MICR is an acronym for “Magnetic Ink Character Recognition,” which refers to machine-readable text that allows computers to read and process the printed information. MICR technology system was developed by the American Bankers Association in the 1950s and has allowed financial institutions to facilitate automatic check-clearing and streamline their check processing.

Positive Pay is a fraud prevention system offered by most major banks designed to protect against forged, altered and counterfeit checks thus this system acts as a form of insurance for a company against fraud, losses, and other liabilities to the bank.

There are several reasons that explain the fact that many businesses in the U.S. still use checks for payments.

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to swell and much of the world remains on lock-down, organizations across the globe continue to adopt remote work strategies in order to do their part to maintain social distancing and help slow the spread of the virus.