Chances are that at least once in your life, you’ve looked at the bottom of a check and wondered, “What are those strange, alien-looking numbers?

Remote Deposit Capture (RDC) was created with the advent of the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, or Check 21 Act, enacted by the

Check processing has come a long way in the past ten years. In 2003, the Fed began an initiative to reduce the number of locations

Check fraud is a serious and costly issue around the world.  In fact, though the number of checks written has decreased 26% between 2009 and

Check exception items are checks that, for any of a number of reasons, cannot be mechanically processed by a bank or financial institution. These items

 MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) capture has stood the test of time, having been printed on checks since 1959.  Not much has changed in the methods of printing

It’s all about image. No, we’re not talking about Hollywood, although that statement would seem to apply there as well. We’re talking about the check

Desktop check scanners have changed the face of check item image capture.  It used to take days to clear checks as the paper traveled from the

Remote deposit got its start in 2003 with the passage of the Check 21 Act, which gave scanned images of checks the same legal standing

A dedicated check scanner is the most efficient way to use remote deposit capture for those who process enough checks to justify the cost. Others

Through the end of the 20th century, final clearing of checks in the United States was still done physically – even though much of the