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I moved from the US to the UK last year. I have seen two paper cheques in that time. It is much more common over here to pay electronically, though both Direct
by afarrell 9y ago
I moved from the US to the UK last year. I have seen two paper cheques in that time.
It is much more common over here to pay electronically, though both Direct Debit (receiver pull) and Standing Orders (payer push) require one person giving their bank details to someone.
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoFWIW paper checks are not nearly as popular in the US as they once were. Especially hand written. They are ironically useful as a "secure" form of receiving payment because ACH is such a big gaping security hole. Receiving paper isolates you from handing out an account number.
- eli_gottlieb 9y agoI still pay my rent in hand-written paper checks. It's kind of ridiculous, actually.
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