APACS - the UK payments association

Cheques

What alternatives are there to cheques?

Many customers choose to use Direct Debits and standing orders for paying regular bills and commitments. Credit and debit cards have, by and large, overtaken cheques for retail purchases and CHAPS provides an electronic, irrevocable, same-day value system, usually for high-value payments. Telephone and Internet banking are also increasingly used to make payments.


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