payment system">payment system</a> or have been completely phased out.<sup id="cite_ref-StuffNZ_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StuffNZ-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABC_end_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_end-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nature_of_a_cheque">Nature of a cheque</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Nature of a cheque"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A cheque is a <a href="/wiki/Negotiable_instrument" title="Negotiable instrument">negotiable instrument</a> instructing a <a href="/wiki/Financial_institution" title="Financial institution">financial institution</a> to pay a specific amount of a specific currency from a specified <a href="/wiki/Transactional_account" class="mw-redirect" title="Transactional account">transactional account</a> held in the drawer's name with that institution. Both the drawer and payee may be <a href="/wiki/Natural_person" title="Natural person">natural persons</a> or <a href="/wiki/Juristic_person" class="mw-redirect" title="Juristic person">legal entities</a>. Cheques are <i>order instruments</i>, and are not in general payable simply to the bearer as <a href="/wiki/Bearer_instrument" title="Bearer instrument">bearer instruments</a> are, but must be paid to the payee. In some countries, such as the US, the payee may endorse the cheque, allowing them to specify a third party to whom it should be paid. </p><p>Cheques are a type of <a href="/wiki/Negotiable_instrument#Bill_of_exchange" title="Negotiable instrument">bill of exchange</a> that were developed as a way to make payments without the need to carry large amounts of money. <a href="/wiki/Banknote" title="Banknote">Paper money</a> evolved from <a href="/wiki/Promissory_note" title="Promissory note">promissory notes</a>, another form of negotiable instrument similar to cheques in that they were originally a written order to pay the given amount to whoever had it in their possession (the "<a href="/wiki/Bearer_instrument" title="Bearer instrument">bearer</a>"). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spelling_and_etymology">Spelling and etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Spelling and etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Check</i> is the original spelling in the <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ellinger_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellinger-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newer spelling, <i>cheque</i> (from the <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>), is believed to have come into use around 1828, when the switch was made by <a href="/wiki/James_William_Gilbart" title="James William Gilbart">James William Gilbart</a> in his <i>Practical Treatise on Banking</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ellinger_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellinger-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The spellings <i>check</i>, <i>checque</i>, and <i>cheque</i> were used interchangeably from the 17th century until the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-OED_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, since the 19th century, in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> and Ireland, the spelling <i>cheque</i> (from the French word <i>chèque</i>) has become standard for the financial instrument, while <i>check</i> is used only for other meanings, thus distinguishing the two definitions in writing.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences" title="American and British English spelling differences">American English</a>, the usual spelling for both is <i>check</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Etymological dictionaries attribute the financial meaning of <i>check</i> to come from "a check against forgery", with the use of "check" to mean "control" stemming from the <a href="/wiki/Check_(chess)" title="Check (chess)"><i>check</i> used in chess</a>, a term which came into English through French, Latin, Arabic, and ultimately from the Persian word <i><a href="/wiki/Shah" title="Shah">shah</a></i>, or "<a href="/wiki/King_(chess)" title="King (chess)">king</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Harper_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harper-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dictionary.com_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dictionary.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For broader coverage of this topic, see <a href="/wiki/History_of_banking" title="History of banking">History of banking</a>.</div> <p>The cheque had its origins in the ancient banking system, in which bankers would issue orders at the request of their customers, to pay money to identified payees. Such an order was referred to as a <i><a href="/wiki/Negotiable_instrument#Bill_of_exchange" title="Negotiable instrument">bill of exchange</a></i>. The use of bills of exchange facilitated trade by eliminating the need for merchants to carry large quantities of currency (for example, gold) to purchase goods and services. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is early evidence of using bill of exchange. In India, during the <a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Maurya Empire</a> (from 321 to 185 BC), a commercial instrument called the adesha was in use, which was an order on a banker desiring him to pay the money of the note to a third person.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ancient Romans are believed to have used an early form of cheque known as <i>praescriptiones</i> in the 1st century BC.<sup id="cite_ref-Durant_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Durant-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="Please supply an ISBN for this book. (May 2022)">ISBN missing</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Beginning in the third century AD, banks in <a href="/wiki/Sassanid_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Sassanid Empire">Persian</a> territory began to issue letters of credit.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These letters were termed <i>čak</i>, meaning "document" or "contract".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>čak</i> became the <i>sakk</i> later used by traders in the <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a> and other Arab-ruled lands.<sup id="cite_ref-glubb_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-glubb-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Transporting a paper <i>sakk</i> was more secure than transporting money. In the ninth century, a merchant in one country could cash a <i>sakk</i> drawn on his bank in another country.<sup id="cite_ref-Islamic_inventions_17_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Islamic_inventions_17-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Persian poet, Ferdowsi, used the term "cheque" several times in his famous book, Shahnameh, when referring to the Sasanid dynasty. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ibn_Hawqal" title="Ibn Hawqal">Ibn Hawqal</a>, living in the 10th century, records the use of a cheque written in <a href="/wiki/Aoudaghost" title="Aoudaghost">Aoudaghost</a> which was worth 42,000 <a href="/wiki/Dinars" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinars">dinars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 13th century the <i>bill of exchange</i> was developed in <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a> as a legal device to allow international trade without the need to carry large amounts of gold and silver. Their use subsequently spread to other European countries. </p><p>In the early 1500s, to protect large accumulations of cash, people in the <a href="/wiki/Financial_history_of_the_Dutch_Republic" title="Financial history of the Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a> began depositing their money with "cashiers". These cashiers held the money for a fee. Competition drove cashiers to offer additional services including paying money to any person bearing a written order from a depositor to do so. They kept the note as proof of payment. This concept went on to spread to England and elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_era">Modern era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Modern era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barclays_and_Co._cheque._For_39_pounds,_4_shillings,_and_2_pence._Issued_in_London_by_Messrs_Barclay_and_Tritton,_1793._On_display_at_the_British_Museum_in_London.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Barclays_and_Co._cheque._For_39_pounds%2C_4_shillings%2C_and_2_pence._Issued_in_London_by_Messrs_Barclay_and_Tritton%2C_1793._On_display_at_the_British_Museum_in_London.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Barclays_and_Co._cheque._For_39_pounds%2C_4_shillings%2C_and_2_pence._Issued_in_London_by_Messrs_Barclay_and_Tritton%2C_1793._On_display_at_the_British_Museum_in_London.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Barclays_and_Co._cheque._For_39_pounds%2C_4_shillings%2C_and_2_pence._Issued_in_London_by_Messrs_Barclay_and_Tritton%2C_1793._On_display_at_the_British_Museum_in_London.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4693" data-file-height="2015" /></a><figcaption>Barclays and Co. cheque for 39 pounds, 4 shillings, and 2 pence, issued in London by Messrs Barclay and Tritton, 1793, on display at the British Museum in London</figcaption></figure> <p>By the 17th century, bills of exchange were being used for domestic payments in England. Cheques, a type of bill of exchange, then began to evolve. Initially, they were called <i>drawn notes</i>, because they enabled a customer to draw on the funds that he or she had in the account with a bank and required immediate payment. These were handwritten, and one of the earliest known still to be in existence was drawn on Messrs Morris and Clayton, <a href="/wiki/Scrivener" title="Scrivener">scriveners</a> and bankers based in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, and dated 16 February 1659.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1717, the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a> pioneered the first use of a pre-printed form. These forms were printed on "cheque paper" to prevent fraud, and customers had to attend in person and obtain a numbered form from the cashier. Once written, the cheque was brought back to the bank for settlement. The <a href="/wiki/Bank_Restriction_Act_1797" title="Bank Restriction Act 1797">suppression of banknotes</a> in eighteenth-century England further promoted the use of cheques.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until about 1770, an informal exchange of cheques took place between London banks. Clerks of each bank visited all the other banks to exchange cheques while keeping a tally of balances between them until they settled with each other. Daily <a href="/wiki/Cheque_clearing" title="Cheque clearing">cheque clearing</a> began around 1770 when the bank clerks met at the Five Bells, a tavern in <a href="/wiki/Lombard_Street,_London" title="Lombard Street, London">Lombard Street</a> in the City of London, to exchange all their cheques in one place and settle the balances in cash. This was the first <a href="/wiki/Bankers%27_clearing_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Bankers' clearing house">bankers' clearing house</a>. </p><p>Provincial clearinghouses were established in major cities throughout the UK to facilitate the clearing of cheques on banks in the same town. Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield, and Southampton all had their own clearinghouses.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In America, the Bank of New York began issuing cheques after its establishment by Alexander Hamilton in 1784.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oldest surviving example of a complete American chequebook from the 1790s was discovered by a family in New Jersey. The documents are in some ways similar to modern-day cheques, with some data pre-printed on sheets of paper alongside blank spaces for where other information could be hand-written as needed.