No guarantee

[tobyaw]

Cheque guarantee cards will no longer be valid from 30 June this year. I got a leaflet about it with my bank statement in the post today; maybe it is old news, but I hadn't heard about it before. I guess that the few businesses that still accept cheques won't for long.

http://www.paymentscouncil.org.uk/current_projects/cheque_guarantee_card_scheme/

It is part of the gradual phasing out of cheques; the target end date for cheques is 31 October 2018.

Comments

[vivdunstan.livejournal.com]

I haven't guaranteed a cheque by card for a very long time. Probably only a couple of times in my life actually. But I still frequently send cheques in the post (where a guarantee card shouldn't be used), so will miss them when they finally go. Postal orders are a poor substitute IMHO, and bank transfer / credit card isn't always a good option either.