tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:45:08 +0000http://www.checkseek.com/blog/blog.htmlCrispinBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-116899868750686923Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:47:00 +00002007-01-16T17:51:27.516-08:00What is an affinity check? It shows your affinity or allegance to a cause or other person or organization. So you might get an affinity checkbook for the world wildlife fund. This displays pictures of animals. And does the cause prosper because you have that checkbook? It certainly gets some exposure and there is normally some financial contribution for using the name.http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2007/01/affinity-checks.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-116485820646244766Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:41:00 +00002006-11-29T19:43:26.483-08:00I'm just working on some new statistics backend software for checkseek.com which should allow us to offer a better service to check buyers. It always seems to take longer than anticipated though.http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2006/11/new-backend.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-116347396631678023Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:10:00 +00002006-11-13T19:12:46.316-08:00I've moved this blog over to checkseek my other checks site. It was getting neglected over at bpc, because I'm mostly working on checkseek now. Hopefully I can update this more often now!http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2006/11/move-for-checks-mate-blog.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-113048295175866622Fri, 28 Oct 2005 07:00:00 +00002005-10-28T00:02:31.783-07:00I've just received a few checks in the mail. It is always a nice feeling to see that check and watch it become money in your bank account. Much more so than just a normal transfer. There is a bit more anticipation. A bit more waiting. And then it's there. And then a few days later you can actually use it! I'll be going through this over the next few days.http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/10/checks-in-mail.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-113030138269679956Wed, 26 Oct 2005 04:31:00 +00002005-10-25T21:36:22.696-07:00Checks of all forms are slowly declining. Which matches what I think. But are custom, designer checks? I have no figures for this, but I would say that personalized checks are on the increase since people can now order online and get a very wide range of check styles. Businesses also like to keep aware of payments and use checks. Printing laser checks on blank check stock can automate things http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/10/personal-checks-on-slow-decline.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-112978322056052468Thu, 20 Oct 2005 04:35:00 +00002005-10-19T21:40:20.573-07:00state police are asking for help to capture a person passing bad checks in wayne county. These bad checks were passed on the 12th and 13th October. So if you know any thing give them a call. I wonder how many bad checks are passed a year? And what percentage of those are actually detected? Is it a priority or not?http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/10/help-needed-to-catch-bad-checks.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-112909947551968480Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:40:00 +00002005-10-11T23:44:35.526-07:00Check 21 has affected Airnet. The company, which has specialized in carrying bank documents including checks by air, has seen a reduction in business as check 21 electronic transfer of checks has become more commonplace. The story states that the company has put itself up for sale. I guess that there could be other businesses effected in a similar way, although Airnet is directly in the path of http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/10/airnet-feels-check-21.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-112806213613072644Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:29:00 +00002005-09-29T23:35:36.136-07:00A man is accused of printing checks at home using his home computer and using these fake checks to buy lottery tickets. The increasing sophistication of home check printers and the availability of blank check stock makes it pretty easy to produce convincing looking checks at home. So that means that making it difficult to actually use the checks is key. ID checks and tracing the flow of funds http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/09/fake-checks-made-at-home.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-112624115664665130Fri, 09 Sep 2005 04:42:00 +00002005-09-08T21:45:56.650-07:00California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill which would have reduced bank check holding periods down to federal levels - you would have been able to get your money sooner! With the advent of check 21 check clearing can be speeded up significantly. And you may have seen dollars leaving your account faster. Getting paid in checks quicker would seem to be natural consequence. But http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/09/california-out-of-line-with-check-21.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-112546383170975592Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:45:00 +00002005-08-30T21:50:31.713-07:00The FTSC is still working to avoid check fraud in the new check 21 imaging environment. As a check is imaged all the paper based security features would tend to be removed, since it is not on paper anymore. So a new security situation has to be utilized and protected. Will instances of check fraud start to occur because of check 21? Or will check fraud be driven out of the payment system?http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/08/ftsc-and-check-imaging.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-112468844542321754Mon, 22 Aug 2005 05:20:00 +00002005-08-21T22:27:25.426-07:00Job hunters have been targeted - and offered work cashing fake checks according to the story. So if a company just needs "help" cashing checks. Then be very very wary. After all cashing checks is a normal business function that can be easily provided for.http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/08/job-of-cashing-fake-checks.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-112295785802959431Tue, 02 Aug 2005 04:37:00 +00002005-08-01T21:44:18.033-07:00Quicken checks can be printed in ANSI check 21 format. An option will allow this as an alternative to formats available in the past. I wonder if this requires any change in the special paper that is used for printed quicken checks. The story refers to mac quicken. I'll have to see if PC versions can do quicken business checks in this format or not. I'm thinking of moving my accounting over to http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/08/quicken-checks-in-check-21-format.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-112235213029386213Tue, 26 Jul 2005 04:27:00 +00002005-07-25T21:28:50.296-07:00In a strange turn of events people who were honest and paid their due taxes may or may not get a refund. Whereas people who did not send a check will not have to pay a tax. It seems to be the case sometimes that those who are honest get the short straw and those who wait for the longest and don't just pay up are penalized. I would consider myself in the honest group. And I know I've sometimes http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/07/tax-checks-can-they-be-returned.