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is thought that the <a href="/wiki/Commercial_Bank_of_Scotland" title="Commercial Bank of Scotland">Commercial Bank of Scotland</a> was the first bank to personalize its customers' cheques, in 1811, by printing the name of the account holder vertically along the left-hand edge. In 1830 the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a> introduced books of 50, 100, and 200 forms and counterparts, bound or stitched. These <i>cheque books</i> became a common format for the distribution of cheques to bank customers. </p><p>In the late 19th century, several countries formalized laws regarding cheques. The UK passed the <a href="/wiki/Bills_of_Exchange_Act_1882" title="Bills of Exchange Act 1882">Bills of Exchange Act 1882</a>, and India passed the <a href="/wiki/Negotiable_Instruments_Act,_1881" title="Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881">Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-rbi.org.in_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbi.org.in-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which both covered cheques. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:English_1956_Westminster_Bank_cheque_of_Doris_Ogilvie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/English_1956_Westminster_Bank_cheque_of_Doris_Ogilvie.jpg/280px-English_1956_Westminster_Bank_cheque_of_Doris_Ogilvie.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/English_1956_Westminster_Bank_cheque_of_Doris_Ogilvie.jpg/420px-English_1956_Westminster_Bank_cheque_of_Doris_Ogilvie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/English_1956_Westminster_Bank_cheque_of_Doris_Ogilvie.jpg/560px-English_1956_Westminster_Bank_cheque_of_Doris_Ogilvie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1176" data-file-height="586" /></a><figcaption>An English cheque from 1956 having a bank clerk's red mark verifying the signature, a two-pence stamp duty, and holes punched by hand to cancel it. This is a "crossed cheque" disallowing the transfer of payment to another account.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1931, an attempt was made to simplify the international use of cheques by the Geneva Convention on the Unification of the Law Relating to Cheques.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many European and South American states, as well as Japan, joined the convention. However, countries including the US and members of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">British Commonwealth</a> did not participate and so it remained very difficult for cheques to be used across country borders. </p><p>In 1959 a standard for machine-readable characters (<a href="/wiki/MICR" class="mw-redirect" title="MICR">MICR</a>) was agreed upon and patented in the US for use with cheques. This opened the way for the first automated reader/sorting machines for clearing cheques. As automation increased, the following years saw a dramatic change in the way in which cheques were handled and processed. Cheque volumes continued to grow; in the late 20th century, cheques were the most popular non-<a href="/wiki/Cash" title="Cash">cash</a> method for making payments, with billions of them processed each year. Most countries saw cheque volumes peak in the late 1980s or early 1990s, after which electronic payment methods became more popular and the use of cheques declined. </p><p>In 1969 <a href="/wiki/Cheque_guarantee_card" title="Cheque guarantee card">cheque guarantee cards</a> were introduced in several countries, allowing a retailer to confirm that a cheque would be honored when used at a <a href="/wiki/Point_of_sale" title="Point of sale">point of sale</a>. The drawer would sign the cheque in front of the retailer, who would compare the signature to the signature on the card and then write the cheque-guarantee-card number on the back of the cheque. Such cards were generally phased out and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Debit_cards" class="mw-redirect" title="Debit cards">debit cards</a>, starting in the mid-1990s. </p><p>From the mid-1990s, many countries enacted laws to allow for <a href="/wiki/Cheque_truncation" title="Cheque truncation">cheque truncation</a>, in which a physical cheque is converted into electronic form for transmission to the paying bank or clearing-house. This eliminates the cumbersome physical presentation and saves time and processing costs. </p><p>In 2002, the <a href="/wiki/Eurocheque" title="Eurocheque">Eurocheque</a> system was phased out and replaced with domestic clearing systems. Old Eurocheques could still be used, but they were now processed by national clearing systems. At that time, several countries took the opportunity to phase out the use of cheques altogether. As of 2010, many countries have either phased out the use of cheques altogether or signaled that they would do so in the future. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parts_of_a_cheque">Parts of a cheque</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Parts of a cheque"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Frame"><a href="/wiki/File:BritishChequeAnnotated.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/BritishChequeAnnotated.png" decoding="async" width="459" height="221" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="459" data-file-height="221" /></a><figcaption>Parts of a cheque based on a UK example <div><ol><li>Drawee</li><li>Payee</li><li>Date of issue</li><li>Amount of currency</li><li>Drawer</li><li>Signature of drawer</li><li>Machine-readable routing and account information</li></ol></div></figcaption></figure> <p>The four main items on a cheque are: </p> <ul><li><i>Drawer</i>: the person or entity whose transaction account is to be drawn. Usually, the drawer's name and account is preprinted on the cheque, and the drawer is usually the signatory.</li> <li><i>Payee</i>: the person or entity who is to be paid the amount.</li> <li><i>Drawee</i>: the bank or other financial institution where the cheque can be presented for payment. This is usually preprinted on the cheque.</li> <li><i>Amount</i>: the currency amount. The amount and currency (e.g., dollars, pounds, etc.) usually must be written in words and in figures. The currency is usually the local currency, but may be a foreign currency.</li></ul> <p>As cheque usage increased during the 19th and 20th centuries, additional items were added to increase security or to make processing easier for the financial institution. A signature of the drawer was required to authorize the cheque, and this is the main way to authenticate the cheque. Second, it became customary to write the amount in words as well as in numbers to avoid mistakes and make it harder to fraudulently alter the amount after the cheque had been written. It is not a legal requirement to write the amount in words, although some banks will refuse to accept cheques that do not have the amount in both numbers and words. </p><p>An issue date was added, and cheques may become invalid a certain amount of time after issue. In the US and Canada,<sup id="cite_ref-ucc4.404_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ucc4.404-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a cheque is typically valid for six months after the date of issue, after which it is a <i><a href="#stale-dated_cheque">stale-dated cheque</a>,</i> but this depends on where the cheque is drawn. In Australia, a cheque is typically valid for fifteen months of the cheque date.<sup id="cite_ref-Aus_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aus-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A cheque that has an issue date in the future, a <a href="/wiki/Post-dated_check" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-dated check"><i>post-dated</i> cheque</a>, may not be able to be presented until that date has passed. In some countries writing a post dated cheque may simply be ignored or is illegal. Conversely, an <a href="/wiki/Antedated_check" class="mw-redirect" title="Antedated check"><i>antedated</i> cheque</a> has an issue date in the past. </p><p>A cheque number was added and cheque books were issued so that cheque numbers were sequential. This allowed for some basic fraud detection by banks and made sure one cheque was not presented twice. </p><p>In some countries, such as the US, cheques may contain a memo line where the purpose of the cheque can be indicated as a convenience without affecting the official parts of the cheque. In the United Kingdom a memo line is not available and such notes may be written on the reverse side of the cheque. </p><p>In the US, at the top (when cheque oriented vertically) of the reverse side of the cheque, there are usually one or more blank lines labelled something like "Endorse here". </p><p>Starting in the 1960s, machine-readable routing and account information was added to the bottom of cheques in <a href="/wiki/MICR" class="mw-redirect" title="MICR">MICR</a> format, which allowed automated sorting and routing of cheques between banks and led to automated central clearing facilities. The information provided at the bottom of the cheque is country-specific and standards are set by each country's cheque clearing system. This means that the payee no longer has to go to the bank that issued the cheque, they can instead deposit it at their own bank or any other bank and the cheque would be routed back to the originating bank, and funds transferred to their own bank account. </p><p>In the US, the bottom <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span>-inch (16 mm)<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the cheque is reserved for MICR characters only. Intrusion into the MICR area can cause problems when the cheque runs through the clearinghouse, requiring someone to print an MICR cheque correction strip<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and glue it to the cheque. Many new ATMs do not use deposit envelopes and actually scan the cheque at the time it is deposited and will reject<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> cheques due to handwriting incursion which interferes with reading the MICR. This can cause considerable inconvenience as the depositor may have to wait days for the bank to be open and may have difficulty getting to the bank even when they are open; this can delay the availability of the portion of a deposit which their bank makes available immediately as well as the balance of the deposit. Terms of service for many mobile (cell phone camera) deposits also require the MICR section to be readable. Not all of the MICR characters have been printed at the time the cheque is written, as additional characters will be printed later to encode the amount; thus a sloppy signature could obscure characters that will later be printed there. Since MICR characters are no longer necessarily printed in magnetic ink and will be scanned by optical rather than magnetic means, the readers will be unable to distinguish pen ink from pre-printed magnetic ink; these changes allow cheques to be printed on ordinary home and office printers without requiring pre-printed cheque forms, allow ATM deposit capture, allow <a href="/wiki/Mobile_deposit" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile deposit">mobile deposits</a>, and facilitate electronic copies of cheques. </p><p>For additional protection, a cheque can be <a href="/wiki/Crossing_of_cheques" title="Crossing of cheques">crossed</a>, which restricts the use of the cheque so that the funds must be paid into a bank account. The format and wording varies from country to country, but generally two parallel lines may be placed either vertically across the cheque or in the top left hand corner. In addition the words 'or bearer' must not be used, or if pre-printed on the cheque must be crossed out on the payee line. If the cheque is crossed with the words 'Account Payee' or similar then the cheque can only be paid into the bank account of the person initially named as the payee, thus it cannot be endorsed to a different payee. