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You'll soon be able to clear a cheque by the next working day thanks to a new image-based system being rolled out from today.
30 October 2017
An image-based cheque-clearing system will be introduced later this year that will cut the time it takes for money to reach your account from up to six working days to the next weekday.
22 March 2017
You'll soon be able to pay a cheque into your bank account simply by uploading a photo of it, under new measures confirmed by the Government.
26 June 2014
People will be able to pay in a cheque by sending a smartphone image of it to their bank under Government proposals to bolster the long-term future of the payment method.
27 December 2013
Holidaymakers using a NatWest or Royal Bank of Scotland debit card will pay lower fees overseas from June – but the cards should still be avoided.
28 March 2013
Cheque guarantee cards will not be re-introduced, the body which oversees payments said yesterday, after finding the scheme's closure has had a "minimal impact" on consumers and businesses.
21 December 2011
MPs kept up the pressure for the return of cheque guarantee cards today by suggesting that the Government could consider stepping in with legislation.
16 November 2011
An organisation which sets payment methods in the UK should consider bringing back the cheque guarantee card just months after scrapping it, MPs said today.
24 August 2011
Cheques have been saved from extinction after a dramatic U-turn by the banking industry.
12 July 2011
Consumers need to make sure they don't get caught out when cheque guarantee cards are scrapped tomorrow.
29 June 2011
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