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-112174722840528636Tue, 19 Jul 2005 04:09:00 +00002005-07-18T21:27:08.410-07:00Amex is promoting it's " Travelers Cheque Card " now. This could be an indication that it believes travelers checks are gradually becoming less used, so provide it's own alternative. I guess american express would be best placed to know the statistics on travelers check usage. The visa travel money card has been around for quite a time and worked fine when I used it as a backup card. http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/07/travelers-cheque-card-from-american.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-112115044483342233Tue, 12 Jul 2005 06:37:00 +00002005-07-11T23:40:44.836-07:00A good overview of check fraud prevention methods. Apparently check fraud was around $25 billion... last year. That is a lot of money for anyone. So be alert and safe when handling checks. And keep records of expenditure to match against bank statements. Check 21 allows check images to be used, so be aware of this.http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/07/check-fraud-checklist.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-112062555692093986Wed, 06 Jul 2005 04:48:00 +00002005-07-05T21:52:36.923-07:00blank checks through the post unasked for are to be treated with caution, according to the story. And always read the fine print (in this case fine and light grey print). Reminds me a lot of the 'convenience checks' that can sent to a person. Sending checks that have not been requested deserves a full article, I'll be on to that as soon as I can.http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/07/blank-checks-not-advise.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-111991628226439471Mon, 27 Jun 2005 23:48:00 +00002005-06-27T16:51:22.266-07:00when is a cashiers check a banknote? When someone "important" says it is. It used to be that many banks would print their own banknotes. (sounds like a great job) But confidence in a bank note is only as strong as confidence in the issuer. Better to be printed by th government I think. I'd like to be able to swap a note for the amount in gold, but that was in the old days I guess.http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/06/cashiers-checks-as-banknotes.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-111949910947233206Thu, 23 Jun 2005 03:53:00 +00002005-07-05T00:23:16.486-07:00Story on a store that allows you to pay by having your fingerprint scanned. Seemingly it works like a debit card - although you have to show them a blank check at the beginning. So out of your account nice and quick. I wonder if they'll be automatically hitting other accounts from this one source soon? You could have a credit card record and just scan and go...http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/06/alternative-to-checks.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-111924441980326550Mon, 20 Jun 2005 05:10:00 +00002005-06-19T22:13:39.806-07:00New around of lots (millions) of credit card number stolen from a processing site. Mainly visa, witg a lot of mastercard, american express in addition. I hope my cards are safe. Checks are in someways less in some ways more susceptible to fraud. At least a check can't go to 200 countries all at the same time, as electronic copies (or at least not yet. Check 21 could unleash this on us.)http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/06/credit-card-numbers-stolen.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-111888749400542090Thu, 16 Jun 2005 01:59:00 +00002005-06-15T19:04:54.010-07:00Someone, apparently, kept their brother in a container to keep getting social security checks. A plastic container from Walmart was used. I would have thought the smell would put you off. Or it would put me off anyway. It's like, what do you do if you find $250,000 in the street? It would be tempting to keep it, but all sorts of trouble if you get found out. Finders keepers?http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/06/brother-kept-in-container-to-collect.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-111829128048664988Thu, 09 Jun 2005 04:24:00 +00002005-06-08T21:28:00.490-07:00Report of construction workers left with bad checks. A convention centre constructed by layers of contractors, sub contractors and then the workers. Who seem to have been left out of pocket. In construction there seem to be problems between contractors and sub-contractors quite often, compared to other industries. I'm not sure why this would be. Hopefully those checks will be honoured soon forhttp://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/06/hot-checks-hit-construction-workers.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-111810221964827740Mon, 06 Jun 2005 23:52:00 +00002005-06-06T16:56:59.653-07:00some former employees of xpress Pharmacy have received checks for back wages, after the company was shut down for alleged offences. I hope the other employees get there money. Creditors should wait until the employees are paid. As a side note, it is worth finding out what company actually employs you. I've heard of cases where most employees were employed by small 100% owned companies with no http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/06/checks-for-employees.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-111776106434881456Fri, 03 Jun 2005 01:04:00 +00002005-06-02T18:11:04.353-07:00A service for collecting on bounced checks was announced - bouceback. It seems that it could fullfill a local need in Hancock County. I think that bouncing checks aren't a major issue - except maybe in some specialized areas of commerce. I'll have to look up some figures.http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/06/collect-on-bad-checks-with-bouceback.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-111758324985375098Tue, 31 May 2005 23:41:00 +00002005-05-31T16:47:29.856-07:00This is an interesting one, in Wetzel county certain venues reportedly won't get support from law enforcement officials if patrons bounce a check. It seems to me that there is some sort of moral tone being taken here that bouncing a check is not so bad in one place compared to another. Now I personally don't like the venues that are being targeted, but who will they chose next? There is a large http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/05/bounced-checks-and-enforcement.htmlCrispintag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215938.post-111742546055862138Mon, 30 May 2005 03:53:00 +00002005-05-29T20:57:40.560-07:00Amex have launched a travelers check replacement card, that can be used in ATMs worldwide. This seems to be somewhat similar to the visa stored value card, which I have used a few times. When traveling I tend to get a number of different sources of funds with me. Travelers checks, bank atm card, credit card, cash and stored value card. This way I can keep going in adverse situations and I can http://www.checkseek.com/blog/2005/05/american-express-travelers-check-card.htmlCrispin