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	Finance Check
		The internal financing is a technique under which all profits of a company are not distributed amongst the shareholders as dividend, but a part of the profit is re-invested in the company.
		Finance is universally considered as the life and soul of business, trade, commerce and industry.
		Finance is highly cardinal part of a business, essential for a business organization, and very vital for execution of business plans.
	www.quickfinancecheck.org (1152 words)

	Check verification service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A check verification service is a business whose primary work can be defined as essentially maintaining two relational databases: one of personal identities, and the other of bounced checks.
		Some check verification services also offer collection agency service for the civil prosecution of check fraud.
		This failure to gather information outside their networks sometimes result in "false negatives," where the check is rejected, even though the account has sufficient funds, longevity, and no negative reports.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Check_verification_service (327 words)

	Cheque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The cheque was originally titled such (variously spelled check, checque and cheque) in reference to the counterfoil used to check against forgery and alterations.
		In the United States, the terminology for a check historically varied with the type of financial institution on which it is drawn.
		Checks as such were associated with chartered commercial banks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Check_(finance) (2268 words)

	Check (finance) \| Topic Definition \| Find the Meaning and Define the Answer of Check (finance)
		A check or cheque (borrowed from Persian چك; Chek) is a document instructing a financial institution to pay a specific amount of a specific currency from a specific demand account held in the maker/depositor's name with that institution.
		If a check is refused at the drawee bank (or the drawee bank returns the check to the bank that it was deposited at) because there are insufficient funds for the check to clear, it is said that the check has bounced.
		Payroll checks issued by the military to soldiers, or by some other government entities to their employees, beneficiants, and creditors, are referred to as warrants.
	www.thefreeencyclopedia.com /definition/word.aspx?w=Cheque (640 words)

	LaSalle Bank: Personal Finance: Check 21
		Check Clearing for the 21 st Century Act, known simply as Check 21, became effective on October 28, 2004.
		A substitute check is a paper reproduction of an original check that contains an image of the front and back of the original check, is suitable for automated processing in the same manner as the original check, and meets other technical requirements.
		A bank that transfers, presents, or returns a substitute check warrants that it meets the legal equivalence requirements for a substitute check and is not a duplicate of another check that has already been paid.
	www.lasallebank.com /check_21.html (283 words)

	Federal Trade Commission
		Check cashers, finance companies and others are making small, short-term, high-rate loans that go by a variety of names: payday loans, cash advance loans, check advance loans, post-dated check loans or deferred deposit check loans.
		Usually, a borrower writes a personal check payable to the lender for the amount he or she wishes to borrow plus a fee.
		At that time, depending on the particular plan, the lender deposits the check, you redeem the check by paying the $115 in cash, or you roll-over the check by paying a fee to extend the loan for another two weeks.
	www.ftc.gov /bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/pdayalrt.htm (818 words)

	Finance Other Fees
		Per-check fees are levied on each check written on the account; they are intended to cover the expenses involved in processing and clearing checks.
		Typical fees are in the range of 15 to 25 cents per check, but you may find them as low as 10 cents and as high as 50 cents.
		In other cases, free checking is offered if the depositor has savings accounts or time deposits greater than a required minimum, which again could be $1,000.
	www.military.com /Finance/Content?file=banking_other_fees.htm&area=Content (244 words)

	Finance - Payroll Services - Payroll
		Separating employees may expect to receive their check or direct deposit pay stub including their pay for vacation and holiday balances on the next regularly scheduled payroll after date of separation.
		Separations must be in Finance - Payroll Services by approximately the 15th of the month (the monthly payrolls vary according to how the days fall in the month but this is a good general rule).
		When an employee receives a check (is not on direct deposit) but it is incorrect and must be cancelled, the original check must be returned to the Employee Service Center by 11 AM on payday before a replacement check will be distributed.
	www.utmb.edu /finance/payrollservices/resources/payroll.htm (1054 words)

	Lawrence Finance - Students & Check Cashing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Students with three or more NSF checks to the university will lose check cashing privileges on campus for the remainder of their Lawrence enrollment.
		Limit of $75 per check, one check per day unless special permission is granted by the office.
		Checks will be cashed for students, faculty, staff, and those associated with current students, faculty or staff, or checks drawn on Lawrence University funds.
	www.lawrence.edu /dept/finance/stu/checks1.shtml (162 words)