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attached_documents">Attached documents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Attached documents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cheques sometimes include additional documents. A page in a chequebook may consist of both the cheque itself and a stub or <i><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="counterfoil"></span><span class="vanchor-text">counterfoil</span></span></i> – when the cheque is written, only the cheque itself is detached, and the stub is retained in the chequebook as a record of the cheque. Alternatively, cheques may be recorded with carbon paper behind each cheque, in ledger sheets between cheques or at the back of a chequebook, or in a completely separate transaction register that comes with a chequebook. </p><p>When a cheque is mailed, a separate letter or "<a href="/wiki/Remittance_advice" title="Remittance advice">remittance advice</a>" may be attached to inform the recipient of the purpose of the cheque – formally, which account receivable to credit the funds to. This is frequently done formally using a provided slip when paying a bill, or informally via a letter when sending an ad hoc cheque. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="#Cheques_around_the_world">§ Cheques around the world</a></div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sweet_success.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Sweet_success.jpg/250px-Sweet_success.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Sweet_success.jpg/375px-Sweet_success.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Sweet_success.jpg/500px-Sweet_success.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2485" data-file-height="1662" /></a><figcaption>Cheques may be valid regardless of amount.</figcaption></figure><p>Parties to regular cheques generally include a <i>drawer</i>, the depositor writing a cheque; a <i>drawee,</i> the financial institution where the cheque can be presented for payment; and a <i>payee,</i> the entity to whom the drawer issues the cheque. The drawer <i>drafts</i> or <i>draws</i> a cheque, which is also called <i>cutting a cheque</i>, especially in the US. There may also be a <i>beneficiary</i>—for example, in depositing a cheque with a custodian of a brokerage account, the payee will be the custodian, but the cheque may be marked "F/B/O" ("for the benefit of") the beneficiary. </p><p>Ultimately, there is also at least one <i>endorsee</i> which would typically be the financial institution servicing the payee's account, or in some circumstances may be a third party to whom the payee owes or wishes to give money. </p><p>A payee that accepts a cheque will typically <a href="/wiki/Deposit_account" title="Deposit account">deposit</a> it in an account at the payee's bank, and have the bank process the cheque. In some cases, the payee will take the cheque to a branch of the drawee bank, and cash the cheque there. If a cheque is refused at the drawee bank (or the drawee bank returns the cheque to the bank that it was deposited at) because there are insufficient funds for the cheque to clear, it is said that the cheque has been <i><a href="/wiki/Non-sufficient_funds" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-sufficient funds">dishonoured</a></i>. Once a cheque is approved and all appropriate accounts involved have been credited, the cheque is stamped with some kind of cancellation mark, such as a "paid" stamp. The cheque is now a <i>cancelled cheque</i>. Cancelled cheques are placed in the account holder's file. The account holder can request a copy of a cancelled cheque as proof of a payment. This is known as the cheque clearing cycle. </p><p>Cheques can be lost or go astray within the cycle, or be delayed if further verification is needed in the case of suspected fraud. A cheque may thus bounce some time after it has been deposited. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:110512-F-PO994-029_Annual_Volunteer_Recognition_Ceremony_2011_Moody_Air_Force_Base.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/110512-F-PO994-029_Annual_Volunteer_Recognition_Ceremony_2011_Moody_Air_Force_Base.jpg/250px-110512-F-PO994-029_Annual_Volunteer_Recognition_Ceremony_2011_Moody_Air_Force_Base.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/110512-F-PO994-029_Annual_Volunteer_Recognition_Ceremony_2011_Moody_Air_Force_Base.jpg/375px-110512-F-PO994-029_Annual_Volunteer_Recognition_Ceremony_2011_Moody_Air_Force_Base.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/110512-F-PO994-029_Annual_Volunteer_Recognition_Ceremony_2011_Moody_Air_Force_Base.jpg/500px-110512-F-PO994-029_Annual_Volunteer_Recognition_Ceremony_2011_Moody_Air_Force_Base.jpg 2x" data-file-width="683" data-file-height="423" /></a><figcaption>Symbolic cheques are used at events to depict money offered to the payee.</figcaption></figure> <p>Following concerns about the amount of time it took the <a href="/wiki/Cheque_and_Credit_Clearing_Company" title="Cheque and Credit Clearing Company">Cheque and Credit Clearing Company</a> to clear cheques, the United Kingdom <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Fair_Trading" title="Office of Fair Trading">Office of Fair Trading</a> set up a working group in 2006 to look at the cheque clearing cycle. Their report said that clearing times could be improved, but that the costs associated with speeding up the cheque clearing cycle could not be justified considering the use of cheques was declining.<sup id="cite_ref-OFT_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OFT-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, they concluded the biggest problem was the unlimited time a bank could take to dishonour a cheque. To address this, changes were implemented so that the maximum time after a cheque was deposited that it could be dishonoured was six days, what was known as the "certainty of fate" principle. </p><p>An advantage to the drawer of using cheques instead of <a href="/wiki/Debit_card" title="Debit card">debit card</a> transactions is that they know the drawer's bank will not release the money until several days later. Paying with a cheque without adequate funds backing it and later making a deposit to the account on which the cheque is drawn in order to cover the cheque amount is called "<a href="/wiki/Check_kiting" title="Check kiting">kiting</a>" or "floating" and is generally illegal in the US, but applicable laws are rarely enforced unless the drawer uses multiple chequing accounts with multiple institutions to increase the delay or to steal funds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Declining_use">Declining use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Declining use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cheque usage has been declining since the 1990s, both for <a href="/wiki/Point_of_sale" title="Point of sale">point of sale</a> transactions (for which <a href="/wiki/Credit_card" title="Credit card">credit cards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Debit_card" title="Debit card">debit cards</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mobile_payment" title="Mobile payment">mobile payment apps</a> are increasingly preferred) and for third party payments (for example, bill payments), where the emergence of telephone banking has accelerated the decline, <a href="/wiki/Online_banking" title="Online banking">online banking</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mobile_banking" title="Mobile banking">mobile banking</a>. Being paper-based, cheques are costly for banks to process in comparison to electronic payments, so banks in many countries now discourage the use of cheques, either by charging for cheques or by making the alternatives more attractive to customers. In particular, the handling of money transfers requires more effort and is time-consuming. The cheque has to be handed over in person or sent through mail. The rise of <a href="/wiki/Automated_teller_machine" class="mw-redirect" title="Automated teller machine">automated teller machines</a> (ATMs) means that small amounts of cash are often easily accessible, so that it is sometimes unnecessary to write a cheque for such amounts instead. A number of countries have announced or have already completed the end of cheques as a means of payment.<sup id="cite_ref-StuffNZ_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StuffNZ-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABC_end_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_end-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2023, the average American wrote just over one check, according to the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Atlanta" title="Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta">Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta</a>. The average value of these checks was $504, suggesting that most checks were used for larger purchases. This marks a significant decline from the year 2000 when Americans wrote an average of 60 checks annually.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Decline_in_Asia">Decline in Asia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Decline in Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many Asian countries, cheques were never widely used and generally only used by the wealthy, with <a href="/wiki/Cash" title="Cash">cash</a> being used for the majority of payments except for India, where cheque usage was prevalent. Where cheques were used they have been declining rapidly, by 2009 there was negligible consumer cheque usage in Japan, South Korea and <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>. This declining trend was accelerated by these developed markets advanced financial services infrastructure. Many of the developing countries in Asia have seen an increasing use of <a href="/wiki/Electronic_payment" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic payment">electronic payment</a> systems, 'leap-frogging' the less efficient chequing system altogether.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Decline_in_Europe">Decline in Europe</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Decline in Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In most European countries, cheques are now rarely used or have been completely phased out, even for third party payments except for the United Kingdom, France and Ireland. In most western European countries, it was standard practice for businesses to publish their bank details on invoices, to facilitate the receipt of payments by <a href="/wiki/Giro_(banking)" title="Giro (banking)">giro</a>. Even before the introduction of online banking, it has been possible in some countries to make payments to third parties using ATMs, which may accurately and rapidly capture invoice amounts, due dates, and payee bank details via a bar code reader to reduce keying. In using a cheque, the onus is on the payee to initiate the payment, whereas with a giro transfer, the onus is on the payer to effect the payment. </p><p>In the United Kingdom, France and Ireland cheques continued to be used as cheque payments were free for the consumer. However these countries have also seen significant declines since 2000. Since 2001, businesses in the United Kingdom made more electronic payments than cheque payments. The UK Payments Council announced in 2011 that cheques would continue as long as customers needed them reversing a previous target to phase out cheques by 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>France, remains well ahead of its European counterparts in the use of cheque payments, as seen in 2020 where it is estimated that more than 1 billion cheque payments were made, compared to Italy, the country with the next highest number of payments, with under 100 million.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Decline_in_North_America">Decline in North America</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Decline in North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United States relied heavily on cheques, due to the convenience it affords payers, and due to the absence of a high volume system for low value electronic payments.<sup id="cite_ref-OECD1_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OECD1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the US, an estimated 18.3 billion cheques were paid in 2012, with a value of $25.9 trillion.