So you have the business card, the website, the stationery all company branded. What next?
Why not try personalized checks?
They are just novelty items for kids or bored housewives, they can be an added identity in your corporate brand and offer that little bit more when you use them. You can use personalized check for either business or personal use and are accepted throughout the banking system as long as they are formatted correctly.
To be legal tender a check must display the name and address of the bank who holds the account, the bank account number, and the routing code. The account holders name should also be displayed clearly and there must be a signature box in the bottom right of the check. To keep things simple, the standard format of a check is followed wherever possible. This avoids problems and delays when it comes to cashing it. So as personal as you make it, it will still look like a check. There will still be the “Pay to” lines where you identify the payee, the dollars box for the amount, and the amount like for you to write the amount in prose.
Some of these features are valuable anti-fraud measures that each bank requires. Even a personalized check must conform to these requirements in order for it to be processed. The main anti-fraud measures are the amount line, so the amount cannot be changed in the dollars box and the signature, which must match the one the bank holds.
So once those regulatory requirements have been satisfied, the rest is completely up to you. The check can be personalized in any way you see fit as long as the format is readable and fits the requirements listed above.
This is the ideal “extra mile” that a business can go to add to their existing brand. Branded checks will remind your customers who they dealt with, and offer your logo or brand as a reminder to do so again.
Personal checks can add a little color into the usual staid financial world. Add a little fun and glamour into what is essentially a colorless business. Personalized checks would also be useful in teaching young ones the value of money and the banking system. It would help engage them and get them interested in money management.
The ThoughtMechanics personalized checks can do all this and more. Choose from loads of great designs that are suited to most tastes and ways of life and order them quickly and easily. They will be printed by some of the same companies who print the standard checks for banks, so quality is assured!
There are hundreds of designs to choose from like Disney, cars, movie stars, Marvel characters, landscapes, flowers and most other things you can think of. If they weren’t enough you can even have your own photographs printed on them for the ultimate in personalization.
Make the banks and banking interesting again, order a personalized check from us today.