	CNN.com - Finance firms fret over check clearing - December 12, 2001
		The Treasury's plan to convert all paper checks it receives into automated clearinghouse (ACH) electronic debit entries by early next year has some banks worried that their back-end systems won't be ready in time and that deviating from current rules will create opportunities for fraud on a massive scale.
		Checks handed over the counter to Internal Revenue Service agents normally are processed in three days.
		While the government conversion will affect all checks, consumer and corporate, the ABA said there is more risk with corporate checks because they are generally written for larger amounts and they are drawn on accounts that have higher balances.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/TECH/industry/12/12/treasury.checks.idg (702 words)

	Mountain Finance Branch - Point of Purchase Check Conversion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Point of purchase check conversion is the process of converting checks that customers present to cashiers or MASC Finance Office into electronic funds transfer.
		When you hand a check to the cashier, or Finance Office, your check is copied and the account information from your check is used to make an electronic fund transfer from your account.
		By presenting your check at a location where a sign notifies you that your check will be converted, you authorize the conversion of your check into an electronic fund transfer in this manner.
	www.masc.noaa.gov /masc/fmd/chk_convsn.html (370 words)

	Global Finance Magazine - Check 21 Pushes Paper Checks Closer To Oblivion
		Check 21 was enacted in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which brought the check processing system to a halt as checks could not be physically transported between banks.
		While Check 21 is not necessarily a global phenomenon, it does have implications for international companies as it applies to all USD checks drawn on domestic banks, including money orders, travelers and treasury checks.
		The biggest change, she says, is those companies that disburse checks for payment may receive the IRD or ‘substitute’ check back in account statements or as returned items instead of the original check.
	globalf.vwh.net /content/?article_id=666 (1322 words)

	Banking and Finance
		Clarifies that all controlled subsidiaries of Virginia banks may charge such interest, finance charges, etc., as the parent bank could charge, and that this ability is not limited to bank subsidiaries engaged in international banking.
		In the event that the check, when eventually deposited, is returned for insufficient funds, the check casher may also recover any civil damages allowed (i) by law for bad checks or (ii) by contract between the check casher or any assignee of the check casher and the customer.
		Finally, the bill provides that a customer who enters into a deferred deposit agreement and offers a personal check to a check casher pursuant to that agreement will not be subject to any criminal penalty for his failure to comply with the terms of that agreement.
	dls.state.va.us /pubs/summary/1999/SUMM994.HTM (1385 words)

	Minnesota Department of Finance
		An agency pays a bill by requesting the Department of Finance to issue (print) a warrant (like a check) payable to the person or organization to whom the bill is owed.
		The Department of Finance is responsible to insure that the sum total of all accounts for each agency does not exceed the amount the Governor and the Legislature have authorized for that agency.
		The warrant (check) can be presented for payment to any financial institution in the United States.
	www.finance.state.mn.us /treasury/faq.html (1617 words)

	Finance Overdraft Protection
		It is absolutely essential that all military personnel have overdraft protection on their checking accounts.
		If you write a check for more than the balance of your account, you are said to have "bounced" a check.
		For example, if you write a check for $100 but have a balance of only $50 in your checking account, with overdraft protection, the bank would immediately transfer $50 from your savings account to your checking account and then process the check.
	www.military.com /Finance/Content?file=banking_overdraft.htm&area=Content (214 words)

	Administration and Finance - University of La Verne
		If the check is to be mailed back to the department attach a copy of the backup to the request for Accounts Payable files.
		Incomplete and inaccurate Check Request forms will be returned to the department for correction and resubmission, and will delay issuance of the check.
		The date the Check Request form is received in Accounts Payable accurately completed with the proper documentation is the date that is used for the processing timeline of in by 12 noon Friday out the following Friday.
	www.ulv.edu /finance/purch-stores-check.phtml (1109 words)

	Kennedy Space Center - What is Check 21?
		Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, or Check 21, was implemented to reduce fraud and keep your account information secure by producing a digital image of a check, called a "substitute check".
		KSCFCU has no plans at this time to produce substitute checks, however, if we receive a returned substitute check (for reasons such as insufficient funds or stopped payment) the affected account holder will receive the Consumer Awareness Disclosure along with the original returned substitute check.
		One important factor with Check 21 is that checks you write may no longer be transported physically to complete the payment cycle.
	www.kscfcu.org /home/finance101/check21 (206 words)

	Kiss That Check Delay Goodbye - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Check 21, or the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, takes effect Oct. 28.
		Check 21 allows banks to replace the original check written by a customer with a paper reproduction that includes the front and back of the original.
		Under the law, the substitute check is the legal equivalent of the original.
	www.forbes.com /personalfinance/strategies/2004/08/25/cx_sr_0825checks.html (545 words)