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However even in the United States cheque usage has seen significant decline. </p><p>Canada's usage of cheques is less than that of the US and is declining rapidly at the urging of the Canadian Banking Association.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Government of Canada claims it is 6.5 times more expensive to mail a cheque than to make a direct deposit. The Canadian Payments Association reported that in 2012, cheque use in Canada accounted for only 40% of total financial transactions.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Decline_in_Oceania">Decline in Oceania</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Decline in Oceania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both Australia and New Zealand were heavy users of cheques during the later part of the 20th century. However, following global trends both countries have seen significant decline in the use of cheques. </p><p>In Australia, following global trends, the use of cheques continues to decline. In 1994 the value of daily cheque transactions was A$25 billion; by 2004 this had dropped to only A$5 billion, almost all of this for <a href="/wiki/Business-to-business" title="Business-to-business">B2B transactions</a>. Personal cheque use is practically non-existent thanks to the longstanding use of the <a href="/wiki/EFTPOS" title="EFTPOS">EFTPOS</a> system, <a href="/wiki/BPAY" title="BPAY">BPAY</a>, electronic transfers, and debit cards. The Australian payment systems strategic plan has said it will remove cheques by 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In New Zealand, payments by cheque have declined since the mid-1990s in favour of electronic payment methods and were phased out completely in 2020. In 1993, cheques accounted for over half of transactions through the national banking system, with an annual average of 130 cheques per capita. By 2006 cheques lagged well behind <a href="/wiki/EFTPOS" title="EFTPOS">EFTPOS</a> (<a href="/wiki/Debit_card" title="Debit card">debit card</a>) transaction and electronic credits, making up only nine per cent of transactions, an annual average of 41 cheque transaction per capita.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most retail stores no longer accept cheques; those that do often require government-issued identification or a store-issued "cheque identification card" before they can be accepted as payment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternatives_to_cheques">Alternatives to cheques</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Alternatives to cheques"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Payment_system" title="Payment system">Payment systems</a> other than cheques include: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Cash" title="Cash">Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debit_card" title="Debit card">Debit card</a> payments</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Credit_card" title="Credit card">Credit card</a> payments</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_debit" title="Direct debit">Direct debit</a> (initiated by payee)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_credit" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct credit">Direct credit</a> (initiated by payer), <a href="/wiki/Automated_Clearing_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Automated Clearing House">ACH</a> in US, <a href="/wiki/Giro_(banking)" title="Giro (banking)">giro</a> in Europe, <a href="/wiki/Direct_entry" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct entry">Direct Entry</a> in Australia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wire_transfer" title="Wire transfer">Wire transfer</a> (local and international) via banks and credit unions or else via major private vendors such as <a href="/wiki/Western_Union" title="Western Union">Western Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/MoneyGram" title="MoneyGram">MoneyGram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_bill_payment" title="Electronic bill payment">Electronic bill payments</a> using <a href="/wiki/Internet_banking" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet banking">Internet banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-commerce_payment_system" title="E-commerce payment system">Online payment services</a>, e.g. <a href="/wiki/WeChat_Pay" title="WeChat Pay">WeChat Pay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alipay" title="Alipay">Alipay</a>, <a href="/wiki/PayPal" title="PayPal">PayPal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Venmo" title="Venmo">Venmo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unified_Payments_Interface" title="Unified Payments Interface">Unified Payments Interface</a>, <a href="/wiki/PhonePe" title="PhonePe">PhonePe</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Paytm" title="Paytm">Paytm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Money_orders" class="mw-redirect" title="Money orders">Money orders</a> or <a href="/wiki/Postal_order" title="Postal order">postal orders</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variations_on_regular_cheques">Variations on regular cheques</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Variations on regular cheques"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to regular cheques, a number of variations were developed to address specific needs or address issues when using a regular cheque. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cashier's_cheques_and_bank_drafts"><span id="Cashier.27s_cheques_and_bank_drafts"></span>Cashier's cheques and bank drafts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Cashier's cheques and bank drafts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cashier%27s_check" title="Cashier's check">Cashier's check</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cashier%27s_check" title="Cashier's check">Cashier's cheques</a> and <a href="/wiki/Banker%27s_draft" title="Banker's draft">banker's drafts</a>, also known as <b>bank cheques</b>, <b>banker's cheques</b> or <b>treasurer's cheques</b>, are cheques issued against the funds of a financial institution rather than an individual account holder. Typically, the term <i>cashier's check</i> is used in the US and <i>banker's draft</i> is used in the UK and most of the Commonwealth. The mechanism differs slightly from country to country but in general the bank issuing the cheque or draft will allocate the funds at the point the cheque is drawn. This provides a guarantee, save for a failure of the bank, that it will be honoured. Cashier's cheques are perceived to be as good as cash but they are still a cheque, a misconception sometimes exploited by scam artists. A lost or stolen cheque can still be stopped like any other cheque, so payment is not completely guaranteed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Certified_cheque">Certified cheque</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Certified cheque"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Certified_cheque" class="mw-redirect" title="Certified cheque">Certified cheque</a></div> <p>When a <a href="/wiki/Certified_check" title="Certified check">certified cheque</a> is drawn, the bank operating the account verifies there are currently sufficient funds in the drawer's account to honour the cheque. Those funds are then set aside in the bank's internal account until the cheque is cashed or returned by the payee. Thus, a certified cheque cannot "bounce", and its liquidity is similar to cash, absent failure of the bank. The bank indicates this fact by making a notation on the face of the cheque (technically called an <i>acceptance</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Payroll_cheque">Payroll cheque</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Payroll cheque"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Paycheck" title="Paycheck">Paycheck</a></div> <p>A cheque used to pay wages may be referred to as a <a href="/wiki/Paycheck" title="Paycheck">payroll cheque</a>. Even when the use of cheques for <a href="/wiki/Payroll" title="Payroll">paying wages</a> and salaries became rare, the vocabulary "pay cheque" still remained commonly used to describe the payment of wages and salaries. Payroll cheques issued by the military to soldiers, or by some other government entities to their employees, beneficiants, and creditors, are referred to as <a href="/wiki/Warrant_of_payment" title="Warrant of payment"><i>warrants</i></a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Warrants">Warrants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Warrants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Warrant_of_payment" title="Warrant of payment">Warrant of payment</a></div> <p><b>Warrants</b> look like cheques and clear through the banking system like cheques, but are not drawn against cleared funds in a <a href="/wiki/Deposit_account" title="Deposit account">deposit account</a>. A cheque differs from a warrant in that the warrant is not necessarily payable on demand and may not be negotiable.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are often issued by government entities such as the military to pay wages or suppliers. In this case they are an instruction to the entity's treasurer department to pay the warrant holder on demand or after a specified maturity date. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Traveller's_cheque"><span id="Traveller.27s_cheque"></span>Traveller's cheque</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Traveller's cheque"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Traveller%27s_cheque" title="Traveller's cheque">Traveller's cheque</a></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Traveller%27s_cheque" title="Traveller's cheque">traveller's cheque</a> is designed to allow the person signing it to make an unconditional payment to someone else as a result of paying the issuer for that privilege. Traveller's cheques can usually be replaced if lost or stolen, and people frequently used them on holiday instead of cash as many businesses used to accept traveller's cheques as currency. The use of <a href="/wiki/Credit_card" title="Credit card">credit</a> or <a href="/wiki/Debit_card" title="Debit card">debit cards</a> has begun to replace the traveller's cheque as the standard for vacation money due to their convenience and additional security for the retailer. As a result, many businesses no longer accept traveller's cheques. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Money_or_postal_order">Money or postal order</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Money or postal order"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Money_order" title="Money order">Money order</a> and <a href="/wiki/Postal_order" title="Postal order">Postal order</a></div> <p>A cheque sold by a post office, bank, or merchant such as a grocery store for payment in favour of a third party is referred to as a <a href="/wiki/Money_order" title="Money order">money order</a> or <a href="/wiki/Postal_order" title="Postal order">postal order</a>. These are paid for in advance when the order is drawn and are guaranteed by the institution that issues them and can only be paid to the named third party. This was a common way to send low value payments to third parties, avoiding the risks associated with sending cash by post, prior to the advent of electronic payment methods. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oversized_cheques">Oversized cheques</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Oversized cheques"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ansari_X-Prize_Check.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Ansari_X-Prize_Check.jpg/220px-Ansari_X-Prize_Check.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Ansari_X-Prize_Check.jpg/330px-Ansari_X-Prize_Check.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Ansari_X-Prize_Check.jpg/440px-Ansari_X-Prize_Check.jpg 2x" data-file-width="948" data-file-height="572" /></a><figcaption>Presentation of the <a href="/wiki/Ansari_X_Prize" title="Ansari X Prize">Ansari X Prize</a> $10 million award</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Oversized cheques</b>, also commonly referred to as <b>novelty cheques</b>, are often used in public events such as donating money to charity, announcing government grants,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or giving out prizes such as those from lotteries or <a href="/wiki/Publishers_Clearing_House" title="Publishers Clearing House">Publishers Clearing House</a> sweepstakes. The cheques are commonly 18 by 36 inches (46 cm × 91 cm) in size;<sup id="cite_ref-Big_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Big-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, according to the <i><a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness Book of World Records</a></i>, the largest ever is 12 by 25 metres (39 ft × 82 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until recently,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (August 2020)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> regardless of the size, such cheques could still be redeemed for their cash value as long as they would have the same parts as a normal cheque, although usually the oversized cheque is kept as a souvenir and a normal cheque is provided.<sup id="cite_ref-Lewis_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Any bank could levy additional charges for clearing an oversized cheque. Most banks need to have the machine-readable information on the bottom of cheques read electronically, so only very limited dimensions can be allowed due to standardised equipment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Payment_vouchers">Payment vouchers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Payment vouchers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the US some <a href="/wiki/Welfare_(financial_aid)" class="mw-redirect" title="Welfare (financial aid)">public assistance</a> programmes such as the <a href="/wiki/Special_Supplemental_Nutrition_Program_for_Women,_Infants_and_Children" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children">Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Aid_to_Families_with_Dependent_Children" title="Aid to Families with Dependent Children">Aid to Families with Dependent Children</a> make <i>vouchers</i> available to their beneficiaries, which are good up to a certain monetary amount for purchase of grocery items deemed eligible under the particular programme. The voucher can be deposited like any other cheque by a participating supermarket or other approved business. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cheques_around_the_world">Cheques around the world</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Cheques around the world"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Australian Cheques Act 1986 is the body of law governing the issuance of cheques and payment orders in Australia. Procedural and practical issues governing the clearance of cheques and payment orders are handled by <a href="/wiki/Australian_Payments_Clearing_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Payments Clearing Association">Australian Payments Clearing Association</a> (APCA). </p><p>In 1999, banks adopted a system to allow faster clearance of cheques by electronically transmitting information about cheques; this brought clearance times down from five to three days. Previously, cheques were required to be physically transported to the paying bank before processing began, and dishonoured cheques were physically returned. </p><p>In June 2023 the Australian government announced it was moving to phase out the use of cheques by 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_end_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_end-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Canada, cheques standards and processing are overseen by <a href="/wiki/Payments_Canada" title="Payments Canada">Payments Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canadian cheques can legally be written in English, French or <a href="/wiki/Inuktitut" title="Inuktitut">Inuktitut</a>. For a period Canada also had a tele-cheque, which was a paper payment item that resembles a cheque except that it is neither created nor signed by the payer—instead it is created (and may be signed) by a third party on behalf of the payer. Under CPA Rules these were prohibited in the clearing system effective 1 January 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Canada's usage of cheques is less than that of the US and has been declining rapidly at the urging of the Canadian Banking Association since 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Government of Canada claims it is 6.5 times more expensive to mail a cheque than to make a direct deposit. The Canadian Payments Association reported that in 2012, cheque use in Canada accounted for only 40% of total financial transactions.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Interac" title="Interac">Interac</a> system, which allows instant fund transfers via <a href="/wiki/Smart_card" title="Smart card">chip</a> or <a href="/wiki/Magnetic_strip" class="mw-redirect" title="Magnetic strip">magnetic strip</a> and <a href="/wiki/Personal_identification_number" title="Personal identification number">PIN</a>, is widely used by merchants to the point that few brick and mortar merchants accept cheques. </p><p>The Canadian government began phasing out all government cheques from April 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="India">India</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sample_cheque.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Sample_cheque.jpeg/300px-Sample_cheque.jpeg" decoding="async" width="300" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Sample_cheque.jpeg/450px-Sample_cheque.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Sample_cheque.jpeg/600px-Sample_cheque.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3022" data-file-height="1359" /></a><figcaption>A sample cheque issued by <a href="/wiki/UCO_Bank" title="UCO Bank">UCO Bank</a> in India</figcaption></figure> <p>Cheques were first used in India by the Bank of Hindustan, the first joint stock bank established in 1770. In 1881, the Negotiable Instruments Act (NI Act)<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was enacted in India, formalising the usage and characteristics of instruments like the cheque, the bill of exchange, and promissory note. The NI Act provided a legal framework for non-cash paper payment instruments in India.<sup id="cite_ref-rbi.org.in_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbi.org.in-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1938, the Calcutta Clearing Banks' Association, which was the largest bankers' association at that time, adopted clearing house.<sup id="cite_ref-rbi.org.in_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbi.org.in-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India" title="Reserve Bank of India">Reserve Bank of India</a> (RBI) along with the <a href="/wiki/National_Payments_Corporation_of_India" title="National Payments Corporation of India">National Payments Corporation of India</a> (NPCI) piloted the <a href="/wiki/Cheque_truncation_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheque truncation system">cheque truncation system</a> (CTS). Under CTS, cheques are no longer physically transported to different clearing houses. They are processed at the bank where they are presented, where an image of the cheque using <a href="/wiki/Magnetic_ink_character_recognition" title="Magnetic ink character recognition">Magnetic ink character recognition</a> (MICR) is captured and digitally transmitted.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009 cheques were still widely used as a means of payment in trade, and also by individuals to pay other individuals or utility bills. One of the reasons was that banks usually provided cheques for free to their individual account holders. However, cheques are now rarely accepted at <a href="/wiki/Point_of_sale" title="Point of sale">point of sale</a> in retail stores where cash and <a href="/wiki/Bank_card" title="Bank card">cards</a> are payment methods of choice. Electronic payment transfer continued to gain popularity in India and like other countries this caused a subsequent reduction in volumes of cheques issued each year. In 2009 the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India" title="Reserve Bank of India">Reserve Bank of India</a> reported there was a five percent decline in cheque usage compared to the previous year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2019, the Reserve Bank of India reported that while cheque usage continued to decline, the decrease was slow. The bank attributed the slow pace of the decline due to the fact that cheque volume had briefly increased after <a href="/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation" title="2016 Indian banknote demonetisation">demonetisation</a> in 2016 before continuing to fall, as well as the efficiency of India's cheque clearing system.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Israel">Israel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Israel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cheques were widely used in the retail market, between persons, and for other payments. The law rules that payments in cash cannot exceed 6,000 <a href="/wiki/Israeli_new_shekel" title="Israeli new shekel">NIS</a>, so cheque payment is a legal term when that maximum is reached. It was possible to pay at the cash desk at the supermarket or shop by cheque or issue a check for annual school payments for a child. Utility bills and property tax can be paid by cheque at the post office. Moreover, usually tenant issues twelve <a href="/wiki/Post-dated_cheque" title="Post-dated cheque">post-dated cheques</a> to the landlord after signing the rental agreement: one cheque per month of the rental term; additional cheques signed by a tenant with an open date and amount for utility providers to ensure that the tenant will leave no debts. </p><p>Ten bounced cheques during a year would result in the restriction of cheques for the account, and the bank will bounce new cheques for a year. If the account owner continues to draw cheques during the restriction period, that person's accounts in Israeli banks will be denied from issuing cheques. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japan">Japan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Japan, cheques are called <b>kogitte</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%88%87%E6%89%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:小切手">小切手</a></span></span>)</span>, and are governed by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kogitte_law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kogitte law (page does not exist)">kogitte law</a><sup class="noprint" style="font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%88%87%E6%89%8B%E6%B3%95" class="extiw" title="ja:小切手法">ja</a>]</sup>. </p><p>Bounced cheques are called Fuwatari Kogitte<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E4%B8%8D%E6%B8%A1%E3%82%8A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="不渡り (page does not exist)">不渡り</a><sup class="noprint" style="font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8D%E6%B8%A1%E3%82%8A" class="extiw" title="ja:不渡り">ja</a>]</sup>小切手</span></span>)</span>. If an account owner bounces two cheques in six months, the bank will suspend the account for two years. If the account belongs to a public company, their stock will also be suspended from trading on the stock exchange, which can lead to bankruptcy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Instrument-specific legislation includes the Cheques Act 1960, part of the Bills of Exchange Act 1908, which codifies aspects related to the cheque payment instrument, notably the procedures for the endorsement, presentment and payment of cheques. A 1995 amendment provided for the electronic presentment of cheques and removed the previous requirement to deliver cheques physically to the paying bank, opening the way for <a href="/wiki/Cheque_truncation" title="Cheque truncation">cheque truncation</a> and imaging. </p><p>In New Zealand, cheques once banked were processed electronically together with other retail payment instruments. <i><a href="/wiki/Homeguard_v_Kiwi_Packaging" class="mw-redirect" title="Homeguard v Kiwi Packaging">Homeguard v Kiwi Packaging</a></i> is often cited case law regarding the banking of cheques tendered as full settlement of disputed accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In New Zealand, payments by cheque have declined since the mid-1990s in favour of electronic payment methods. In 1993, cheques accounted for over half of transactions through the national banking system, with an annual average of 130 cheques per capita. By 2006 cheques lagged well behind <a href="/wiki/EFTPOS" title="EFTPOS">EFTPOS</a> (<a href="/wiki/Debit_card" title="Debit card">debit card</a>) transaction and electronic credits, making up only nine per cent of transactions, an annual average of 41 cheque transaction per capita.