	How to Avoid Check Fraud \| Accounting > Fraud from AllBusiness.com
		Be careful: laws in several states prohibit check acceptance policies that require a credit card number on the check.
		Cashiers accepting checks should be certain the customer name, address, and phone number are imprinted on the check and that they match the information on the ID. Be sure the written and numerical amounts on the check correspond.
		Another 27 percent is due to counterfeit checks, 24 percent to forgery, and 12 percent to bankruptcy, and 5 percent of check fraud is attributed to other reasons.
	www.allbusiness.com /accounting-reporting/fraud/893-1.html (620 words)

	Finance Office - Checks
		Balance checks are available in the cashiers office during normal office hours.
		Guaranteed Student Loan Checks: GSL checks are distributed by the Student Finance Office, in B-114, which is located directly behind the Cashier's Office (989-686-9391).
		If the student has any type of financial aid, the check will be available in the Cashier's Office after the balance check date.
	www.delta.edu /finance/checks.html (337 words)

	Capital One Auto Finance's Blank Check®: Shop Like a Cash Buyer - FAQ
		Note: Your loan is for the amount you write the check for, not for the amount that you are approved for.
		Yes, a Blank Check may be used on the expiration date, but not on any day thereafter.
		Yes, in order for the check to be negotiated, each party on an approved loan must sign the Blank Check.
	capitalone.com /autoloans/blank-check/faq.php?... (979 words)

	Lawrence Finance - Employees & Check Runs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Check are printed by accounts payable on Tuesdays and Fridays; exceptions occur during weeks with holidays.
		If an LU check is lost and/or must be replaced, contact the accounts payable clerk.
		Prior to stopping payment and/or reissuing a check, the accounts payable clerk will wait 10 business days from the date the original check was issued.
	www.lawrence.edu /dept/finance/emp/checkruns.shtml (148 words)

	USD - Finance At USD
		Although finance professionals are known for their excellent quantitative skills, they also need excellent "people" skills so they can interact with others and effectively communicate their ideas.
		The finance department is of the philosophy that students "learn by doing." Therefore, we provide students with many opportunities to apply the theories they learn in the classroom.
		The FMA group helps students network with finance professionals by bringing speakers to campus and sponsoring field trips to businesses in Omaha as well as financial centers such as Chicago and New York City.
	www.usd.edu /finance (533 words)

	Cashier's Check
		These checks are secured by the funds of the issuer - usually a bank - and include the name of a payee (the entity to which the check is payable), and the name of the remitter (the entity that paid for the check).
		An individual could use a cashier's check instead of a personal check to guarantee that his or her funds for payment are available.
		Cashier's checks differ from certified checks in that the funds owing on a cashier's check are taken from the issuer's account, while the funds owing on a certified check are taken from the remitter's account.
	www.investopedia.com /terms/c/cashierscheck.asp (358 words)

	Best Finance Incorporated : EQ & EZ4 Programs
		In order for Best Finance, Inc. to provide financial services to dealers and their customers, the dealer must obtain a control number issued by Best Finance, Inc. This control number is unique to you as the dealer, and all correspondence, information and funding requests will be processed based on the information provided.
		To obtain a control number, call Best Finance, Inc. during normal business hours or complete the control number application and fax it to Best Finance, Inc. (800) 810-5697.
		Check the status of the first payment online at www.bestfinanceinc.com or call Best for the status.
	www.bestfinanceinc.com /prods_ez.htm (642 words)

	Keeping Google IPO mania in check \| Perspectives \| CNET News.com
		Finance expert Tom Taulli explains that when Google finally does hit the public markets, it will be the first real test of a high-profile tech IPO in the new--and far more sober--regulatory environment.
		So, let's see: With the new regulations, executives go to jail if they juice the books; there are rules against analysts pumping stock; there are rules against spinning IPOs to favored executives; there will be less price manipulation (no more laddering); companies will get more money; and there is more access to individual investors.
		Tom Taulli is the co-manager of the Oceanus Value Fund and also the founder of CurrentOfferings, a site that focuses on corporate finance.
	news.com.com /Keeping+Google+IPO+...+in+check/2010-1071_3-1018220.html (760 words)

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		Check printing has come a long way since the days when you had to order them through your bank and there were no choices.
		You can choose among a number of form factors and designs that will allow you to customize the checks to suit your personality or business.
		For those who wish to print the checks yourself, you can order laser checks that are designed to be printed from a standard laser or inkjet printer.
	www.financelistings.net /xlist/finance/services/check-printing (191 words)

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