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020 New Zealand Banks began phasing out of cheques, and they are no longer accepted as payment. All have moved to other types of payment systems.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><a href="/wiki/Kiwibank" title="Kiwibank">Kiwibank</a> stopped accepting cheques as payment on 28 February 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by <a href="/wiki/ANZ_Bank_New_Zealand" title="ANZ Bank New Zealand">ANZ</a> on 31 May 2021. <a href="/wiki/Westpac" title="Westpac">Westpac</a> and <a href="/wiki/BNZ" class="mw-redirect" title="BNZ">BNZ</a> stopped accepting cheques on 25 June and 30 June 2021 respectively; <a href="/wiki/ASB_Bank" title="ASB Bank">ASB</a> was the last major bank to phase out cheques on 27 August 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-StuffNZ_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StuffNZ-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poland">Poland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Poland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Poland withdrew cheques from use in 2006, mainly because of lack of popularity due to the widespread adoption of <a href="/wiki/Credit_card" title="Credit card">credit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Debit_card" title="Debit card">debit cards</a>. Electronic payments across the European Union became fast and inexpensive—usually free for consumers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turkey">Turkey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Turkey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Turkey, cheques were usually used for commercial transactions only, and using post-dated cheques is legally permissible.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United Kingdom, all cheques must conform to an industry standard detailing layout and font ("<a href="/wiki/Cheque_and_Credit_Clearing_Company" title="Cheque and Credit Clearing Company">Cheque and Credit Clearing Company</a> (C&CCC) Standard 3"), be printed on a specific weight of paper (CBS1), and contain explicitly defined security features. </p><p>Since 1995, all cheque printers must be members of the Cheque Printer Accreditation Scheme (CPAS). The scheme is managed by the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company and requires that all cheques for use in the British clearing process are produced by accredited printers who have adopted stringent security standards. </p><p>The rules concerning crossed cheques are set out in Section 1 of the Cheques Act 1992 and prevent cheques being cashed by or paid into the accounts of third parties. On a crossed cheque the words "account payee only" (or similar) are printed between two parallel vertical lines in the centre of the cheque. This makes the cheque non-transferable and is to avoid cheques being endorsed and paid into an account other than that of the named payee. Crossing cheques basically ensures that the money is paid into an account of the intended beneficiary of the cheque. </p><p>Following concerns about the amount of time it took banks to clear cheques, the United Kingdom <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Fair_Trading" title="Office of Fair Trading">Office of Fair Trading</a> set up a working group in 2006 to look at the cheque clearing cycle. They produced a report<sup id="cite_ref-OFT_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OFT-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> recommending maximum times for the cheque clearing which were introduced in UK from November 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-Brignall_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brignall-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the report the date the credit appeared on the recipient's account (usually the day of deposit) was designated "T". At "T + 2" (two business days afterwards) the value would count for calculation of credit interest or overdraft interest on the recipient's account. At "T + 4" clients would be able to withdraw funds on current accounts or at "T + 6" on savings accounts (though this will often happen earlier, at the bank's discretion). "T + 6" is the last day that a cheque can bounce without the recipient's permission—this is known as "certainty of fate". Before the introduction of this standard (also known as 2-4-6 for current accounts and 2-6-6 for savings accounts), the only way to know the "fate" of a cheque has been "Special Presentation", which would normally involve a fee, where the drawee bank contacts the payee bank to see if the payee has that money at that time. "Special Presentation" had been stated at the time of deposit. </p><p>Cheque volumes peaked in 1990 when four billion cheque payments were made. Of these, 2.5 billion were cleared through the inter-bank clearing managed by the C&CCC, the remaining 1.5 billion being in-house cheques which were either paid into the branch on which they were drawn or processed intra-bank without going through the clearings. As volumes started to fall, the challenges faced by the clearing banks were then of a different nature: how to benefit from technology improvements in a declining business environment. </p><p>Although the UK did not adopt the euro as its national currency when other European countries did in 1999, many banks began offering euro denominated accounts with chequebooks, principally to business customers. The cheques can be used to pay for certain goods and services in the UK. The same year, the C&CCC set up the euro cheque clearing system to process euro denominated cheques separately from sterling cheques in Great Britain. </p><p>The UK <a href="/wiki/Payments_Council" title="Payments Council">Payments Council</a> from 30 June 2011 withdrew the existing <i>Cheque Guarantee Card Scheme</i> in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This service allowed cheques to be guaranteed at <a href="/wiki/Point_of_sales" class="mw-redirect" title="Point of sales">point of sales</a> up to a certain value, normally £50 or £100, when signed in front of the retailer with the additional cheque guarantee card. This was after a long period of decline in their use in favour of <a href="/wiki/Debit_cards" class="mw-redirect" title="Debit cards">debit cards</a>. </p><p>In December 2009 the <a href="/wiki/Payments_Council" title="Payments Council">Payments Council</a> announced its intention to phase out the use of cheques completely in the UK by October 2018, so long as adequate alternatives were developed.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They intended to perform annual checks on the progress of other payments systems and a final review of the decision would have been held in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the decision was reversed in 2011 after vocal public, political, and industrial opposition, and cheques have remained in use.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2001, businesses in the United Kingdom have made more electronic payments than cheque payments. Automated payments rose from 753 million in 1995 to 1.1 billion in 2001 and cheques declined in that same period of time from 1.14 to 1.1 billion payments.<sup id="cite_ref-wanes_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wanes-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most British utility companies charge lower prices to customers who pay by <a href="/wiki/Direct_debit" title="Direct debit">direct debit</a> than for other payment methods. </p><p>The vast majority of British retailers no longer accept cheques as a means of payment. <a href="/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Dutch Shell">Shell</a> announced in September 2005 that it would no longer accept cheques at their UK petrol stations, a change replicated by other major fuel retailers.<sup id="cite_ref-Shell_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shell-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within a year, <a href="/wiki/Asda" title="Asda">Asda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boots_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Boots Group">Boots</a>, <a href="/wiki/Currys" title="Currys">Currys</a> and <a href="/wiki/WH_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="WH Smith">WH Smith</a> had all phased out the acceptance of cheques.<sup id="cite_ref-Chop_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chop-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-High_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-High-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, 432 million inter-bank cheques and credit-items worth £472 billion were processed in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, 405 million cheques worth £356 billion were used for payments and acquiring cash, an average of 1.2 million cheques per day, with more than 10 million being cleared in Northern Ireland alone. The Cheque and Credit Clearing Company noted that cheques continue to be highly valued for paying tradesmen and utility bills, and play a vital role in business, clubs and societies sectors, with nine in 10 business saying that they received or made payment by cheque on a monthly basis.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, 150 million cheques were used to make payments in the UK, compared to 1.6 billion payments in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-UKFinance2022_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKFinance2022-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/UK_Finance" title="UK Finance">UK Finance</a> estimates that only 0.2% of payments (70 million transactions) will be made by cheque in 2031.<sup id="cite_ref-UKFinance2022_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKFinance2022-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2014, following a successful trial in the UK by <a href="/wiki/Barclays" title="Barclays">Barclays</a>, the UK government gave the go-ahead for a <a href="/wiki/Cheque_truncation" title="Cheque truncation">cheque truncation</a> system, allowing people to pay in a cheque by taking a photo of it, rather than physically depositing the paper cheque at a bank.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 2017 and 2019, the Barclays scheme was rolled out nationwide as the <a href="/wiki/Cheque_and_Credit_Clearing_Company" title="Cheque and Credit Clearing Company">Image Clearing System</a> which has sped up the processing of cheques, reducing clearing times, and allowing customers to deposit them at ATMs and through mobile and online banking applications.<sup id="cite_ref-UKFinance01_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKFinance01-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mobile banking has modernised the use of cheques; in the first 6 months of 2021, 3.8 million cheques were deposited by <a href="/wiki/Lloyds_Bank" title="Lloyds Bank">Lloyds Bank</a> customers.<sup id="cite_ref-FTCook_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FTCook-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, in 2020-21, the use of cheques declined by 19% year on year.<sup id="cite_ref-UKFinance2022_79-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKFinance2022-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cheques are still held to be a secure and reliable means of payment: cheque fraud in the UK in 2020 totalled just £12.3 million across 185 million transactions. In the same period, online authorised payment scams totalled £479 million across 4.1 billion online payments. As such, cheques have seen a resurgence in popularity in commercial transactions from businesses to avoid the possibility of phishing fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-FTCook_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FTCook-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>. The reason given is: sources on usage are over 10 years old.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the United States, cheques are referred to as <i>checks</i> and are governed by Article 3 of the <a href="/wiki/Uniform_Commercial_Code" title="Uniform Commercial Code">Uniform Commercial Code</a>, under the rubric of <a href="/wiki/Negotiable_instrument" title="Negotiable instrument">negotiable instruments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>An <i>order check</i>—the most common form in the US—is payable only to the named payee or <i>endorsee</i>, as it usually contains the language "Pay to the order of (name)".</li> <li>A <i>bearer check</i> is payable to anyone who is in <a href="/wiki/Possession_(law)" title="Possession (law)">possession</a> of the document: this would be the case if the cheque does not name a payee, or is payable to "bearer" or to "cash" or "to the order of cash", or if the cheque is payable to someone who is not a person or legal entity, for example if the payee line is marked "Happy Birthday".</li> <li>A <i>counter check</i> is one that a bank issues to an account holder in person. This is typically done for customers who have opened a new account or have run out of personalized cheques. It may lack the usual security features.</li></ul> <p>In the US, the terminology for a cheque historically varied with the type of financial institution on which it is drawn. In the case of a <a href="/wiki/Savings_and_loan_association" title="Savings and loan association">savings and loan association</a> it was a <i>negotiable order of withdrawal</i> (compare <a href="/wiki/Negotiable_Order_of_Withdrawal_account" class="mw-redirect" title="Negotiable Order of Withdrawal account">Negotiable Order of Withdrawal account</a>); if a <a href="/wiki/Credit_union" title="Credit union">credit union</a> it was a <i>share draft.</i> "Checks" were associated with chartered commercial banks. However, common usage has increasingly conformed to more recent versions of Article 3, where <i>check</i> means any or all of these negotiable instruments. Certain types of cheques drawn on government agencies, especially payroll cheques, may be called <i>warrants</i>. </p><p>At the bottom of each cheque there is the routing/account number in <a href="/wiki/MICR" class="mw-redirect" title="MICR">MICR</a> format. The <a href="/wiki/ABA_routing_transit_number" title="ABA routing transit number">ABA routing transit number</a> is a nine-digit number in which the first four digits identifies the <a href="/wiki/US_Federal_Reserve_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="US Federal Reserve Bank">US Federal Reserve Bank</a>'s cheque-processing centre. This is followed by digits 5 through 8, identifying the specific bank served by that cheque-processing centre. Digit 9 is a verification <a href="/wiki/Check_digit" title="Check digit">check digit</a>, computed using a complex algorithm of the previous eight digits.<sup id="cite_ref-supersat_tech:_Inside_Check_Numbers_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-supersat_tech:_Inside_Check_Numbers-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Typically the routing number is followed by a group of eight or nine MICR digits that indicates the particular account number at that bank. The account number is assigned independently by the various banks.</li> <li>Typically the account number is followed by a group of three or four MICR digits that indicates a particular cheque number from that account.</li> <li>Directional routing number—also known as the transit number, consists of a denominator mirroring the first four digits of the routing number, and a hyphenated numerator, also known as the ABA number, in which the first part is a city code (1–49), if the account is in one of 49 specific cities, or a state code (50–99) if it is not in one of those specific cities; the second part of the hyphenated numerator mirrors the 5th through 8th digits of the routing number with leading zeros removed.<sup id="cite_ref-supersat_tech:_Inside_Check_Numbers_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-supersat_tech:_Inside_Check_Numbers-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>A <i>draft</i> in the US <a href="/wiki/Uniform_Commercial_Code" title="Uniform Commercial Code">Uniform Commercial Code</a> is any bill of exchange, whether payable on demand or at a later date. If payable on demand it is a "<a href="/wiki/Demand_draft" title="Demand draft">demand draft</a>", or if drawn on a financial institution, a cheque. </p><p>The electronic cheque or <a href="/wiki/Substitute_check_in_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Substitute check in United States">substitute cheque</a> was formally adopted in the US in 2004 with the passing of the "Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act" (or <a href="/wiki/Check_21_Act" title="Check 21 Act">Check 21 Act</a>). This allowed the creation of electronic cheques and translation (<a href="/wiki/Cheque_truncation" title="Cheque truncation">truncation</a>) of paper cheques into electronic replacements, reducing cost and processing time. </p><p>The specification for US cheques is given by ANSI committee X9 Technical Report 2.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002 the US still relied heavily on cheques due to the convenience afforded to payers, and due to the absence of a high volume system for low-value electronic payments.<sup id="cite_ref-OECD1_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OECD1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In practice, transfers of less than about five dollars are extremely expensive, and transactions of less than 50c impossible (transaction fees swallow the payment or exceed it). The only methods generally available for individuals and small businesses to make payments electronically are electronic funds transfers (EFT) or accepting credit cards. EFT payments require a commercial chequing account (which often has higher fees and minimum balances than individual accounts) and a subscription to EFT service costing anywhere from $10 to $25 a month, plus 10¢ per transaction (making transactions of 10¢ or less impossible, and transactions under $1 very expensive.) Credit card payments cost the recipient (or the payer) 33¢ plus 3% of the transaction, making transactions of 33¢ or less impossible, and transactions of $1 or less have at least a 30% service charge. Generally, payments by cheque (as long as the payer has funds in their account) and the recipient deposits it to their bank account, regardless of amount, have a service charge to both parties of zero. </p><p>Since 2002, the decline in cheque usage seen around the world has also started in the US. The cheque, although not as common as it used to be, is still a long way from disappearing completely in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the US, an estimated 18.3 billion cheques were paid in 2012, with a value of $25.9 trillion.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About 70 billion cheques were written annually in the US by 2001,<sup id="cite_ref-OECD1_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OECD1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though around 17 million adult Americans <a href="/wiki/Unbanked" title="Unbanked">have no bank accounts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Certain companies whom a person pays with a cheque will turn it into an <a href="/wiki/Automated_Clearing_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Automated Clearing House">Automated Clearing House</a> (ACH) or electronic transaction. Banks try to save time processing cheques by sending them electronically between banks. Cheque clearing is usually done through an electronic cheque broker, such as <a href="/wiki/The_Clearing_House_Payments_Company,_LLC" class="mw-redirect" title="The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC">The Clearing House</a>, Viewpointe LLC or the Federal Reserve Banks. Copies of the cheques are stored at a bank or the broker, for periods up to 99 years, and this is why some cheque archives have grown to 20 <a href="/wiki/Petabyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Petabyte">petabytes</a>. The access to these archives is now worldwide, as most bank programming is now done offshore.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Many utilities and most credit cards will also allow customers to pay by providing bank information and having the payee draw payment from the customer's account (<a href="/wiki/Direct_debit" title="Direct debit">direct debit</a>). Many people in the US pay their bills or transfer money via paper <a href="/wiki/Money_order" title="Money order">money orders</a>, as these have security advantages over mailing cash and require no bank-account access.<sup id="cite_ref-OECD1_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OECD1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cheque_fraud">Cheque fraud</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Cheque fraud"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cheque_fraud" title="Cheque fraud">Cheque fraud</a></div> <p>Cheques have been a tempting target for criminals to steal money or goods from the drawer, payee or the banks. A number of measures have been introduced to combat fraud over the years. These range from things like writing a cheque so it is difficult to alter after it is drawn, to mechanisms like crossing a cheque so that it can only be paid into another bank's account providing some traceability. However, the inherent security weaknesses of cheques as a payment method, such as having only the signature as the main <a href="/wiki/Authentication" title="Authentication">authentication</a> method and not knowing if funds will be received until the clearing cycle is complete, have made them vulnerable to a number of different types of fraud. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Embezzlement">Embezzlement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Embezzlement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taking advantage of the float period (<a href="/wiki/Cheque_kiting" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheque kiting">cheque kiting</a>) to delay the notice of non-existent funds. This often involves trying to convince a merchant or other recipient, hoping the recipient will not suspect that the cheque will not clear, giving time for the fraudster to disappear. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Forgery">Forgery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Forgery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sometimes, forgery is the method of choice in defrauding a bank. One form of forgery involves the use of a victim's legitimate cheques, that have either been stolen and then cashed, or altering a cheque that has been legitimately written to the perpetrator, by adding words or digits to inflate the amount. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Identity_theft">Identity theft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Identity theft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since cheques include significant personal information (name, account number, signature and in some countries driver's license number, the address or phone number of the account holder), they can be used for <a href="/wiki/Identity_theft" title="Identity theft">identity theft</a>. The practice was discontinued as identity theft became widespread. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dishonoured_cheques">Dishonoured cheques</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Dishonoured cheques"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dishonoured_cheque" title="Dishonoured cheque">Dishonoured cheque</a></div> <p>A dishonoured cheque is literally one where the payment has not been honoured. i.e. The payment has been refused by the payer's bank, for many of various reasons. Colloquially, it is referred to as <i>bounced</i>. Such a cheque cannot be redeemed for its value and is worthless; they are also known as an <i>RDI</i> (returned deposit item), or <i>NSF</i> (<a href="/wiki/Non-sufficient_funds" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-sufficient funds">non-sufficient funds</a>) cheque. Cheques are usually dishonoured because the drawer's account has been frozen or limited, or because there are insufficient funds in the drawer's account when the cheque was redeemed. A cheque drawn on an account with insufficient funds is said to have <i>bounced</i> and may be called a <i>rubber cheque</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Garner_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garner-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Banks will typically charge customers for issuing a dishonoured cheque, and in some jurisdictions such an act is a criminal action. A drawer may also issue a <i>stop</i> on a cheque, instructing the financial institution not to honour a particular cheque. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a>, they are typically returned marked "Refer to Drawer"—an instruction to contact the person issuing the cheque for an explanation as to why the cheque was not honoured. This wording was brought in after a bank was successfully sued for <a href="/wiki/Libel" class="mw-redirect" title="Libel">libel</a> after returning a cheque with the phrase "Insufficient Funds" after making an error—the court ruled that as there were sufficient funds the statement was demonstrably false and damaging to the reputation of the person issuing the cheque. Despite the use of this revised phrase, successful libel lawsuits brought against banks by individuals remained for similar errors.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Scotland, a cheque acts as an assignment of the amount of money to the payee. As such, if a cheque is dishonoured in Scotland, what funds are present in the bank account are "attached" and frozen, until either sufficient funds are credited to the account to pay the cheque, the drawer recovers the cheque and hands it into the bank, or the drawer obtains a letter from the payee stating that they have no further interest in the cheque. </p><p>A cheque may also be dishonoured because it is stale or not cashed within a "void after date". Many cheques have an explicit notice printed on the cheque that it is void after some period of days. In the US, banks are not required by the <a href="/wiki/Uniform_Commercial_Code" title="Uniform Commercial Code">Uniform Commercial Code</a> to honour a <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="stale-dated_cheque"></span><span class="vanchor-text">stale-dated cheque</span></span></b>, which is a cheque presented six months after it is dated.<sup id="cite_ref-ucc4.404_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ucc4.404-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consumer_reporting">Consumer reporting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Consumer reporting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United States some consumer reporting agencies such as <a href="/wiki/ChexSystems" title="ChexSystems">ChexSystems</a>, Early Warning Services, and <a href="/wiki/First_Data" title="First Data">TeleCheck</a> have been providing <a href="/wiki/Check_verification_service" title="Check verification service">cheque verification services</a> that track how people manage their chequing accounts. Banks use the agencies to screen chequing account applicants, and those with low debit scores are denied because banks cannot afford overdrawn accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the United Kingdom, in common with other items such as <a href="/wiki/Direct_Debit" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct Debit">Direct Debits</a> or <a href="/wiki/Standing_order_(banking)" title="Standing order (banking)">standing orders</a>, dishonoured cheques can be reported on a customer's credit file, although not individually and this does not happen universally amongst banks. Dishonoured payments from current accounts can be marked in the same manner as missed payments on the customer's credit report. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lock_box">Lock box</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Lock box"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Post_office_box" title="Post office box">Post office box</a></div> <p>Typically when customers pay bills with cheques (like gas or water bills), the mail will go to a "<a href="/wiki/Post_office_box" title="Post office box">lock box</a>" at the post office. There a bank will pick up all the mail, sort it, open it, take the cheques and <a href="/wiki/Remittance_advice" title="Remittance advice">remittance advice</a> out, process it all through electronic machinery, and post the funds to the proper accounts. In modern systems, taking advantage of the <a href="/wiki/Check_21_Act" title="Check 21 Act">Check 21 Act</a>, as in the United States many cheques are transformed into electronic objects and the paper is destroyed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Bills_and_coins.svg/32px-Bills_and_coins.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Bills_and_coins.svg/48px-Bills_and_coins.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Bills_and_coins.svg/64px-Bills_and_coins.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="465" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Money" title="Portal:Money">Money portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/United_States_penny%2C_obverse%2C_2002.png/28px-United_States_penny%2C_obverse%2C_2002.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/United_States_penny%2C_obverse%2C_2002.png/42px-United_States_penny%2C_obverse%2C_2002.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/United_States_penny%2C_obverse%2C_2002.png/56px-United_States_penny%2C_obverse%2C_2002.png 2x" data-file-width="903" data-file-height="901" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Numismatics" title="Portal:Numismatics">Numismatics portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allonge" title="Allonge">Allonge</a> – slip of paper attached to a cheque used to endorse it when there is not enough space.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blank_cheque" title="Blank cheque">Blank cheque</a> – cheque where amount has been left blank.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Certified_check" title="Certified check">Certified cheque</a> – guaranteed by a bank.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-check" class="mw-redirect" title="E-check">E-cheque</a> – electronic fund transfer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundi" title="Hundi">Hundi</a> – historic Indian cheque-like instrument.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_cheque" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour cheque">Labour cheque</a> – political concept to distribute goods in exchange for work.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negotiable_cow" class="mw-redirect" title="Negotiable cow">Negotiable cow</a> – urban legend where a cow was used as a cheque.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Substitute_check" title="Substitute check">Substitute cheque</a> – the act of scanning paper cheques and turning them into electronic payments.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transit_check" title="Transit check">Transit check</a> – a cheque which is drawn on another bank than that at which it is presented for payment.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traveler%27s_cheque" class="mw-redirect" title="Traveler's cheque">Traveler's cheque</a> – a pre-paid cheque that could be used to make payments in stores.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railway_pay_cheque" title="Railway pay cheque">Railway pay cheque</a> – identification used to collect railway workers' pay packets.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_of_payment" title="Warrant of payment">Warrant of payment</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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I have adopted the above form because it is free from ambiguity and is analogous to the <a href="/wiki/Exchequer" title="Exchequer">ex-<i>chequer</i></a>, the royal treasury. It is also used by the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a> "Cheque Office"'.<sup id="cite_ref-Gilbart_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gilbart-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cheque&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100613101220/http://www.ukpayments.org.uk/resources_publications/key_facts_and_figures/cheques_and_bankers%27_drafts_facts_and_figures/">"Cheques and Bankers' Drafts Facts and Figures"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 May</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Stuff&rft.atitle=BNZ%2C+ANZ%2C+Westpac+to+phase+out+cheque+use&rft.date=2020-05-13&rft.aulast=Edmunds&rft.aufirst=Susan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fbusiness%2F300011579%2Fbnz-anz-westpac-to-phase-out-cheque-use&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACheque" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ABC_end-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ABC_end_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ABC_end_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ABC_end_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-07/australian-government-to-phase-out-cheques-by-2030/102449560">"Cheques will be phased out by 2030 as the use of mobile wallets sky-rockets"</a>. <i>ABC News</i>. 7 June 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ABC+News&rft.atitle=Cheques+will+be+phased+out+by+2030+as+the+use+of+mobile+wallets+sky-rockets&rft.date=2023-06-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2023-06-07%2Faustralian-government-to-phase-out-cheques-by-2030%2F102449560&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACheque" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConrad2016" class="citation web cs1">Conrad, Jordan (22 July 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://writingexplained.org/cheque-vs-check-difference">"Cheque vs. Check: What's the Difference?"</a>. <i>Writing Explained</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160725205407/https://writingexplained.org/cheque-vs-check-difference">Archived</a> from the original on 25 July 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 May</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Writing+Explained&rft.atitle=Cheque+vs.+Check%3A+What%27s+the+Difference%3F&rft.date=2016-07-22&rft.aulast=Conrad&rft.aufirst=Jordan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwritingexplained.org%2Fcheque-vs-check-difference&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACheque" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ellinger-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ellinger_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ellinger_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEllinger1981" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Ellinger, Peter (August 1981). "Chapter 4: Negotiable Instruments". In Ziegel, Jacob S. (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yItGQiYl4F0C&pg=PA26"><i>International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law</i></a>. Vol. IX: Commercial Transactions and Institutions. Springer. p. 26. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-286-0291-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-286-0291-5"><bdi>978-90-286-0291-5</bdi></a>. <q>It would appear that the modern spelling, <i>viz.</i> cheque came into use at about 1828, when the switch was made by <i>Gilbart</i>, Practical Treatise on Banking (London 1828) 14. <i>Holden</i> 209 points out that <i>Chitty</i>, On Bills of Exchange, used the old spelling, <i>viz.</i> check, until ed. 10 in 1859. 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